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S6 E04 - Round 2 - Building a Dental Talent Empire with Morgan Sylvain of Smile and Co.
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S6 E03 - From Spreadsheets to Management with Charlie Beaulieu of Tidal Accounting
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Growing Through Chart Mergers Without Losing Culture
Buying charts can be one of the most effective ways to grow a dental practice. When done intentionally, chart mergers increase patient flow, strengthen production, and open doors for associate growth while protecting the culture you are working hard to build. This article shares real lessons...  Read More
How to Merge Patients (and Culture) Successfully
Re-releasing a DAT listener favorite! The Dental A-Team is joined by Dr. Nate Tilman! Fascinating history aside (read his bio below), Dr. Tilman talks with Kiera about his unique dental practice situation, how he’s managed to merge five different practices into his own, and a strategy for doing...  Read More
Most Dental Teams Do Parts of This Every Day. Very Few Run It as a System
As a leader in the dental industry, I have observed a consistent pattern across practices of all sizes. The most significant drag on performance, profitability, and team morale is rarely a lack of clinical skill or a shortage of patients. It is the friction created by unclear workflows and...  Read More
CEO Mindset Starts With You
Dentists often think of themselves as practice owners, not CEOs. Yet the moment you opened your practice, you became the CEO. Whether you claim that role or not shapes how your team performs, how decisions are made, and how stressful your daily life feels. The CEO mindset is about leading with...  Read More
Design Your Practice Vision Like a CEO
Tiff and Monica break down what it takes to operate your practice like a CEO in 2026, including mindset (especially if you don’t exactly feel like a CEO), leadership team delegation, dialing in goals, and more. Episode resources: Transcript: The Dental A Team (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team I am...  Read More
Get Patients To Say YES To High-Dollar Cases
If you want high-dollar procedures done more often in your practice, this is the episode for you. Kiera specifies what needs to be in place, including skillset, morale, and language. This kind of case acceptance goes beyond the everyday appointments, and Kiera explains the difference. Episode...  Read More
It’s Time For a Test
Is your practice patient- or production-driven? The answer should be purpose-driven. Kiera talks about how shifting your core values in a certain way can actually grow everything else. Episode resources: Transcript: The Dental A Team (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. This is Kiera and I...  Read More
Bringing Energy Back Into Your Team
Team bonding works best when it feels natural, not forced. In dental offices, teams spend more time together than they do with most people in their personal lives. When bonding feels awkward or performative, it creates resistance instead of connection. The strongest teams are built through shared...  Read More
You Probably Don’t Think About Team Bonding Like We Do
Kiera and Tiff are together on the pod to talk about their favorite team bonding activities that keep everyone feeling seen, heard, valued, and respected. Episode resources: Transcript: The Dental A Team (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. This is Kiera and it is a special day. I have the...  Read More
The Secret Sauce to the Perfect Onboarding Process
Tiff and Monica talk about the fundamental elements to include when onboarding a new team member, and some of them might surprise you. Episode resources: Transcript: The Dental A Team (00:01) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. Welcome back. I am just so happy to have all of you. know there are...  Read More
Hiring Dental Staff With Culture In Mind
Hiring dental staff looks nothing like it did a decade ago. A practice could post a basic ad, interview whoever walked in, plug them into the schedule, and hope it worked. Today it requires clarity and intention. Candidates want connection and growth. They want to feel part of something, not just...  Read More
How Vision, Grit, and Values Guide Every Top Dental Startup | Dr. Conor Perrin | 587
Launching your own dental practice in a competitive market takes more than just clinical skill: it demands vision, grit, and a willingness to challenge convention. In this episode, Dr. Conor Perrin shares his candid journey from being a young dentist without connections, facing skepticism in the...  Read More
THIS is The Best Gift to Your Team
Dentistry runs at full speed most days. Phones ring, ops flip, insurance questions pile up, and the doctor is pulled in ten directions at once. When life feels like this, the most powerful team gift is not a bonus or a party. The most powerful team gift is your presence. Presence is the team gift...  Read More
Bring Excitement Back to Dental Teams
Dental teams work relentlessly all year, yet many offices overlook how much energy comes from simple fun. The holidays prove that people respond to anticipation, shared moments, and celebration. That same emotional lift can exist inside a dental practice long after December ends. Anticipation...  Read More
Pay Attention to THIS When Purchasing an Additional Practice
Tiff and Trish discuss the need-to-know info for the buyer of a practice, including team member transparency, new patient inflow, software use, and more. Episode resources: Transcript: The Dental A Team (00:01) Hello Dental A Team listeners. We are back again I have Trish with me because I...  Read More
What Smart Buyers Check Before Purchasing a Practice
Buying a dental practice should feel exciting, not confusing or chaotic. The smartest buyers slow down, study the real picture, and make sure the practice aligns with their long-term plans. Too many dentists fall in love with the idea of ownership, sign the deal quickly, and discover later that the...  Read More
How Personal Touch Beats DSOs: Lessons from Private Practice | Dr. Whitney & Steve Sebree | 586
When big dental chains focus on numbers and efficiency, what happens when patients crave genuine connection instead? In this episode, Dr. Whitney and Steve Sebree share their journey building a private dental practice in Surprise, Arizona, known for its warm, personalized approach. They discuss the...  Read More
Understanding the Dental Practice Life Cycle
The dental practice life cycle is one of the most useful ways to understand why a business feels chaotic, stuck, or ready for growth. When owners can identify where they sit in the dental practice life cycle, it becomes easier to see what needs to change and how to move toward a practice that feels...  Read More
Are You Looking Ahead For Your Practice?
Tiff and Trish discuss the often ignored practice transition — are you looking ahead for your practice? Ten years out? Thirty years? The two consultants discuss what to keep in line now so that any changes on the horizon are received with minimal panic and damage. Episode resources: ...  Read More
My $500,000 Dental Practice Mistakes: Avoid These Costly Errors
Building a dental practice is one of the most rewarding things a dentist can do, but it can also be incredibly stressful and expensive if you make avoidable mistakes. I learned this the hard way. When I started my own practice, I made some first-timer errors that cost me close to $500,000 and...  Read More
Build Value Early with Dental Practice Transition Strategies
Dental practice transition strategies are often viewed as something to think about only when a doctor is preparing to sell. In reality, the practices that transition smoothly are the ones that planned for it long before the decision was made. A strong transition is not a quick fix. It is the...  Read More
One Practice, One Year: Roadmap to Flourishing
Trish shares with Tiff and listeners her experience with a practice that started with a whole lot of uncertainty under a new doctor, and the steps undertaken that lead to a thriving workplace within a year. Specifically, she touches on how trust, flexibility, and numbers each played a role in...  Read More
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