Episodes

Dec. 16, 2024

Why Dentists Fail to Hear "Yes" More Often From Their Patients

What is the most overlooked opportunity in dentistry? Steven J. Anderson is considered to be dentistry’s “yes” man! He has worked with dental professionals around the world to transform their practices, into “Top 10% Performance” status with innovative patient service systems that make it easier for patients to say “yes” to treatment. He has worked with some of the biggest names in dentistry to build their practices. His systems transform practices and the people in them. In this episode of "D...
Oct. 8, 2024

Increase practice revenue through improved business efficiency

Dr. Stone is a board-certified oral & maxillofacial surgeon. He received his dental degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his medical degree and oral and maxillofacial surgery certificate from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Stone completed his general surgery internship and oral surgery residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, a Fellow of the American ...
Sept. 6, 2024

Stop Chasing Appointments Down!

With 28 years of experience in marketing and dentistry, Billie Prisby is the founder and CEO of Presto Smile, a startup revolutionizing the dental industry with patent-pending specialized dental AI and marketing. She has an MBA in Business Management focusing on Marketing, a BS in Biology and Psychology, an RDA in dental assisting, and multiple certifications in social media marketing and international orthodontics. She is passionate about creating innovative solutions that address the biggest ...
Aug. 4, 2024

The Taboo Subject of Alcohol in the Dental Profession

Sober Life Rocks is a membership-based community of people who choose not to drink, are sober-ish, sober curious and sober wingmen. Their mission is to create spaces and initiate conversations that challenge the prevailing drinking culture, offering support to a wide range of individuals including salespeople, speakers, consultants, and other successful business people. Co-founder Laura Nelson is best known as the founder of Front Office Rocks. What you may not know is that after watching a vid...
July 29, 2024

Why Can't I Do That Here? In-house specialty offering

Santosh Patel, President and Co-Founder of Complete Specialty Solutions (CSS), is committed to helping general dentists thrive in today’s market. With over 15 years of large-scale operations experience in both the medical and dental industry, Santosh and his team are partnering with DSO/Group/Solo offices that want to provide patient’s the level of in-house specialty care they are looking for. CSS has developed systems, services and technology to provide dentists with the specialty department t...
May 14, 2024

How Dental School Set You Up To Fail as a Practice Owner

Steve Parker is the President/CEO of Profitable Dentist Media, LLC and Editor-In-Chief of The Profitable Dentist Magazine, where he brings a dynamic focus to continuing the work of founder, Dr. Woody Oakes. For over 35 years, TPD Magazine, Destin Spring Break Conferences, CE Courses, Newsletters, MasterMind groups and Networking events have helped tens of thousands of dentists become better practice owners. TPD has awarded over 1 million hours of CE credit, and nearly every notable lecturer, i...
May 2, 2024

Financial and Business Tips from a Dental CPA

Dentists, are you considering selling your practice to a DSO? On this episode of Dental MBA, Penny Reed talks with Dental CPA, Art Wiederman. Art provides insight as to why dentists may or may not want to sell to a DSO from a financial standpoint, retirement and retirement plans and changing relationships with insurance companies. To learn more about eAssist Dental Solutions, please visit dentalbilling.com. To schedule your complimentary consultation with eAssist, visit https://shorturl.at/deiR...
Jan. 11, 2024

Equipment Is More Important Than You Think

In this episode of the Dental MBA podcast, Penny Reed has the opportunity to chat with Jinesh Patel, Cofounder and CEO of Uptime Health. Most practices spend so much time and focus on staffing and having a productive patient schedule, that many of the critical details can be overlooked, especially when a group has multiple locations. Jinesh is a visionary who truly enacted the phrase, “necessity is the mother of invention,” and created a brilliant strategy to not only assist businesses in managi...
Nov. 21, 2023

How To Build Trust And Create Loyalty By Focusing On Experience

In a world where what gets measured gets managed, the patient experience is no exception. Yet in the past, this was judged more by an emotional evaluation of how a dental practice is doing, not a subjective, or quantifiable measurement. Now, Dr. Matt Allen with a DifferentKind is on a mission to transform the patient experience, in a measurable and actionable way. Tune in to this episode to hear what he is up to with his amazing company, and the difference he is making in practices of all sizes....
Nov. 15, 2023

