Office Visit: Drs. Clint and Kelly Euse

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How Drs. Clint and Kelly Euse reverse-engineered their successful dental practice with vision, courage and zero compromises

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Dentists spend most of their working hours inside their own practices, so they usually don’t get many opportunities to see what it’s like inside another doctor’s office. Dentaltown’s recurring Office Visit profile offers a chance for Townies to meet their peers, hear their stories and get a sense of how they practice.

At Advanced Dentistry by Design, Drs. Clint and Kelly Euse have built one of Nevada’s leading dental practices through their shared vision of elevating care with advanced technology and a comprehensive approach to oral health.

In this exclusive Q&A, the husband-and-wife team reveals how they’ve balanced family life with professional growth, and why their investments in technology and team culture have transformed both their practice and personal happiness.

Office Highlights

NAMES:
Drs. Clint Euse and Kelly Euse

GRADUATED FROM:
Creighton University School of Dentistry

PRACTICE NAME:
Advanced Dentistry by Design
advanceddentistrybydesign.com

CITY, STATE:
Carson City, Nevada

PRACTICE SIZE:
10,000 square feet

TEAM SIZE:
23

Tell us about your journey after graduating from dental school.
Dr. Clint Euse: After graduating from Creighton University, I worked in Omaha while Kelly finished school, gaining valuable surgical experience from my mentors. We then moved to Utah, where despite a slow practice, I had time to master CEREC 3D technology, which later became a significant part of our practice. Eventually, I moved to Nevada and partnered with Dr. Randy Wright, where I’ve practiced since.

Dr. Kelly Euse: My early career was shaped by two key experiences: working with a CEREC pioneer in Utah who introduced me to digital dentistry, and later as an associate in Reno with another digital office. The challenging split shifts and being required to perform procedures I didn’t enjoy—like root canals—motivated me to move toward practice ownership, where I could control both my schedule and the services I provided.

When did you decide to work together?
Clint: After our second child, we realized working together would give us more control over our schedules. Working with Productive Dentist Academy (PDA) taught me to optimize productivity while reducing hours. I initially shortened my week from four to three days while maintaining production, and my partner Dr. Wright followed suit. This created an opportunity to bring Kelly into the practice two days a week. I’ve since reduced to just two days weekly, and we both maintain our production goals while having more family time. When looking back at working separately versus together, we often ask, “Why didn’t we do this sooner?” We’ve always shared the same vision: Take excellent care of patients and your team, and success will follow.

Kelly: Working together forced us to engineer our office time to be super efficient. I went from working four days in Reno to producing more in just two days at our practice. It was the best professional decision we made—now we coordinate the same time off, perform our preferred procedures and invest in our vision for the practice.

As a husband-and-wife dental team, how do you balance your different strengths?
Clint: It’s actually one of the things that makes our partnership work so well. I focus on complex procedures like full-arch implants and smile designs, plus I have a passion for dental technology. I’ve taken on the leadership role in our practice, studying management techniques and implementing systems to maintain our high standards. Kelly is my best referral source—she builds trust with patients and understands their needs. When there’s a procedure she doesn’t perform, she’ll recommend they see me. Patients get the best of both worlds: Kelly’s communication and relationship skills paired with my surgical expertise.

Kelly: I’m passionate about the oral-systemic connection and comprehensive patient care. When meeting patients, I ask them to rate what’s most important about their smile—health, function or beauty—which steers our conversations. I also develop monthly themes centered around oral-systemic health, knowing we often see patients more frequently than their regular doctors. Clint serves as our leader and innovator—he’s a constant student who sets high standards and introduces new technologies. I focus more on team cohesion, planning activities and designing our office environment to be comfortable and welcoming. We complement each other perfectly—our key is recognizing each other’s strengths and weaknesses, then working cohesively.

