Dental A Team with Kiera Dent
Dental A Team with Kiera Dent
Dentists, this is your playbook for building a practice that THRIVES rather than just survives! If you're ready to scale, streamline, or simply want to lead like a CEO, we're here to support you with our strategies.
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The Future of Private Practice Is Actually Very Bright
Posted 23 hours ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 18
The Future of Private Practice Is Actually Very Bright
Did you know: Today’s dentists are waiting five years longer to buy a practice than they were a generation ago?Kiera is joined by Brian Hanks of . It's B-R-I-A-N and Hanks like Tom Hanks. So yeah, that's how you get a hold of me. Kiera (31:20)Amazing. Well, Brian, thank you for breaking this down...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Stop Waiting on Dental Practice Ownership
Posted 23 hours ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 24
Stop Waiting on Dental Practice Ownership
Dental practice ownership can sit in the back of a dentist’s mind for years. The desire is there, but the timing never feels perfect. Student loans still feel heavy. Clinical speed could be better. The right practice has not appeared. Another year as an associate feels safer.Some preparation is...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Marketing, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Make Dental Team Retention Stick
Posted 1 day ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 22
Make Dental Team Retention Stick
Dental team retention is not just about convincing people to stay. It is about creating a practice where the right people feel clear, supported, challenged, and proud to be part of the team.Every practice will need to hire.People move. Families change. Career goals shift. Practices grow. That is...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Marketing, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Your Secret Weapon for Hiring
Posted 1 day ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 23
Your Secret Weapon for Hiring
Do you prefer retaining the employees you have rather than constantly hunting for new ones? Kiera shares an example of a practice that evolved from high turnover to solid team retention, and how effective leadership played a critical role in keeping people long-term — plus how you can craft it for...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Must-Know Tools for Re-Care + Reactivation
Posted 2 days ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 39
Must-Know Tools for Re-Care + Reactivation
This episode is all about eyes on fall/winter 2026. Tiff and Pam discuss what’s top of mind for practices as they look to the final stretch of the year, including stepping up on re-care and reactivation, how to talk about it with patients, and how to make sure it’s incorporated into your...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Marketing, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Recare System That Keeps Chairs Full
Posted 4 days ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 76
Dental Recare System That Keeps Chairs Full
A dental recare system is one of the strongest ways to protect production, improve patient retention, and create a more predictable schedule. When recare only becomes important after hygiene has openings, patients quietly fall out of rhythm and the practice ends up spending more money to replace...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
The Best and Smartest Way To Fill Holes in Your Schedule
 
Posted 7 days ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 121
The Best and Smartest Way To Fill Holes in Your Schedule
The Best and Smartest Way To Fill Holes in Your ScheduleKiera shares three approaches that will help you consistently and quickly fill your schedule on a daily basis: maximizing your current patients, creating the perfect handoff, and building consistent marketing.Episode resources:. And as always,...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Marketing, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Schedule Gaps Need Ownership
Posted 7 days ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 52
Dental Schedule Gaps Need Ownership
Dental schedule gaps can make a productive practice feel reactive fast. Open time lowers production, adds pressure to the front office, frustrates the doctor, and often creates the assumption that the practice needs more new patients.Sometimes new patient flow is part of the answer.Often, the...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Practice Profitability Is a Rhythm
Posted 8/5/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 46
Dental Practice Profitability Is a Rhythm
Dental practice profitability is not built by checking the bank account only when something feels tight. It is built through a consistent rhythm of reviewing numbers, managing cash flow, planning for taxes, and making sure completed dentistry turns into actual profit.Many dentists are producing...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
These 3 Things Will Turn Your Practice into a Money-Making Machine
 
Posted 8/5/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 76
These 3 Things Will Turn Your Practice into a Money-Making Machine
These 3 Things Will Turn Your Practice into a Money-Making MachineHow do you manage money more effectively? How can you stop being surprised by taxes? How do you turn your cashflow into something predictable? Kiera answers these questions and more, with three monthly habits you can build to create...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
How to Increase Your Bottom Line (Without Increasing Your Patient Base)
 
