Office Design

by Dr. Kha Nguyen
Dr. Kha Nguyen shares smart budgeting tips to launch a profitable, customized dental startup from day one.
September 2025
by Erin Blondin
Erin Blondin shares five strategies for designing inviting, functional pediatric dental environments that keep young patients smiling.
August 2025
Quality, affordability and innovation
March 2024
by Drs. Stevie Roberts and Robert Johnson
Drs. Stevie Roberts and Robert Johnson break down the process of establishing, building and maintaining a consistent brand.
February 2025
Dr. Anna Berik’s journey from medical aspirations to dentistry led her to create Bubble, a pediatric practice redefining dental care for neurodiverse children and families. In our exclusive Q&A, she shares her journey of overcoming early business missteps and personal challenges, investing heavily in her practice and professional consulting services, and designing an aquarium-themed pediatric practice.
April 2025
by Dr. Jeff and Pat Carter
The #1 regret start-up dentists report to dental specialty lenders is that they didn’t pay more attention to the design of their facility. As Jeff and Pat Carter of Practice Design Group explain, a construction approach that works for big-box stores isn’t so great for dental practices, where ergonomics, function and aesthetics are essential to success.
October 2023
Dentaltown's monthly dental poll reveals how other practices operate, what works, what doesn’t and how dentistry is evolving. The information we gather each month helps us measure trends in the profession. Take a look at this month’s topic and results on buying, selling and remodeling.
August 2023
Dentaltown's monthly dental poll reveals how other practices operate, what works, what doesn’t and how dentistry is evolving. The information we gather each month helps us measure trends in the profession. Take a look at this month’s topic and results on buying, selling and remodeling.
August 2022
by Sam Mittelsteadt, editor
This Missouri dentist’s plans for a supersized second practice caused a commotion on Dentaltown’s message boards after Townies watched a walkthrough video of the construction in progress: The forum thread racked up 10,600+ views and 460+ posts over just four months! Now that Dr. Grant Olson’s $15 million, 29,000-square-foot practice is open, we tour the facility and learn more about how it reflects his large-scale ambitions and visions for the future of private practice dentistry.
September 2021
After Townies cast their ballots for their favorite dental services and products, we tallied the results. Now it’s time to announce the winners of the 2021 Townie Choice Awards!
December 2021
This Townie gives a breakdown of what it takes to build and run a lab in the office.
April 2023
by Kyle Patton, associate editor
Since taking over a practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Dr. Devin Giron went on to raise annual collections by 650%! A part of his success lay in a total rebrand, substantial investments in technology, and shifting away from the common dental experience to create a total-health approach.
June 2023
The results are in, and now it’s time to announce the winners of the 2023 Dental Townie Choice Awards—and this year, we shine the spotlight on the victors in a few notable races.
December 2023
After receiving advice from his peers, this Townie provides a five-year update.
July 2020
The votes are in—the ballots are counted! See which products, services and equipment won the top spots for 2017.
December 2017
by Kyle Patton, associate editor
“We produced almost the same amount of dentistry in May 2020 as we did in May 2019,” says this Townie, whose practice already had a no-waiting policy—there’s no front desk—and whose staff was always laser-focused on precautions related to viruses and germs even before the coronavirus pandemic.
August 2020
by HanH H. Tran
HanH H. Tran, senior design director at dental office design and architecture firm HJT Designs, discusses the best strategies to use when retrofitting, designing and building a dental office so it can thrive during—and after—the coronavirus era.
September 2020
by Kyle Patton, associate editor
This L.A.-area pediatric dentist began her career in a true “family practice”—she worked alongside her parents, who focus on cosmetic and restorative procedures, and a brother, a periodontist. Last year, she and her orthodontist husband opened their own new practice, which was designed and built from scratch, and she discusses ideas and suggestions about splitting responsibilities, making connections with pediatric patients, and the steps behind building an inviting, efficient office.
September 2020
by Jay Geier
The final installment of this series with the Scheduling Institute’s Jay Geier discusses strategies involving space and equipment, clinical duplication and financial discipline, which require planning and investment but also remove the limitations that are restricting your growth.
January 2021
by Kyle Patton, associate editor
We visit Dr. Matthew McMasters' Tennessee practice and discuss the mistakes he hopes other dentists won’t make when buying a practice, the right way to determine which CE courses to take, and why he agrees that “the best dentistry is no dentistry.”
April 2021
by Sam Mittelsteadt, editor & creative director
This Townie, who practices in Northwest Arkansas, is driven to improve the lives of people in her native Togo. In addition to planning dental mission trips, she’s also co-founded charities designed to bring drinkable water to villagers and housing and educational opportunities to orphans in the west African nation.
May 2021
by Kyle Patton, associate editor
This Townie heads a 10-chair public health practice that serves more than 18 communities throughout Washington and Oregon. She candidly shares the ins and outs of dentistry in the public health sector, how she’s shaping new doctors through a mentoring program, and how she’s leveraging her American Indian heritage to reduce disparities in her community.
July 2021
by Arselia Gales, assistant editor
This Townie, who practices on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, renovated his practice and signed a new 15-year lease in the middle of the pandemic. While the remodel was initially focused on aesthetic upgrades, Dr. Daniel Aneszko switched his focus to infection control. He shares some of the challenges he faced during the remodel—which earned him the 2020 ADA Design Innovation Award in the redesign category—as well as advice for others looking to enhance their spaces.
August 2021
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