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The Only Checklist You Need For 2026
2026 might still seem like a ways off, but now is the time to start chipping away at preparation. Tiff and Kristy walk practices through what to do to be ready for a fresh start come January 1. They talk about lag and lead measures, what to put on your calendar now, fee schedules, and a ton more....  Read More
How to Give Team Raises Without Crushing Your Cash Flow
Giving raises doesn’t have to wreck your budget or your peace of mind. But too many practice owners make raise decisions based on emotion, guilt, or desperation rather than strategy. Done well, raises can boost retention, morale, and culture. Done wrong, they can destroy profitability and create...  Read More
Branding That Builds Loyalty
In a saturated dental market, most practices blend into the background. But not this one. When Dr. Zaneta Hamlin launched her scratch-start practice, she set out to build more than a dental office, she built a full brand experience that patients talk about, share, and stay loyal to. Here’s how she...  Read More
How Ohana Dental Implant Centers Make Every Patient Feel at Home | Tom Gonzalez | 568
 How do you train your team to treat every implant revision, tough conversation, and follow-up call like they’re caring for their own family and make it happen in every location, every time? Most practices think “patients first” means being friendly and providing great service. But at Ohana...  Read More
Avoid These Delegation Pitfalls
Re-releasing a DAT listener favorite! The Dental A Team is seeing a lot of burnout across practices we visit, so Kiera’s here to offer tips about delegating. Just because you can do a bunch of tasks doesn’t mean you should. Kiera provides DAT insight on the best/easiest way to delegate, how to...  Read More
Delegation: The Overlooked Strategy for Scaling Dental Practices
One of the most underutilized yet powerful growth strategies in dental practices is effective delegation. When done right, it boosts team efficiency, reduces burnout, and creates room for both leadership and operational excellence. But too often, delegation is avoided due to fear of losing control,...  Read More
Successfully implement new procedures without overwhelm
Thinking about adding new services to your dental practice like sleep apnea treatment, Botox, or same-day crowns, but unsure how to make it work without creating chaos? You’re not alone. Many dentists want to elevate their practices with high-demand services but hit roadblocks when it comes to...  Read More
3 Systems Every Productive Practice Has in Place
High-performing practices don’t happen by accident, and in this episode, Kiera shares the steps that the most successful practices put in place to get there.  Episode resources: Transcript: Kiera Dent (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. This is Kiera and I hope today is just an...  Read More
Kiera Dent: The Empty Millionaire
Kiera shares a personal experience of reaching an incredible milestone but feeling depleted — and how she changed what being fulfilled meant. Episode resources: Transcript: Kiera Dent (00:01) Hello, Dental A Team listeners, this is Kiera and I feel like today's podcast is going to be, I...  Read More
Stop Avoiding Talking About Compliance
Tiff and Kristy take a look at patient privacy and the regulatory compliance associated with that privacy, including HIPAA and OSHA. They touch on their own experiences with compliance, how to better educate your practice, what not to do, and more. Episode resources: Transcript:  The Dental...  Read More
3 Systems Your Practice Should Have in Place
High-performing dental practices don’t happen by chance. They’re built on foundational systems that support profitability, reduce stress, and create consistent patient care. After working with hundreds of practices across the country, one pattern is clear: the most productive teams run on these...  Read More
What Elite Dentists Are Doing That You’re Not
Kiera takes listeners behind the scenes of Dental A Team, sharing what exactly happens in Doctor Mastermind conversations. This includes unfiltered Kiera and consultants sharing top-level expertise, elite doctors sharing secrets of the trade, wealth diversification conversations, and so much...  Read More
From Transaction to Relationship: Mastering Phone Conversions and Team Building with Shelly VanEpps
Frustrated with low phone conversion rates despite investing in marketing? Many dental practices experience the painful disconnect between generating leads and actually booking appointments, often converting only 20-25% of incoming calls into scheduled patients. What if the solution isn’t just...  Read More
Dentistry Innovations You Need To Be Aware Of
Tiff and Dana discuss how dental practices are being innovative in 2025, including A.I., apps, and other technologies that will streamline the busy work and help teams focus on being human. Episode resources: Transcript: The Dental A Team (00:02) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. Dana and I...  Read More
What Does Dental Consulting Look Like?
Ever wondered what actually goes on behind closed doors in dental consulting? As practice owners, we hear a lot about systems, leadership, and profitability, but what does effective consulting really look like day-to-day? Let’s take you behind the scenes of Dental A Team consulting and show you how...  Read More
Infection Control Innovations
Infection control isn’t just a checklist—it’s a system. At Dental A Team, we’ve worked with hundreds of practices across the country, and one thing is clear: when your infection control is DIALED IN, your team runs more confidently, your patients feel safer, and your practice stands out! Whether...  Read More
How to Know If You're Ready to Grow Your Dental Practice
“Should I add another op?” “Is it time for an associate?” “Can we handle a second location?” If you’ve asked yourself these questions, you’re not alone. Growth is exciting but without a plan, it can be a fast track to chaos. As someone who scaled a practice from $500K to $2.4M in 9 months (and...  Read More
The 1% Rule for Practice Owners
Kiera and Tiff discuss chipping away at your goals and problems in small pieces, and how this can stack habits in a way that’s not completely overwhelming. This can be applied to your personal life or your practice life! Episode resources: Transcript: Kiera Dent (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team...  Read More
The 1% Rule: How Dental Leaders Build Profitable, Focused Practices
Dental ownership isn’t just about clinical excellence, it’s about developing the discipline to make business decisions that move the needle. Far too often, dentists find themselves overwhelmed by the “everything all at once” approach: building systems, fixing billing, driving new patients,...  Read More
Growth Is Expensive! Navigating Construction, Finances, and Hiring in Your Startup | Dr. Katie Mathis | 564
Would you rather start from scratch with $500k in debt… or buy someone else’s “successful” practice and risk inheriting their chaos?  Buying an existing dental practice might seem faster, cheaper, safer... but what if you’re just inheriting years of dysfunction, bad systems, and burned-out staff? ...  Read More
The Surprising But Critical Key To Profitability
Morgan Hamon, co-founder and president of EAG Dental Advisors, returns to the podcast to talk about dentistry financials. As a CPA, Morgan pulls from his experience to talk with Kiera about what it takes to be profitable (beyond revenue and expenses). Episode resources: Transcript: Kiera...  Read More
THIS is the 2025 Difference-Maker For Practices
Tiff and Dana perform a practice autopsy of sorts — one of Dana’s star students, and what’s been put in place to help them thrive. The two discuss key systems, metrics, leadership, and how to stay committed to all of it. Episode resources: Transcript: The Dental A Team (00:01) Hello Dental A...  Read More
Break Through the $1 Million Bottleneck!
Kiera gives advice to those practices stuck in the $1 to $2 million range (because the same problems tend to apply). These hurdles can often be addressed in the leadership, systems, and mindset arenas, and Kiera spells out specific steps your practice can implement today to burst through the...  Read More
How Leadership and Tax Strategy Drive Profitability
What really separates high-performing dental practices from the rest? It’s not geography. It’s not your specialty. And it’s definitely not a magic marketing bullet. According to CPA Morgan Hamon, and backed by our experience consulting with practices, it’s leadership. Whether you're a GP in a small...  Read More
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