Books by Ryan Smith, DDS
For the career
you’re building.
The decisions, conversations, and hard-earned lessons that come after dental school, from finding your footing as a new dentist to buying a practice that fits your life. Books you can keep coming back to.
From Ryan’s bookshelf
Coming soonYou’re the Dentist Now
A Mentor’s Guide for New Dentists
A candid, practical guide to the first years in dentistry: confidence, associate jobs, patient conversations, money, and a career with room for life.
25 chapters · Paperback + Kindle
From Ryan’s bookshelf
Coming soonBuy the Practice, Not the Problems
How to Find, Evaluate, Finance, and Take Over the Right Dental Practice
A practical guide to buying a dental practice that fits your life: find the right opportunity, test the numbers, investigate the risks, negotiate the handoff, and lead the first 100 days.
54 chapters · Publication details to follow
More to come.
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