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Combining Love and Orthodontics Makes for a Joyful Practice
Video shot at the Advanced American Dental Clinic in Abu Dhabi, UAE.   Dr Chris Baker explains why a sincere love for patients and their families combines well with orthodontics for having a happy and successful practice.    Read More
Detailed Breakdown on the Proper Installation of an Amalgam Separator on a Dry-Vacuum Pump Step 1- Location Part 2
Recently, there has been an upwards trend showing the M.A.R.S LibertyBOSS as the soon to be top sold amalgam separator sold in North America. With this growing popularity, M.A.R.S has seen it appropriate to assist new members of the M.A.R.S Family by offering a detailed analysis of how to ensure...  Read More
965 Financial Wealth and Emotional Fitness with Mark Murphy, CEO of Northeast Private Client Group : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Mark Murphy is the Chief Executive Officer of Northeast Private Client Group headquartered in Roseland, NJ.  He holds a B.S. in Finance from Indiana University; The Chartered Life Underwriter® (CLU®) and Chartered Financial Consultant® (ChFC®) professional designations of the American College as...  Read More
It All Boils Down to Abundance
Out of curiosity, I went to Amazon online and searched under the title “leadership books.” I guess I was moderately surprised that there were over 200,000 possible choices. Being an avid student of leadership for over ten years now, I have read extensively on this subject (not quite 200,000...  Read More
Social Media: An Occasional HR Nightmare
Social Media provides practices with a cost-free method of distributing information. Practices use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Plus to highlight their expertise and to develop clear brand personalities. In recent years, the importance of maintaining a positive online reputation has...  Read More
102. How Mindfulness Contributes to Success, Lessons from the Merrymaker Sisters Emma and Carla Papas
Emma and Carla Papas are the Merrymaker Sisters. They are on a mission to merrymaker over the world, helping people to live a healthy, happy, magic-filled life. They help over 1.5 million people every year with their book, app, programs and podcast.  In this episode, it was a pleasure to sit...  Read More
5 Ways to Find a Practice
This is a solo episode where I babble about five ways you could use in order to locate a dental practice to buy. I discuss using different options from brokers to soliciting with direct mail as ways to identify these dental practices. This isn't my best or longest episode, but hopefully you can...  Read More
How Can Dentists on Facebook Get Every Post Seen By Patients?
Dentists Need Patients to See Their Posts Before They Can Engage With Them   Moreover, are you a dentist that posts high-quality, relevant content that patients want to engage with? If so, good on ya! If not, check out  to see what types of content you need to be posting to your dental practice...  Read More
A Simple, Two-Part Dental Marketing Strategy to Successfully Launch a New Dental Practice
New dental practices face unique marketing challenges. Financially, due to construction costs, buying equipment and supplies, covering operating expenses, and making payments on their student loans, dentists opening new practices can’t afford to wait very long for patients to come in the door. On...  Read More
Timing Your Next Real Estate Transaction - Part 3: Just Right
It takes expert planning and foresight to begin a commercial real estate transaction at the right time.  The majority of professionals are not aware of the ideal timeframes for each type of transaction and different problems arise when starting a transaction too early or too late. Just Right If you...  Read More
THE DENTAL DOW:
For the year, practice production was up 6.1%.  Collections were up 4.3%. Patient traffic increased 2.4%.  New patients were up 2.7%. Crown and Bridge was up 9.4%.  Production per patient examined was up 4.2%.   All in all then, 2017 was the strongest growth year since the “Great Recession”.      ...  Read More
TIMING FOR YOUR PRACTICE TRANSITION? Look to your lease!
