Prosperident's Dental Practice Owner's Podcast

What goes through the mind of someone who steals from their employer — and what brings them to genuine remorse? In this rare and candid interview, Prosperident's David Harris sits down with a convicted dental embezzler who agreed to speak openly on the condition of anonymity. She embezzled more than $250,000 from her dentist employer and served time in state prison. Unlike many who minimize o...

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of dental practice — including how embezzlement happens. In this timely episode, Prosperident's David Harris, Wendy Askins, and Amber Weber examine how the events of 2020 and 2021 changed the financial threat landscape for dental practices, and what practice owners need to know as they navigate the post-pandemic environment. Practice closure...

This episode is a special cross-post from the Dentist Money™ Show, hosted by Ryan Isaac of Dentist Advisors. Ryan sits down with Prosperident founder David Harris for a frank conversation about one of the most financially significant threats dentists face over their careers: embezzlement. The statistics are stark — the majority of dental practice owners will experience embezzlement at some point d...

You asked — and Prosperident answered. In this audience-driven episode, Wendy Askins, Amber Weber, and David Harris work through a mix of pre-submitted and live questions from dental practice owners and team members on the topics that matter most: embezzlement, financial oversight, suspicious employee behavior, and what to do when something doesn't feel right. Q&A episodes like this one o...

Dentistry trains exceptional clinicians. Business ownership is an entirely different skill set — one that most dentists acquire, if at all, through expensive trial and error. In this episode, Prosperident's Amber Weber, Wendy Askins, and David Harris are joined by Dr. Wayne Kerr for a wide-ranging conversation about the financial and managerial challenges that come with owning and leading a d...

You've noticed something. A number that doesn't add up. An employee who seems defensive when asked about finances. A patient who says they paid but your records show otherwise. What do you do next? The steps you take — and the mistakes you avoid — in the first hours and days after suspecting embezzlement can make the difference between a successful investigation and prosecution and a sit...

As 2021 began, dentistry was emerging from one of the most disruptive periods in its history. The pandemic had shuttered practices, altered patient behavior, strained teams, and created extraordinary financial uncertainty — but it had also opened up new opportunities for practice owners willing to adapt and lead. In this forward-looking episode, Prosperident's Wendy Askins, Amber Weber, and D...

Who better to ask about dental practice finances than someone who lives inside the numbers every day? Mara Johnson, a bookkeeper specializing exclusively in dental practices, sits down with Prosperident CEO David Harris for a conversation that bridges two perspectives that rarely share the same stage: the financial records specialist and the embezzlement investigator. Mara brings the view from the...

This episode is a special cross-post from the Nifty Thrifty Dentists platform. Dr. Glenn Vo — the dentist-entrepreneur behind the massively popular Nifty Thrifty Dentists Facebook group and community — interviews Prosperident CEO David Harris on the topic that dental practice owners need to understand: embezzlement. Dr. Vo's community of cost-conscious dental professionals gets to the point....

What does it take to steal a million dollars from a dental practice? More than you might think — and less than most dentists would believe. In this gripping episode, Prosperident hosts Amber Weber and David Harris are joined by five of Prosperident's senior investigators — Sonya Hudson, Tony Ulbrandt, Kelly Paxton, Pat Little, and Scott Clifford — each of whom shares one of the most extraordi...

Every dental practice owner has experienced it: the exhausting search for a great hire, the promising candidate who turns out to be a disappointment, and the nagging fear of bringing the wrong person into your practice. In this practical episode, Prosperident's David Harris, Wendy Askins, and Amber Weber are joined by dental practice coach Penny Reed to share a systematic, proven approach to...

Letting an employee go is one of the most dreaded tasks in dental practice management. Done poorly, it exposes you to legal liability, damages team morale, and can even escalate a difficult situation. Done well, it protects your practice, preserves your reputation, and closes the chapter cleanly. In this practical, candid episode, Prosperident's David Harris and Amber Weber share everything y...

Most dental embezzlers steal from one practice. Serial embezzlers steal from many — moving from victim to victim, refining their methods, and exploiting the same systemic vulnerabilities again and again. In this revealing episode, Prosperident's David Harris, Wendy Askins, and Amber Weber profile the serial embezzlers they have encountered in their investigative work and extract the lessons t...

Bank reconciliation sounds mundane. In the context of dental embezzlement, it is one of the most powerful theft-prevention tools available — and one of the most commonly neglected. In this episode, Prosperident's Amber Weber, Wendy Askins, and David Harris walk through the core financial safeguards every dental practice must have in place, explaining clearly what should be done by staff, what...

The majority of dental embezzlements are preventable — and most can be traced back to a single failure point: inadequate screening at the time of hiring. In this episode, the Prosperident team introduces the concept of forensic hiring: approaching the recruitment and screening process with the same rigor and skepticism that investigators bring to a case — specifically to uncover what an applicant...

This is where it all began. The inaugural episode of Prosperident's Dental Practice Owner's Podcast, recorded in April 2020, introduces David Harris, Wendy Askins, and Amber Weber — and lays the foundation for everything that follows across the entire series. Recorded during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, when dental practices across North America were shut down or severely cu...