The Special Lists

A large DSO spends about $180k developing a single dentist in their first two years out of school. Almost all of it goes to three procedures — endo, aligners, and implant placement — and none of it goes to the one skill...

Put an image of your patient's cracked molar up on a 50-inch screen, stay quiet, and watch them diagnose it themselves. When Dr. Josh Austin started scanning every patient at every visit, it transformed how he presented...

Patients decide whether they trust your practice before they ever walk in the door — and they do it from the images on your website and your social feed.Andrew Jowett owns MedCreative and has spent more than a decade...

Bring a second periodontist into one of your offices and the dentists who send you cases will still ask for you by name. Adam McClellan's fix is counterintuitive — he stops taking new patients at that location entirely...

Bring a second periodontist into one of your offices and the dentists who send you cases will still ask for you by name. Adam McClellan's fix is counterintuitive — he stops taking new patients at that location entirely...

Owning the hardware is not the same as knowing what to do with it. Gregg Kinzer has spent 30 years teaching dentists to think their way through complex cases, and he argues the profession is drifting toward letting the...

Owning the hardware is not the same as knowing what to do with it. Gregg Kinzer has spent 30 years teaching dentists to think their way through complex cases, and he argues the profession is drifting toward letting the...

The thing nobody tells you about running your own dental practice is that the anxiety doesn't quiet down — it just gets louder for the first 20 years, and then you look back and realize none of the things you were...

Andrew Skasko spent a full year working shoulder-to-shoulder with his associate on every procedure, paying him the whole time, before they opened a second location together. That associate is now his partner across...

AACD taught Dr. Tracey Nguyen to be good with her hands. The mouth–body connection taught her how to keep that work intact for years.<br /><br />Tracey is a restorative dentist, scientific advisor at the Kois Center...

Running a dental practice isn't taught in dental school, and most owners learn it the hard way. Practice coach and former periodontal practice co-owner Geri Gottlieb joins the show to share what 30+ years in dentistry —...

Beyond clinical skill, running a successful dental practice requires clear vision, strong systems, and the right people.<br /><br />Periodontist and MAZ Management co-founder Dr. Justin Zalewsky shares the leadership...

What does it really take to build a dental practice that’s future-proof and not just profitable?<br /><br />Through relentless investment in safety, leadership, and education, oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr. David...

Dentistry looks polished from the outside, but behind the scenes, it’s harder, messier, and more human than most people realize.<br /><br />Dental industry veteran Mike Gergen believes the key to success is lifelong...

Want to know how one periodontist turned patient-centered care into a thriving, multi-practice powerhouse?<br /><br />Dr. Amit Patel is the founder of ROOT Periodontal and Implant Centers and co-founder of the Center...