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No Drama, All Integrity: Inside a Truly Patient-Driven Practice | Dr. Lance McGavin | 574
Quick Win for you: Before making your next practice decision, ask yourself: “Does this reflect the values I want my practice to stand for?” Now, imagine starting a practice where every decision is based on doing the right thing for patients AND your team, even when it costs more time, money, or...  Read More
Tax-Free Retirement Account: Income That Builds Wealth and Cuts Taxes
Imagine saving for retirement, watching your nest egg grow, and when the time comes to enjoy it, you get to keep every dollar. No IRS bill.  That’s the promise of a tax-free retirement account. It’s one of the smartest ways to reduce your long-term tax burden, especially if you’re a high earner in...  Read More
Dentistry Career Paths: Fulfillment Beyond the Numbers
Dentists face an important question at almost every stage of their careers: What’s the right career path for me? Do you stay an associate? Buy into a practice? Bring on a partner? Or sell to a DSO? The truth is, there isn’t one “perfect” career path in dentistry. Each choice comes with benefits...  Read More
Mastering Quarterly Meetings in Your Dental Practice
Dentists often set ambitious annual goals but get stuck in the daily grind. The problem? Without structure, it’s hard to keep your team aligned and focused. That’s where quarterly meetings come in. Quarterly meetings create clarity, accountability, and momentum. They help leadership teams identify...  Read More
The Guiding Principle of a Successful Practice Is _________
Kiera shares with listeners how to run quarterly meetings to get clarity, alignment, and accountability. She touches on the creation of 90-day plans, creating a definition of done, and why instilling a traction cadence is so helpful and practical. Episode resources: Transcript: The Dental A...  Read More
Transform Cold Rejections into Warm Leads with the ARENA Strategy | GMS
Hot Take: What if the biggest marketing mistake isn’t your ads, scripts, or flyers, but the fact that you walk away after the first ‘no’? Think about it, two practices, same city, same budget. One doctor gets shut down by a gatekeeper and walks away. The other doctor turns that same “no” into a...  Read More
The Patient First Podcast Episode 182: 50 Is the New 30—How to Live Your Best Life Outside of Dentistry
This podcast episode could be your key to breaking free from the hamster wheel and making the next several decades of your life the best ones yet. In this episode of The Patient First Podcast, I interview Kathleen A. Adams, CFP® CPWA®, Co-founder of Second 50 Financial, to learn how she helps...  Read More
The One Big Beautiful Bill: Planning Opportunities for Clinicians and Practice Owners
By Director and Practice Integration Advisor Thomas Bodin, CFA®, CFP®   The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has introduced sweeping changes that are expected to shape tax planning for clinicians and practice owners over the next several years. While the legislation touches on many...  Read More
Inside Year One: Lessons from Launching a Modern Dental Practice | Dr. Jessica Pushee | 573
Change is never easy in practice ownership but it’s often the bold decisions that shape the kind of practice (and leader) you become. Dr. Jessica Pushee shares how she: - Took a stand by staying out-of-network with Delta Dental - Turned micromanaging habits into true leadership growth - Learned...  Read More
Are You Becoming The CEO Dentist
If you’re a dentist who owns your practice, you already hold the title of “CEO.” But wearing the title and living the role are two very different things. The real CEO dentists aren’t stuck in the day-to-day. They lead with vision. They empower their teams. They scale without sacrificing their time,...  Read More
Dental CEOs 101
Is running a dental practice the most stressful part of your life? Does hiring and retaining the right people seem impossible? Do you question whether dentistry was the right choice for you? Kiera reflects on DAT’s recent CEO Dentist Webinar, including what dental leadership ideally looks like —...  Read More
How One Practice Scaled from $3.2M to $5M Without Burning Out
On the surface, this practice was doing well. Strong revenue, a steady team, and loyal patients. But growth had hit a ceiling. The owner had ambitious goals, yet like many dentists, they were caught in the common trap: wanting expansion without sacrificing time, health, or the culture they’d worked...  Read More
Your Collections Will Skyrocket With This Advice
Tiff and Dana take a close look at a practice that wanted to get a handle on its growth. They discuss knowing numbers inside and out, forming a growth plan, keeping your team involved in any expansion. Episode resources: Transcript:   The Dental A Team (00:00) Hello Dental A Team listeners. I...  Read More
Small Budget, Big Results: Leveraging Your Community Outreach as a Dental Leader | GMS 32
How do top dental practices fill chairs without burning thousands on ads?  In this episode, we map out how just 90–120 minutes per week of intentional ground marketing can outproduce your digital spend, creating trusted local connections that keep sending patients your way long after you’ve left...  Read More
Do You Know Where Your Patients Are Coming From? Ditch the Guesswork and Focus Where It Counts | Amanda Kepshire | 572
From “How Did You Hear About Us?” to Full-Funnel Tracking — w/ Amanda Kepshire (CallRail) Would you trust a front desk checkbox to decide where your marketing budget goes or do you want the actual data on which ads and channels are driving patients? That’s the exact gap Amanda Kepshire uncovers and...  Read More
Is Your Practice Healthy?