In order to get the best practice price, you want to be attractive to as many buyers as possible. In our market nowadays, practices are almost as likely to be sold to an existing practice (a practice merger) as they are to be sold directly to a practitioner who will take over the practice....  Read More
INCENTIVES GROUND RULES:
Most incentives need to be “retuned” each year. They should be in line with practice goals and calculated so that it’s Win/Win.  That is, staff share in the practice’s success and wage overhead is kept proportional to collections.  Here are some important ground rules for any Incentive Program:...  Read More
964 Not All Diamonds Are the Same with Jolie Lieb : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Jolie Lieb is the 3rd generation in the dental equipment manufacturing business and grew up going to the factory and to dental shows and knowing innovative people in dentistry her whole life, especially having grown up in the Philadelphia area where there are several dental Schools. Her...  Read More
Jay Malik – Neutralizing the Tax Monster
Podcast Episode #159: Jay Malik – Neutralizing the Tax Monster Episode #150: Dentist Freedom Blueprint Podcast9 Jay Malik – Neutralizing the Tax Monster Between taxes, market changes and massive amounts of debt, dentists are running into more financial issues. Jay Malik joins us to share...  Read More
My Double-Blind Study
I get inspired about things to which others may just respond with a yawn. Well, it’s the geek in me coming out. For example, here is a study, which was published in July 2017, that gets me inspired – inspired enough to write a protocol for a double-blind study, which will be fully funded by a US...  Read More
Detailed Breakdown on the Proper Installation of an Amalgam Separator on a Dry-Vacuum Pump Step 1- Location Part 1
As M.A.R.S’ reach across the North American Dental Industry grows, more Service Technicians and DIY Doctors will need instructions on the proper installation of a LibertyBOSS. M.A.R.S has recently released an installation video on how to install a LibertyBOSS on a dry-vacuum pump. This Blog Series...  Read More
Forget about Being Compliant, Think about the Cost of a Suction Pump Breakdown: The Effects of Poor Amalgam Separator Maintenance
Poor amalgam separator maintenance can lead to costly damage to a suction pump. Dental Clinics who have already experienced a suction breakdown, due to the neglected of an amalgam separator, can confirm the costs. Not only were the repairs expensive, but the loss of business caused by the breakdown...  Read More
#92: Requests vs. Appointments | Online Scheduling Done Right
What are the differences between a request for an appointment, and an actual appointment? How do you put these patients into chairs? How has scheduling evolved over the years? How do you turn visitors into patients while avoiding common pitfalls?  In this episode of Dental Marketing Mastery, we...  Read More
101. Harnessing The Power of Video Marketing With Geoff Anderson
Geoff Anderson loves helping his clients tell their stories through video. Since 1993 he has owned and operated Sonic Sight, a video production facility in Sydney Australia. He has worked on productions throughout Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the US. Geoff is a video producer, a camera...  Read More
Aesthetic Crown Lengthening Part 5
What are some of the biologic reasons why teeth are too short? Naturally, our genetics determines the size of our teeth. Some people just have small, short teeth. This may be appropriate for their face and their smile. Even if the teeth are or were of relatively normal length, they can appear short...  Read More
Dr. James Medwick DMD on his journey from the U.S Army to his now expanding Private Dental Facility.
This week our guest is Dr.James Medwick DMD from Pinehurst North Carolina. He sat down with us and discussed his experience in the US Army while being deployed on two separate occasions. He mentions his stay in South Korea, his introduction of a new culture and his reason on why he switched into...  Read More
Dr. James Medwick DMD on his journey from the U.S Army to his now expanding Private Dental Facility.
This week our guest is Dr.James Medwick DMD from Pinehurst North Carolina. He sat down with us and discussed his experience in the US Army while being deployed on two separate occasions. He mentions his stay in South Korea, his introduction of a new culture and his reason on why he switched into...  Read More
Influence & Culture Building with Elijah Desmond
Listen on the website: Bulletproof Dental Practice Ep Text ‘bulletproof’ to 345345 to stay in the know about upcoming book release and Bulletproof Summit in fall 2018! Key Takeaways:     ·            There is a commonality in all successful people.     It’s hunger for more.      ·        ...  Read More
I am not my staff's parent!  (The affliction of approval addiction.)
Boy!  Dental school didn’t give me any direction on being responsible for employees, staffing, HR, hiring and firing!  How about you? Maybe dental school taught you how to work with a chair-side dental assistant.  Maybe. Maybe dental school gave you some direction on training a chair-side...  Read More
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