Drs. Clint and Kelly Euse
Photography: Nick Higman

Over the years, how has your practice philosophy evolved?
Kelly: I’m convinced that being homed in on our philosophy and defining our mission statement has been key. During every morning huddle, our team repeats our mission statement: “Our mission is to deliver a healthy, functional and beautiful smile using clinical excellence in a comfortable and caring environment.”

Additionally, we have defined our “why”—why we do what we do: “Because your smile is worth it!” We want our patients to understand that the time, cost and energy they invest in their smiles is worth the confidence, health and happiness we strive for them to experience.

Our team understands we provide the highest level of standards including services we provide, materials we use and level of customer care our patients are to receive. These non-negotiables set us apart from other offices and have helped us to become successful. We have always centered our belief in taking excellent care of our patients and our team. As long as you’re doing right by your patients and team, everything else falls into place.

Clint: We want our patients to have a unique experience with exceptional results. We’ve become clearer in communicating our core values of being knowledgeable, creating connections and taking a comprehensive approach with each patient.

Tell us about your facility expansion.
Clint: Two years ago, we decided to buy our building and expand into adjacent areas, doubling our size from 5,000 to 10,000 square feet and increasing from 10 to 19 operatories. Financially, ownership made more sense than continuing to lease—it gave us control without renegotiating leases every five years. We needed additional space to accommodate more patients and providers to meet our financial and lifestyle goals. Furthermore, our existing space didn’t represent who we were as a practice. I wanted an expansive reception area where patients would immediately sense they were going to receive exceptional dentistry and service.

Kelly: I focused on creating an atmosphere that reduces dental anxiety. Our redesigned reception area features natural light, comfortable furnishings, and amenities that have prompted patients to ask, “Where’s your barista?”—a compliment that confirms we’ve achieved that relaxed, welcoming environment I wanted. The expansion also benefits our team with improved break areas and meeting spaces for collaboration. Everything about our office visually communicates our practice philosophy—the aesthetics you see walking in mirror the quality, friendly, health-driven dentistry we provide.

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YOMI ROBOTIC DENTAL SYSTEM
This robotic guidance system enhances precision for implant placement and bone reduction. It allows for shorter treatment times, same-day dental implants and minimally invasive procedures, leading to less discomfort and quicker recovery.

CEREC PRIMESCAN/PRIMEMILL
We use this for in-office fabrication of Emax and zirconia restorations, surgical guides and implant crowns. It also enables seamless intraoral scanning for all-on-X planning.

SPRINTRAY PRO 95 S DENTAL 3D PRINTER
This powerful 3D printer lets us fabricate bruxism appliances, duplicate dentures, models and all-on-X provisionals right in the office, improving turnaround time and customization.

RAYSCAN ALPHA CBCT
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A-DEC 511 DENTAL CHAIRS WITH CONTINENTAL DELIVERY
These chairs combine ergonomic design and superior patient comfort, enhancing both the clinical experience and our team’s workflow.

What can you tell us about your implementation of the Yomi dental robot and your approach to technology?
Clint: I’ve always been an early adopter. I enjoy learning about technology and procedures that provide a more predictable and beneficial outcome for patients. When Yomi came to my attention, I researched it extensively and realized that this is where the future of implant surgery is headed. The benefits of Yomi are outstanding—less invasive, minimal discomfort, quicker recovery, personalized treatment plans and more predictable outcomes.

I would add that I’ve always approached technology and new procedures asking questions such as how is this beneficial to my patients, how can I optimize better results for my patients, how do I implement this new technology/procedure and does this make financial sense for the practice?

When I consider new technology, I also look at the various ROIs. For me those include:
1. Beneficial for patients
2. Financial plus for the office
3. Emotional or wow factor for me and the team

For me, the emotional ROI is worth a lot. When we implement new technology, it’s exciting for me as a dentist—I get more excited to come to work and my team actually gets more engaged while their enjoyment increases immensely.

