The community
Where dentists compare notes on the business and the chair.
Rooms for running the practice, buying and selling, the clinical questions and the quick ones between patients. Ryan is in there, and so are the people who have already solved the problem in front of you.
Free. Sign in with your email, no password.
Inside
What you can do in there
- 01
Questions that get answered
Ask the way you would ask a friend who owns ten offices. The person who asked marks the reply that solved it, so the next dentist with the same problem finds the answer first.
- 02
Cases, numbers and files
Post the preop photo, the radiograph, the P&L screenshot or the fee schedule. Photos lose their location data on the way up, and nothing is visible outside the community.
- 03
Live calls with Ryan
Office hours and small group calls on the calendar, with a lobby to talk in before and after and the link in one place.
- 04
Challenges
A stretch of days with one small thing to do each day: a week of morning huddles, a month of collections calls. Check in, see who else is doing it, finish with a badge.
- 05
Levels and a leaderboard
Helpful replies, accepted answers and finished challenges earn points. Levels open rooms, and the weekly board shows who is carrying the conversation.
- 06
A chat room for quick ones
The lounge is a running conversation for the question you have between patients that does not need a whole thread.
Rooms
Pick the room for the question
Every open room is available the moment you sign in. A few open as you take part, and a course's students get a room of their own.
Announcements
What is new on the site and in the courses. Ryan posts; everyone can comment.
Ryan posts, everyone replies
Introductions
Who you are, where you practice, and what you are working on this year.
Open to every member
The lounge
Quick questions between patients. A running chat, not threads.
Chat
Running the practice
Systems, team, scheduling, collections, the numbers. The main room.
Open to every member
Buying, selling and partnering
Acquisitions, valuations, transitions, associates who want to own.
Open to every member
Clinical corner
Materials, techniques and the evidence, with the Research Says series as the reference.
Open to every member
Business Fundamentals students
The room for the course. Questions about a lesson go here or to support.
For Business Fundamentals students
The house rules are short.
Be specific, be generous with what you know, keep patients unidentifiable, and do not sell. That is most of it.
Questions
Before you join
What does it cost?
Nothing. Sign in with your email and every open room is yours.
Who is it for?
Practice owners, associates who want to own, dental students, and the office managers and team leads who run the day. Vendors are welcome to talk shop and are asked not to sell.
Can I share clinical photos and radiographs?
Yes, with anything that identifies the patient cropped out: names, dates of birth, chart numbers, faces without consent. Location and camera details are removed from photos automatically as they upload.
Is there an app?
Add the community to your phone's home screen from your browser and it opens like an app, with notifications for replies and mentions if you want them.
Do I need a password?
No. You get a sign-in link by email each time, and you stay signed in on that device for 90 days.