Re-releasing a DAT listener favorite! Kiera is all about key performance indicators in this episode, and why they’re important. When framing KPIs as the vitals of your practice, it makes a lot more sense! Some of Kiera’s favorite KPIs are … - Production (net, not gross) - Collection (at least...  Read More
The Scorecard That Keeps Your Practice Healthy
Let’s face it: you didn’t become a dentist to crunch numbers all day. But if you want a thriving, sustainable practice, tracking the right KPIs is non-negotiable. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are more than just stats. They’re the pulse of your business. And if you don’t measure what matters,...  Read More
Chairside to CEO - Going from full time clinician to owning multiple practices
Chairside to CEO Transcript  From Chairside to CEO: Scaling Your Practice Welcome to The Perfect Place to Put a Practice! I’m your host, Mike Green, from Doctor Demographics. Today, we’re tackling a topic that’s on the minds of many ambitious doctors out there: making the transition from...  Read More
4 Strategies That Lead to Real Work-Life Balance
Dentistry is demanding. Between running a business, leading a team, and providing exceptional patient care, it’s easy to feel like your practice is running you. If you’re constantly on the go, working late, or missing out on life outside the office, you’re not alone. But here’s the truth:...  Read More
Have You Googled Your Practice?
Dr. Len Tau, aka the Reviews Doctor, is on the podcast. With Kiera, he goes into the most critical nuts and bolts of making sure your practice stands out (or at least keeps pace with) online reviews amid AI. He explains jargon terms like ranking power and factors and velocity of reviews, whether...  Read More
Why Centralising Your IT, Internet, and Phone Support Just Makes Sense
At  for almost as long.  In fact, before founding Dental IT, I worked in the Internet industry: I ran the tech support department for one of the UK’s very first Internet providers (Global Internet) in London back in the late ’90s. In short: I know Internet.  Today, over half of our customers...  Read More
The Power of Early Learning: Why Dentists Shouldn't Wait to Take CE | Dr. Chad Johnson | 571
The Tech Gamble Every Dentist Faces Should new dentists master the basics first before touching advanced tools or jump straight into cutting-edge tech like implants, lasers, and same-day crowns to get ahead? Dr. Chad Johnson didn’t wait. Right out of school, he invested in advanced CE +...  Read More
Tucson Dentists - Pima Dental Study Club Meeting
Tucson Dentists - Please come join a great study group, learn, grow, and interact with fellow dentists! 2 CE Credits for Infection Control  Wednesday 9/10/2025 @ 6pm  Hacienda Del Sol  Tucson, AZ  Read More
Payroll
While getting the historical payroll figures accurate remains important from a due diligence perspective, understanding the exact payroll you’ll be stepping into as the new owner on Day 1 must be the priority. Why?  Because historical payroll data is just that, history.  A lot can happen in any...  Read More
What Dentists Need to Know About the ‘Own-Occupation’ Definition and Employer Involvement
Dentistry is a profession that requires a unique set of skills, precision, and long hours of physical work. When an illness or injury prevents a dentist from practicing, long-term disability (LTD) insurance often becomes a crucial lifeline. However, understanding the intricacies of LTD policies is...  Read More
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