Finally, I’m eager to learn new techniques and procedures before they become mainstream. I know there is going to be a learning curve, and I want to be ahead of that curve to have my systems in place and kinks figured out. That has always set me apart from other dentists and I enjoy the challenge of learning something new.

How do you maintain a strong team?
Clint: Finding and investing in the right people is key. We’ve retained team members for up to 19 years by treating them with respect and ensuring they feel valued. Personality tests help us understand how team members interact and communicate, and we use them in hiring to assess fit for specific roles. We’ve created an environment where our team can continuously learn and grow, supporting this with strategic meetings—monthly team gatherings, departmental check-ins and daily huddles—to address both big-picture goals and day-to-day operations. Our productivity depends entirely on our highly trained team, with our director of operations, Apryl, playing a crucial role. With 30 years of dental experience, she implements systems we didn’t know were possible and helps bring our ideas to life.

Kelly: Creating the right culture is huge. We make time for quarterly team events—from creative activities to service projects. When you delegate some planning to the team, they often develop even better ideas than we could!

Clint: The little things matter, too. Honestly, one of the best things I’ve ever implemented to show appreciation for our team was Starbucks every Thursday. Coffee Thursday is the end of our work week and so we celebrate—everybody gets to pick out whatever they want from Starbucks that day. It’s remarkable—everyone looks forward to that cup of coffee.

How do you maintain work-life balance?
Clint: Our experience with PDA showed us we could produce the same amount of dentistry in less time. Once we learned what was possible and how to implement the principles while still taking excellent care of our patients, we became serious about designing our practice to work around our life goals and not the other way around. Time with family has always been non-negotiable.

We’ve structured our schedule so one parent is always available for our boys, and we’re deliberately closed on Fridays, giving our team a three-day weekend to recharge. I approach this as a reverse engineering process: I start with the goal of working just two days while producing four days’ worth of dentistry, then determine what procedures will achieve this. Scheduling to production has been vitally important to my success. My team understands this framework and protects it, while still accommodating emergencies and hygiene visits.

Kelly: For every opportunity—whether it’s new technology or expanding our practice—we ask, “Is this worth the time away from our family?” If it doesn’t align with our core values, we pass. If it promises long-term gain, we proceed. We work opposite days, so someone is always with our boys. When Clint works, I handle home responsibilities and vice versa. Fridays are reserved for us as a couple, while weekends are dedicated family time. We’re acutely aware that our time with our children is limited and we prioritize those moments.

What’s been one of your most rewarding cases?
Clint: One recent Yomi case really stands out. A patient came to us who hadn’t had any teeth or even worn dentures for more than two years because of a severe gag reflex and a long history of bad dental experiences. He’d given up.

We recently completed an upper and lower full-arch restoration for him. Watching that transformation—the return of his smile, his confidence and the basic ability to chew—was incredibly powerful. No matter how long you’ve been doing dentistry, seeing that kind of impact never ceases to amaze me. I’m beyond grateful to be able to provide such services to our community.

Kelly: For me, it was our youngest son when he broke a permanent front tooth during PE. As a dentist and a mom, this hurt. I quickly went into dentist mode and started assessing the situation. I texted two of my dental specialty friends, an endodontist and an orthodontist. They instantly called me for support and guidance, even showing up at my office to give us hugs and personally assess the situation. I was so moved by their immediate call to action and assistance. It reminded me how community and friendships are important within dentistry. It’s pushing us as dental professionals to think creatively—using our CEREC knowledge, ortho guidance and minimally invasive options—to give our son (and any other person after such accidents) the best possible outcome. It reinforced our role in the community; we are here to help give people back their smiles.

Clint: That’s really the takeaway—relationships matter. Dentistry can feel isolating, but the most rewarding part of our careers has been the connections we’ve made—with patients, team members, mentors and fellow professionals. That network is what lifts you up, challenges you to grow and reminds you that you’re not alone. Practicing as a husband-and-wife team has also made us realize that we are better together.

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