Posted 8/4/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 271
How to Increase Your Bottom Line (Without Increasing Your Patient Base)
How to Increase Your Bottom Line (Without Increasing Your Patient Base)So many offices out there think growth has to come from new patients. Tiff and Kristy share specific areas in your practice where you can increase what you’re pulling in. This includes fee analyses, unscheduled patients, a...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Practice Growth Hiding in Plain Sight
Posted 8/3/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 55
Dental Practice Growth Hiding in Plain Sight
Dental practice growth does not always require more space, more providers, or a larger marketing budget. In many practices, growth is already sitting inside the current patient base, fee schedule, service mix, schedule design, and follow-up systems.For owners who feel maxed out physically, that...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Collections Tell the Whole Story
Posted 7/30/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 149
Dental Collections Tell the Whole Story
Dental collections rarely fall apart at the front desk alone. The payment collected at checkout is usually the result of what happened earlier in the appointment flow, treatment planning process, insurance estimate, patient handoff, scheduling system, and follow-up rhythm. When collections are...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Is Your Practice Struggling with Collections and AR?
Posted 7/30/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 62
Is Your Practice Struggling with Collections and AR?
Re-releasing a Dental A-Team podcast favorite! Tiff is on the pod to chat with Kiera about an office she just visited which needed some attention on its collections and accounts receivable. To give an idea of where this practice sits at, its collections are at 80% and case acceptance is at 56%....  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Practice Owner Skills for Profit
Posted 7/29/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 76
Dental Practice Owner Skills for Profit
A dental practice owner usually learns clinical care long before learning how to run a business. That gap is where many strong clinicians start to feel stuck, even when the schedule is full, the team is busy, and production looks strong on paper. The practice may be growing, but the owner may...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
What Every Owner Needs to Know (But Most Realize Too Late)
Posted 7/29/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 75
What Every Owner Needs to Know (But Most Realize Too Late)
It’s a common trajectory: Dental schools create great dentists, but they don’t create good business owners. Kiera shares three critical (but attainable!) tips for creating a profitable, scalable, and enjoyable practice, so doctors can continue doing the work they love. Episode resources: ...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
How to Bridge That Trust Gap Between Doctor and Team
Posted 7/28/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 256
How to Bridge That Trust Gap Between Doctor and Team
Do things feel a little disconnected between team members in your practice? Tiff and Dana discuss the common signs that usually mean your practice could use a communication refresher, and then give advice on what can be done about improvement. Episode resources: Transcript: Tiffanie (00:01)...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Team Trust Needs Cleaner Channels
Posted 7/27/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 56
Dental Team Trust Needs Cleaner Channels
Dental team trust can weaken long before anyone calls it a trust issue. In many practices, it first shows up as overwhelm, missed follow-through, low buy-in, or a manager who feels stuck between the doctor and the team. The doctor may think the team needs more motivation. The office manager may...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
The Surprising Cheat Code to Practice Success
Posted 7/23/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 127
The Surprising Cheat Code to Practice Success
Kiera shares ways practices can make patients feel valued from that first visit to their final treatment, including tips for establishing consistency, intentionality, and the genuine connections between it all. Episode resources: Transcript: Kiera (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. This...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Patient Experience Builds Loyalty
Posted 7/23/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 70
Dental Patient Experience Builds Loyalty
A strong dental patient experience is built through the small moments patients notice before, during, and after treatment. Clinical care matters, but patients also judge the clarity, consistency, warmth, and confidence of the full visit. Patients notice when the front office feels distracted. They...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Yes, You Can Win Against DSOs, Even As a Private Practice
Posted 7/22/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 48
Yes, You Can Win Against DSOs, Even As a Private Practice
Private practices — ever feel like you can’t win against the DSOs? Kiera talks about what your practice can continue to produce that DSOs, with their multiple locations and bigger budgets, can’t replicate. Episode resources: Leave us a review Transcript: Kiera Dent- Dental A Team (00:00)...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Private Dental Practice Still Has Leverage
Posted 7/22/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 57
Private Dental Practice Still Has Leverage
A private dental practice can still compete in a market where DSOs often have larger budgets, more locations, and more centralized support. The real question is not whether one ownership model is better than another. The better question is whether independent dentists still have a path to...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Marketing, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Stop Going to Doctor With All the Questions
Posted 7/21/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 238
Stop Going to Doctor With All the Questions
Tiff and Kristy address why the doctor (or the practice lead or the OM) always end up getting sucked back in to answer questions they shouldn’t have to. The pair also gives solutions on how to curb this automatic approach, including establishing clarity, providing the right resources, and being...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Practice Management Without Bottlenecks
Posted 7/20/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 179
Dental Practice Management Without Bottlenecks
Dental practice management becomes harder than it needs to be when every decision has to run through the doctor. A team member needs a vendor answer, the front office needs direction on a patient concern, supplies are low, the schedule has a gap, and the dentist is chairside trying to stay focused...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Reviews Shape Patient Decisions
Posted 7/16/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 84
Dental Reviews Shape Patient Decisions
Dental reviews now play a major role in how patients decide whether a practice feels trustworthy before they ever make the first phone call. A referral may start the search, but most patients still go online to confirm what they heard. They check Google. They read recent reviews. They look at the...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Marketing, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
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