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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In 2026, Choosing a Dentist Works Differently. Here’s How to Keep Up.
Posted 22 minutes ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 2
In 2026, Choosing a Dentist Works Differently. Here’s How to Keep Up.
Marketing is different than it was five years ago, especially now that AI is firmly entrenched in so many communities. Kiera talks about how AI, online reviews, and local trust are more important than ever, and what you and your practice can do to keep patients coming your way. Episode...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Practice Leadership Needs a Plan
Posted 22 hours ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 18
Dental Practice Leadership Needs a Plan
Dental practice leadership gets stronger when the owner stops walking into the week already behind. Most dentists are not missing work ethic, clinical skill, or ideas. The harder part is creating enough structure to lead the business before the business starts pulling the doctor into every...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
The Perfect Method to CEO Madness
Posted 23 hours ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 16
The Perfect Method to CEO Madness
For the CEOs out there, how are you planning out your weeks to keep your business humming for the short and long terms? Kiera talks about what it means to plan and delegate as the leader of your company, as well as three tips that CEOs of multi-million-dollar practices live by when it comes to...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Beat Back That Summer Schedule Slump
Posted 1 day ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 27
Beat Back That Summer Schedule Slump
Does your schedule seem to weaken during July, August, and even into September? Tiffanie and Kristy dive into both proactive and reactive measurements your practice can do to keep things chugging along. This includes creating a schedule template that works for everyone no matter the season,...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Scheduling That Fills Summer Gaps
Posted 2 days ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 35
Dental Scheduling That Fills Summer Gaps
Dental scheduling can change quickly once summer starts. Patients travel, families shift routines, team members take PTO, and a schedule that looked solid in spring can suddenly feel lighter, choppier, and harder to manage. Some practices feel this more than others. Pediatric and ortho offices may...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Communicating About Communication
Posted 7 days ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 33
Communicating About Communication
DAT podcast listeners loved this episode, so we’re re-releasing it! The Dental A-Team is hearing a lot about practices’ struggles with communication. In this episode, Kiera and Brit discuss ways to enhance communication in a practice, and even reach a breakthrough point. They touch on the...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Team Communication Rules
Posted 7 days ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 36
Dental Team Communication Rules
Dental team communication affects the entire practice. It impacts handoffs, patient flow, scheduling, leadership trust, team accountability, and how quickly small issues get solved before they turn into bigger problems. Most communication issues do not happen because people do not care. They...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Three Lies and Three Truths About Growing Your Practice
Posted 7 days ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 44
Three Lies and Three Truths About Growing Your Practice
Kiera shares the three most common pieces of bad advice out there when it comes to growing a practice. She encourages doctors not to keep applying new pieces of information to growth, but to understand how to filter the best pieces for your practice — and shares three truths to making this...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Practice Growth Is Not More Everything
Posted 7 days ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 46
Dental Practice Growth Is Not More Everything
Dental practice growth often gets tied to one answer: more. More new patients, more production, more marketing, more hours, more team members. Those moves can help in the right season, but they are not automatically the smartest first move. Sometimes more only makes the real problem louder. More...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
The Mid-Year Practice Reset: What Needs to Change Before Q4
Posted 7/7/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 583
The Mid-Year Practice Reset: What Needs to Change Before Q4
Tiffanie and Nikki share what dental practices should be looking at it now that we’re halfway through 2026. Such milestones or touchpoints can include the goals you set at the start of the year, production numbers, the metrics ranges for healthy practices, and so on. From there, Tiff and Nikki...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental KPIs Before Q4 Pressure Hits
Posted 7/6/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 31
Dental KPIs Before Q4 Pressure Hits
Dental KPIs give practice owners a cleaner way to see what is actually happening inside the business before the year is almost over. July is a strong time to pause, review the first six months, and decide what needs to change before Q3 and Q4 move too quickly. This is not about tracking numbers...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
CEO Time for Dentists
Posted 7/2/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 40
CEO Time for Dentists
CEO time gives a dental practice owner protected space to step out of reaction mode and lead the business with more clarity. It is the time to review numbers, sharpen systems, remove bottlenecks, and make decisions that improve profitability, team flow, and patient experience. Most dentists...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
What To Do During CEO Time
Posted 7/2/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 47
What To Do During CEO Time
