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.
Dental A Team

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061: Battling Human Nature with Quarterly Team or Leadership Meetings
Mark and Kiera are reunited! In this episode, the two discuss quarterly calibration meetings for team members. Did you know human nature causes us to fall off track of our goals after 90 days? Quarterly meetings can help keep your office focused, especially when Kiera and Mark are involved and...  Read More
060: Six Ways to Have That Hard Conversation
Motivating people to do something they don’t want to do is hard. A listener requested Kiera discuss this topic, and she delivers, presenting six action items for talking to someone who doesn’t want to do his or her job.     Find out why     Clear expectations     Right seat, right office  ...  Read More
059: You’re Much More Likely to Succeed IF...
This car-casting episode is all about the benefits of having an accountability partner or coach. That’s right, someone who’s constantly in your corner, talking you through your struggles and wins. The first step is learning the difference between goals and intentions — which one is a raindrop,...  Read More
058: Building Your Social Media the Right Way
Among many other things, Dr. Desiree Yazdan is a social media ~pro~ when it comes to dentistry, and in this episode, she chats with Kiera about how she’s gained her 135K Instagram followers, what she might have done differently knowing what she knows now, and why bad news in the middle of her...  Read More
057: Digging for Gold (Car Cast!)
Kiera recently befriended an international-dentist-turned-American-dental-assistant, and asked her one question: What was her secret to being happy? The answer? Just be happy. As author Ryan Holiday puts it in his book , look for the gold underneath your obstacles. Here’s a nugget of gold Kiera dug...  Read More
056: Mini-Dentists Running Around
Kiera sits down with dental consulting extraordinaire Ashley Dorn at gate C-1 in the Phoenix airport to talk expanded functions dental assistants. Ashley, who’s been immersed in the dental world since the age of 17, drops solid gold with an occlusion tip (hint, minute mark 11:42), as well as the...  Read More
055: We Get What We Tolerate
What limiting beliefs are you living by? Kiera walks through the topic of growth, sharing a personal experience with one of the doctors she’s been coaching for the past few months. Now she’s sharing that message with you. Are you the best doctor? Office manager? Treatment coordinator, scheduler,...  Read More
054: Marketing: Give it Enough Time to Work, but Not Too Much to Destroy
Lauren Edvalson, CEO of Edvalson Marketing, shares a ~ton~ of marketing goodness in this episode. Her number one tip? Communication! That’s communication between the doctor and the marketing company, the doctor and the team, and the office and the community. How many times has your business written...  Read More
053: Facing Your (Money) Fears with Ryan Isaac
This episode is all about money! It’s time to face the truth when it comes to your finances, but Ryan Isaac, senior financial with the Dentist Advisors, and Kiera hold your hand through it all. The duo discusses how a happy dentist equals a happy team, why saving now matters, and the way Kiera used...  Read More
052: Toot Your Own Horn! (We’re Giving You Permission)
Dental marketing pro Ashley Keith returns to the podcast to chat with Kiera about … bragging! The ladies discuss the benefits of marketing and a three-pronged approach your practice can start implementing TODAY to break down the fear of the “scary” dentist. Plus, stop hiding your services! Show...  Read More
051: Simplification with Sophistication for Office Communication
In today's episode, Kiera welcomes back fan favorite, Ashley Keith- office manager of a 20 op practice including 4 doctors, 10 hygienists and all the support team. Ashley comes from corporate America with a marketing background and has found, communication is a MUST in any dental office. Ashley...  Read More
050: No surprises!
Digging through our archives, we found this gem of an episode! Travel back with Kiera and Mark in this older car riff as they relive the events from their recent conferences and discuss the importance of job ads, hiring, onboarding, and firing. Kiera explains how an employee add should fit with the...  Read More
049: MONDAY MORNING MASH-UP: Lead By Example
Kiera rocks out this episode in preparation for your Monday Meeting Mashup! She encourages offices to set up individual meetings where different departments teach and lead the meetings each week. Each department will be discussing their own KPIs and a plan to accomplish them. By doing this, every...  Read More
048: Are you the bottleneck of your own life?
Join Kiera as she interviews Jackie Martinez, a native Texan who serves as the business guru and OM for her family of dentists. She has learned and navigated a way of leadership that implements business goals that labor results. In this episode, Jackie discusses the importance of delegating tasks...  Read More
047:  SPECIAL EVENT- Get it from the "To Do" List to the "Done" List
Dental A Team-- is your operations manual completed? Or is it like 99% of office where it's a great idea and you just can't seem to find the time to complete it? Or do you even know where to start? In today's episode, Kiera walks you through, step-by-step, on how to complete your operations manual...  Read More
046: Only $35 bucks!!!
Hey hygienists, are you passionate about Fluoride? If not, why? In this episode, Kiera dives into the importance of suggesting fluoride to your patients. She emphasizes that as a healthcare professional, it is not your job to determine if the patient wants or does not want something. It is your...  Read More
045: If you POSE, you must PROPOSE
In today's episode, Kiera is joined by a unique office manager, Ashley Keith. Ashley's husband is a dentist who owns a 20 op practice that has four dentists, 10 hygienists and a huge support team. Ashley doesn't have a dental background and comes from Corporate America with a degree in marketing--...  Read More
044: Appreciation- The Lost Art
Kiera Dent hosts an awesome episode with Trish Primeau, an office manager that has created a “love to work” environment. Trish and Kiera discuss how genuine appreciation for others hard work will craft a bond between the office staff that is so important in maintaining morale. In this raw episode,...  Read More
043: Consistency Gets Results- What Results are You Getting Consistently?
People need time to get their work accomplished, but sometimes it is so hard to focus on the important when the urgent is looming! Kiera reminds us that you don’t have to do a lot to get results, but you have to be consistent with your time.  Give your team an hour to two hours once a week to do...  Read More
042 : Steps to Getting 85% Fluoride Acceptance
Fluoride is the KEY and KING to prevent decay-- and a great way to increase hygiene profitability. Solid wins for everyone! So why not implement its power with your patients? Many patients would gladly partake in fluoride, but don’t understand its benefits. As healthcare providers, our job is to...  Read More
041: The Blaze of Smoke
Ever have days when defeat is more a part of your life than success? Kiera discusses a time in her life when she felt the same way. There are days when you will feel like you don’t have potential, when you feel like a failure, and when the brick wall is just too high to climb. In this episode,...  Read More
040: MONDAY MORNING MASH-UP The 5 Minute New Patient Phone Call
New patient calls don’t have to be a hassle. Kiera welcomes back favorite guest, Donna Dinette, one of the Kiera's Dental Consulting Travel Consultants who is a wizard at getting new patients into your schedule within 5 minutes. Donna has figured this out and has great success and results in this...  Read More
039: TELL, SHOW, DO
Kiera welcomes Paige Benjamin back to discuss perio patients and appointments. Paige emphasizes the need for probing every appointment as well as updating the perio chart. By measuring pocket depths and bleeding on probing for every appointment, you can not only get a better idea of the patient’s...  Read More
038: Managing Multiple Practices
Managing multiple practices doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Kiera lays out simple tips to follow in order to map your way to building several successful practices. First, everything starts with communication! Everyone needs to be consistently meeting in order to align the same goal for each...  Read More
037: MONDAY MORNING MASH-UP: Financial Policies- ARE YOU AFRAID OF REJECTION?
In this short, but juicy episode, Kiera gives practical advice about finances, treatment planning, and scheduling. She poses the question, “If dentistry was free, what would you recommend for treatment?” That is the ultimate goal: PROVIDING THE BEST CARE FOR PATIENTS! Therefore, Kiera encourages...  Read More
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