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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Build DSO Dental Practice Systems That Scale
Posted 3 days ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 28
Build DSO Dental Practice Systems That Scale
DSO dental practice systems are not meant to make every location feel the same. They are meant to create enough consistency that a multi-location group can protect the brand, understand the numbers, support leaders, and deliver a reliable patient experience across every practice.That is where many...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
Breaking Down the Benefits of DSOs
Posted 3 days ago by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 27
Breaking Down the Benefits of DSOs
Re-releasing a Dental A-Team podcast fan favorite!Britt is fresh off visiting a ton of practices, many of which are part of dental support organizations (DSOs), and she’s sharing her insight. With Kiera, she talks about the foundational pieces to set up DSOs for success — everything from training...  Read More
Categories: Ethics, Jurisprudence and Malpractice, Financial Planning and Investments, Office Design, Practice Management, HR and Accounting
The Future of Private Practice Is Actually Very Bright
Posted 8/13/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 59
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 8/13/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 64
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 8/12/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 50
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
Must-Know Tools for Re-Care + Reactivation
Posted 8/11/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 68
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 8/10/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 99
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 8/6/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 148
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 8/6/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 70
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: 65
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: 98
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: 321
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: 67
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: 166
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: 76
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
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: 91
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
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: 60
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: 69
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
Dental Reviews Shape Patient Decisions
Posted 7/16/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 98
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
In 2026, Choosing a Dentist Works Differently. Here’s How to Keep Up.
Posted 7/16/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 147
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
Beat Back That Summer Schedule Slump
Posted 7/14/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 100
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 7/13/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 109
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
Dental Practice Growth Is Not More Everything
Posted 7/8/2026 by Dental A Team in Dental A Team with Kiera Dent   |  Comments: 0  |   Views: 105
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: 655
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: 81
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
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