Kiera has talked to a ton of doctors to come up with tips for how to fill that CEO time that so often feels fathomless. The ideas include blocking out your schedule to understand your frequency, committing to “deep work” time, optimizing whatever you can, and more. Episode resources: ...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Hiring Without Panic
Posted 7/1/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 186
Dental Hiring Without Panic
Dental hiring becomes expensive when a practice hires from pressure instead of process. An open position creates real stress, especially when the schedule is full, the team is stretched, and patient care still needs to run smoothly. Most practice owners know that feeling. The front office needs...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
The #1 Hiring Mistake
Posted 7/1/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 183
The #1 Hiring Mistake
Hiring is hard right now. Kiera talks about a critical mistake offices tend to make when filling new seats: Hiring not just for skill, not just for culture, but both. She walks listeners through aligning your hirees with your core values, requiring a full team assessment, and involving your full...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
The Win-Win Nature of Tech in the Office (If You Do It Right)
Posted 6/30/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 218
The Win-Win Nature of Tech in the Office (If You Do It Right)
Tiff and Nikki dive into all things tech + dentistry, including what practices can implement to make the day-to-day more efficient for staff and convenient for the patient — all while keeping that personal human touch. Episode resources: Transcript: Tiff (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Marketing, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Technology Should Feel Easy
Posted 6/29/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 126
Dental Technology Should Feel Easy
Dental technology should make the patient experience easier and the practice day smoother. The right tools reduce friction, save team time, support collections, and help patients move through scheduling, forms, payments, and communication with less effort. Patients already expect convenience in...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
To Scale or Simplify, That is the Question.
Posted 6/25/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 69
To Scale or Simplify, That is the Question.
Ever feel like your office doesn’t fit the standard benchmarks for growth? In this episode, Kiera and Dana riff on how to know whether going big or tightening the screws is the best way forward for your practice — including specific questions to ask yourself so you can get started on change...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Practice Growth Is Not Always Bigger
Posted 6/25/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 66
Dental Practice Growth Is Not Always Bigger
Dental practice growth is often talked about as if bigger is the automatic goal. More operatories, more providers, more locations, more team members, and more production can sound like the natural next step for a successful dentist. That is not always true. Some practices should scale. Others...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Consulting Works When Buy-In Is Real
Posted 6/24/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 190
Dental Consulting Works When Buy-In Is Real
Dental consulting can help a practice move faster, but the real shift does not come from a consultant handing the team a list of changes. The bigger impact happens when the team understands the goal, believes the goal is possible, and takes ownership of the part they play in reaching it. Most...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
The Life-Changing Magic of an In-Office Consultant Visit
Posted 6/24/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 183
The Life-Changing Magic of an In-Office Consultant Visit
Kiera and Trish are on the podcast together (yay!) to dive into the art of a Dental A-Team visit to your office (double yay!). They go into how an eagle-eyed consultant was able to take a specific office that couldn’t quite reach its goals and tip them into success. They also touch on...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Tackling Overhead? Look at These 3 Areas First
Posted 6/23/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 67
Tackling Overhead? Look at These 3 Areas First
Tiff and Dana address one of the most popular topics for Dental A-Team consultants: overhead! They talk about what it entails, where to start when looking to reduce it, critical questions to ask yourself about needs versus wants, and more. Episode resources: Transcript: Tiff (00:00) Hello,...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Overhead Starts With Better Questions
Posted 6/22/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 70
Dental Overhead Starts With Better Questions
Dental overhead is easy to misunderstand because it often gets treated like one giant number. When profit feels tight, the first reaction is usually to cut something. Payroll gets questioned. Supplies feel too expensive. Marketing looks suspicious. Equipment payments feel heavier than expected....  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Dental Team Training for Consistent Case Acceptance
Posted 6/18/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 65
Dental Team Training for Consistent Case Acceptance
Most dentists want stronger case acceptance, smoother handoffs, and fewer patient conversations that fall apart between the operatory and checkout. Dental team training helps create that consistency by giving the entire team a shared way to communicate treatment, value, urgency, and next steps....  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
The Perfect Quarterly Calibration
Posted 6/18/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 51
The Perfect Quarterly Calibration
Re-releasing a Dental A-Team favorite… Ladies and gents, he’s back. Dr. Dave Moghadam is again on the podcast, this time to talk with Kiera about quarterly team calibration. While there’s no silver bullet A-to-Z cookbook for how to operate a practice, an outline certainly helps. Dr. Moghadam...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
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