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Ryan Smith, DDS

Resource library

The documents a practice actually runs on.

Every checklist, worksheet, script and letter here was pulled straight out of an article, so it carries the same rules: my numbers are mine, nothing is invented, and it is built to be used on Monday. Give your name and email once and the whole library is open to you.

15 downloads · 17 protocol cards · 21 guidelines

Documents

Owner's documents

Checklists, plans and worksheets for buying, running and fixing a practice.

11 in this section

Planpdfxlsx

90-Day Turnaround Plan

A twelve-week, six-sprint plan for turning around an underperforming practice, as a PDF plan and a phase-by-phase spreadsheet tracker.

2 pagesv1.0Updated 2026-09-03

Planpdfxlsx

The First 90 Days Plan

A phase-by-phase plan for the first 90 days after buying a dental practice: the transition, the team, the patients, and the numbers to watch weekly.

2 pagesv1.0Updated 2026-08-24

Worksheetxlsxpdf

Weekly Profitability Report

A weekly log spreadsheet with formulas for every ratio the KPI and profitability articles define, plus a one-page summary of what to look at each Friday.

1 pagesv1.0Updated 2026-08-06

Worksheetxlsxdocx

Membership Plan Worksheet

Price an in-house membership plan off what the covered visits actually cost you, then fill in the plan terms with your own numbers.

v1.0Updated 2026-07-30

Worksheetxlsxpdf

Staff Bonus Plan Worksheet

A spreadsheet that models the Push Month and Prize Month bonus strategy with payout formulas, plus a PDF explaining the rules.

1 pagesv1.0Updated 2026-07-06

Checklistpdfxlsx

Practice Acquisition Due Diligence Checklist

Every document to request before buying a dental practice, in the order to review them, plus a spreadsheet to track each one.

3 pagesv1.0Updated 2026-06-18

Checklistpdf

Buying a Dental Practice: Red Flags Checklist

The five traps that turn a dental practice acquisition into a struggle, and the specific action to take against each one.

2 pagesv1.0Updated 2026-06-08

Templatedocxpdf

Letter of Intent Term Sheet

An editable term sheet for a dental practice LOI, with bracketed fields for price, scope, transition, and contingencies.

4 pagesv1.0Updated 2026-05-21

Checklistpdfxlsx

Office Manager Checklists

Daily, weekly, and monthly office manager checklists as a print-ready PDF and a spreadsheet tracker with an owner and done column.

1 pagesv1.0Updated 2026-05-06

Worksheetxlsx

PPO Write-Off & Ranking Worksheet

Turn a three-month production report into lost revenue per PPO plan, then score patient count, admin friction and growth potential to rank which to drop first.

v1.0Updated 2026-04-09

Templatepdf

Daily Huddle Sheet

A one-page sheet with the exact agenda, time boxes, and role prep lines to fill in for the daily morning huddle.

1 pagesv1.0Updated 2026-04-06

Handouts

Patient handouts

Printable explainers a practice can hand to a patient from the chair.

Nothing here yet. The first handouts are being written now; they will be announced in The Dental Grind and on the what’s new page.

Reference

The numbers and the shelf

Pages that are not downloads: the rules and guidelines a dentist looks up, the targets I run practices against, and the products twenty offices standardized on.

The Dental Grind

Every Monday, free: how a practice actually works, plus the podcast.