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Practice Management & Profitability

Do you like it when someone steals from you? Of course not. But if your practice is in-network with PPO plans, there’s …

Listen up, dental students. You’re climbing a mountain right now, and graduation feels like the summit. But what lies beyond that peak …

The rise of corporate dentistry isn’t a sign that private practice is doomed. It’s a symptom. It exists and thrives because it’s …

When was the last time you actually listened to a full day of recorded phone calls coming into your practice? Not just …

Are you afraid of getting burned when you buy a dental practice? Good. You should be. Over the years, I’ve purchased 17 …

It’s the biggest decision of a dentist’s entrepreneurial journey: Do you buy an existing practice or build one from scratch? There’s no single …

Have you ever wanted to just quit clinical dentistry? I have. In fact, I did—and I regret it. When I was in …

Let me paint a picture. You’ve just delivered a technically flawless crown. The margins are perfect, the occlusion is dialed in—clinically, it’s …

Let’s get real for a minute. Do you ever look at your production numbers and feel a nagging sense of frustration, knowing …

Do you start your day looking at the scheduled production number, then spend the next eight hours just hoping and praying that …

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