Leadership, Systemization, and The Calling To Help Others

From dentist to entrepreneur to becoming an inspiration for every dental practice owner, Dr. Mark Costes shares the story of his practice ownership journey and how it lead to the path of helping others today. While Dr. Costes initial vision was to learn how to better run his practice, he found that others wanted to know how he did it. This lead Mark to become an amazing teacher and coach to show others how to be successful in effectively running their solo and small group practices. To learn mo...
Sept. 14, 2023

The M + A: The Future of Dental Consolidation

Checkout this episode of the Dental MBA Podcast, where Sam Strain, co-founder of Health Stream Ventures shares timely information about the present and future state of dental consolidation. Sam talks about why many dentists in private practice may want to join a DSO. She also shares insights on when emerging groups may want to consider forming a DSO. Sam has completed over 200 M+A transactions and shares her insights on the market, based on her vast experience. To connect with Sam, email ss@hea...
July 5, 2023

Necessary Skills for the Business of Dentistry

In this session, Penny Reed interviews Dr. Aman Kaur. Dr. Kaur shares from her perspective as both a practicng dentist and also an experienced mentor and advisor working with both dental service organizations as well as private equity groups. Dr. Kaur shares that while dental school prepared her for clinical dentistry that she really didn't feel as prepared as she could have been when she graduated and began to practice. In this episode Dr. Kaur outlines that who you surround yourself with, bo...
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Aug. 10, 2021

Austin Moffat - Fractional CFO for DSO + Dental Practice Owners

Austin Moffat, Fractional CFO for DSO + Dental Practice Owners, discusses the business of dentistry.
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June 29, 2021

Dave Monahan - Kleer

John Stamper speaks with Dave Monahan, CEO of Kleer, about the business of dentistry and the role Kleer plays in dental practice success.
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June 29, 2021

Danny Laneri - Swell

John Stamper speaks with Danny Laneri, Director of Business Development at Swell, about the business of dentistry and the role Swell plays in dental practice success.
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May 20, 2021

Curtis Marshall - Dental Intelligence

Lois Banta speaks with Curtis Marshall, Dental Intelligence Vice President of Enterprise Partnerships, about the business of dentistry and the role Dental Intelligence plays in dental practice success.
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May 20, 2021

Vanessa Emerson - Dental Speaker Institute

John Stamper speaks with Vanessa Emerson, founder of Dental Speaker Institute and Dental Speakers Bureau, about the business of dentistry and her role as a dental consultant and speaker.
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March 17, 2021

Dr. Paul Goodman (aka Dr. Nacho)

Dr. Goodman talks with John Stamper about being a leader in the dental industry, managing a very large social media following on multiple platforms, and his overarching message to dentists everywhere.
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March 8, 2021

Stephanie Smith - Innovative Advisory Services

John Stamper speaks with Stephanie Smith, founder of Innovative Advisory Services, about the business of dentistry and her role as a dental consultant.
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Feb. 26, 2021

Dr. Warren Willis

John Stamper speaks with Dr. Warren Willis about the business of dentistry.
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Feb. 26, 2021

Darin Acopan - Dentist Entrepreneur Organization

John Stamper speaks with Darin Acopan, Executive Vice President and Partner at Dentist Entrepreneur Organization (DEO) about his experience with corporate dentistry and strategic partnerships.
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Feb. 17, 2021

Debra Engelhardt-Nash

John Stamper speaks to Debra Engelhardt-Nash, renowned consultant and speaker, about best practices and how she became a leader in the dental industry.
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Feb. 17, 2021

Judy Maulsof - Practice Solutions Inc

John Stamper speaks with Judy Maulsof, owner and president of Practice Solutions Inc, on best practices and how she became a leader in the dental industry.
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Feb. 17, 2021

Dr. Sonia Hariri - Dentalvil

John Stamper speaks with Dr. Sonia Hariri, founder of Dentalvil, on best practices and how she became a leader in the dental industry.