Welcome to the Dental CEO® Podcast — where Dr. Scott Leune applies proven business strategies from leading entrepreneurs and CEOs to the complexities of dental practice ownership. In each episode, Dr. Leune dives into candid conversations with leaders from industries far beyond the operatory, uncovering strategies, struggles, and breakthroughs that align with the challenges dentists face every day. From scaling operations to maximizing profitability, these discussions reveal the financial frameworks and operational insights that empower dentists to lead with precision, manage with efficiency, and achieve sustainable growth as the CEO of their practice.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to the Dental CEO® Podcast, where Dr. Scott Leune applies proven business strategies from leading entrepreneurs and CEOs to the complexities of dental practice ownership. In each episode, Dr. Leune dives into candid conversations with leaders from industries far beyond the operatory, uncovering strategies, struggles, and breakthroughs that align with the challenges dentists face every day.
Recent episodes include "The Software Death Spiral: Why Not Every Dental Software Company Will Survive AI" (26 October 2026, 43 minutes), "How the Big Beautiful Bill Made Dental School Twice as Expensive" (19 October 2026, 37 minutes), and "Your Equity Could Be Worthless: What to Know Before Selling to a DSO" (12 October 2026, 51 minutes).
The Dental CEO Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 46 minutes.
Booking probability for The Dental CEO Podcast is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Dental CEO Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Dental CEO Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
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Episode #87
Only 15 to 20% of dental practices are on the cloud. Curve Dental CEO Dave Cormack explains why the rest may be about to fall behind. In this episode of The Dental CEO Podcast, Dr. Scott Leune sits down with Dave...
Episode #86
The rules of dental student loans just changed, and most dentists have no idea what it means for them. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act capped federal student loans at $200,000 for dental students, down from a system that...
Episode #85
Selling your dental practice to a DSO? Some dentists who took part of their payout in DSO equity may end up with nothing to show for it. In this episode, Scott Leune sits down with Kevin Cumbus, founder and president of...
Episode #84
Dr. Divya Patel was two years out of dental school when she made a decision most dentists take a decade to make: open her own startup instead of buying an established practice. In this episode, Scott sits down with Dr...
Episode #83
ChatGPT just rolled out ads for small businesses, and dentists are already testing it, often with no idea what they're doing. In this episode, Scott Leune sits down with Bill Donato, founder of DentalMarketing.com , to...
Episode #82
Last week's episode challenged the traditional path to retirement. This week, Scott Leune gets tactical: what should you actually be doing in dentistry, right now, at your specific age, to make that philosophy real? In...
Episode #81
What if the traditional retirement plan, work hard for 40 years and finally retire at 65, is actually the reason so many dentists end up burned out, broke on experiences, and full of regret? In Part 1 of this two-part...
Episode #80
Episode 80: There's a good chance you've never heard of DHP. While Schein, Patterson, Darby, and Benco dominate the conversation around dental equipment and supplies, DHP has quietly built a 35-plus-year, privately...
Episode #79
Episode 79: In 2019, a 22-year-old flew from Dublin to Texas to take three of Scott's courses back-to-back, so eager to learn he came back a second time just to finish the one he missed. Eight years later, that same...
Episode #78
Episode 78: Scott sits down again with Justin Warcup, a pediatric dentist in Dallas-Fort Worth, to break down the numbers behind pediatric airway dentistry and the system he built to scale it, called the BRĒTH Method...
Episode #77
Episode 77: Is there ever really a "right time" to start a practice? In this episode of the Dental CEO Podcast, Scott sits down with Dr. Stamatis Kouniaris and his wife Katarina, a practicing attorney, to talk about one...
Episode #76
Scott Leune sits down to give young dentists the advice he wishes someone had given him. He breaks down the four numbers every associate should be tracking, why a high-income associateship matters more than a signing...
Episode #75
Radiologic AI was just the beginning. In this episode, Scott sits down with Ophir Tanz, founder and CEO of Pearl, to unpack how AI has evolved from a single feature into an entire layer running underneath the modern...
Episode #74
$4 million in debt. A business partner who walked away. That's the position Dr. Omar Virani was in, and it would have ended most people's dental careers right there. Instead, he turned it into a thriving two-location...
Episode #73
Virtual administrative teams are already helping thousands of dental practices handle insurance verification, billing, claims, and phones, and now AI copilots are layering on top of that support to speed up claim...
Episode #72
Why do some associate dentists produce five times more than others seeing the exact same number of patients? In this episode of The Dental CEO Podcast, Scott Leune breaks down the four numbers that actually drive...
Episode #71
In this solo episode of The Dental CEO Podcast, Scott Leune reads three real profit and loss statements line by line and shows you exactly where practice profit hides. Watch a "respectable" 1.8-million-dollar practice...
Episode #70
A dentist got an unsolicited $9.8M offer to sell his practice — and on paper it looked incredible. So why is walking away the smarter move? Scott Leune breaks down the real offer line by line and runs the actual math...
Episode #69
<p>After 33 years of marriage and 33 years practicing side by side in 700 square feet, Dr. Elisa Mello and Dr. Ramin Tabib could have coasted to the finish line. Instead, at 61, they bet on themselves again and moved...
Episode #69
After 33 years of marriage and 33 years practicing side by side in 700 square feet, Dr. Elisa Mello and Dr. Ramin Tabib could have coasted to the finish line. Instead, at 61, they bet on themselves again and moved into...
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Beatles expert, co-owner of George Harrison’s childhood home, Aussievision
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home cook, recipe developer, cooking instructor, creator of Cooking With Friends, Center for CommUNITY & Belonging
DentalMarketing.com
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