Dentistry Made Simple with Dr. Tarun 'TBone' Agarwal

The goal is for people to come to you for dental services. But what happens when you need a break? What happens when you want to take some time off?   A practice stops once you do, but a business will continue to do the work for you.   The first step to scaling is to set up a success path for your team. A successful team brings your business to greater heights.   This week's episode of Dentistry M...

How much time and effort are you spending on your practice?  Imagine if you could see fewer patients but make just as much money. Raise your clinical revenue by expanding your skillset.  When you focus on procedures and specialize in specific areas of dentistry, you can delegate the general tasks to others. That way, you can take care of your patients even when you’re away. Recession-proof your pr...

Slow down to speed up. Dentistry is not a marathon. You don’t have to feel like drowning in work just because you love what you do. Take your time in understanding your vision and how you can realize it. There is clarity in slowing down, and clarity gives the best direction. Relax and enjoy the process of becoming. Dentistry is simple. You just have to know how to approach it right. Listen to the...

TBone is back with your weekly dose of Dentistry WISDOM. With an aim of not just giving you something to SMILE about, he and his team have put in their best effort in rebranding & re-launching the podcast to focus on making the dental business easy as it actually is and should be. This week on Dentistry Made Simple: The dentistry business shouldn't be complicated like we've been led to believe...

Dr. Matthew Standridge is the owner of Yates Center Dental, a practice that delivers personalized cosmetic and general dentistry solutions. His first practice, founded in 2012, was in Eureka, Kansas. He later bought a practice in Yates Center that would become Yates Center Dental. One of Matthew’s notable career milestones is being a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry, being the youngest p...

Fred Joyal is a speaker, author, and business coach. He specializes in helping people develop what he calls “the superpower of boldness.” His systematic approach allows anyone to gradually build their “boldness muscle” and be comfortable in uncomfortable situations. Fred’s latest book, Superbold: From Under-Confident to Charismatic in 90 Days , showcases his PRIDE system for building charisma and...

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” as the saying goes. It means working and only working will eventually burn you out and make you have a profound dislike for the profession you chose. This is why retreats were made—these events are a fantastic opportunity to get a well-deserved break from being a high-performing dentist and a means to learn something new and improve our professional re...

Dr. Sagar Shah is a general dentist in the Bay Area. He was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma in May 2020 at the height of the pandemic and lockdowns. He is currently in remission and has started an Instagram page called myheadisacanvas, where he uses his chemo-induced baldness as a canvas for paintings and art pieces done by his wife. Sagar earned his DDS from NYU College of Dentistry. In this episo...

This special epsiode I share with yiu the 3D Bootcamp and how it will help you take back control of your practice.

TBS258 - Implant Weekend Open Mic with Harjeet Mangat   Dr. Harjeet Mangat is one of the dentists at Mangat Family Dentistry, a practice that has offices in Pine Grove and Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania. Their services include oral exams, routine cleaning and gum infection treatments, children’s dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, and composite fillings. Harjeet obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from t...

TBS259 - Implant Weekend Open Mic Part 2 with John Acosta   Dr. John Acosta is the owner of Pacific Coast Dental, a practice in the Pacifica, California area whose services include preventative dentistry, general dentistry, one-day crowns, and Invisalign clear braces. He earned his dental degree in his parent’s home country, the Philippines, and subsequently took continuing education in the US. Dr...

Regardless of the number of tools or procedures you add to your practice, the principles of dentistry don’t change. Whether it’s done by hand or with a robot arm, the job will always revolve around a person’s mouth. What does change is the information we align our brand of dentistry with—being rigid in this industry will not make for a successful practice. It’s why we must pursue continuous educat...

TBS256 - Sirona World 2021 Recap Crowds. Just the thought of this word is enough to make anyone hate going outside their house. However, at the height of the pandemic, we missed huge gatherings, busy streets, and arguably even city traffic. It’s why speaking in front of large crowds at the recently concluded Sirona World 2021 was breathtaking, more so after a year of doing nothing but virtual even...

Caroline Tuttle is the owner of Tuttle Dental Care, a family practice in West Windsor, New Jersey. The services they offer include veneers, bridges, fillings, dentures, implants, Invisalign, hygiene, and crowns. Caroline didn’t always share her father’s passion for dentistry, preferring at first to earn a degree in psychology and a minor in economics in 2008. The passion took root regardless, and...

We’re living in a world where you either keep up or get left behind, and this is especially applicable in the dental profession. The tools we use and the procedures we do are always evolving, meaning you can never be too up-to-date with the latest in dentistry. How do you pick the right CEs? What are some of the things you need to do to get the most out of your CEs? Today, I’ll discuss how CEs imp...

Rick and Sully Sullivan are the father & son owners of Sullivan Dental Partners, a fourth-generation practice in Brentwood, Tennessee, that has been in service since 1970. They are best known for constantly innovating and keeping up with the latest dentistry tools while keeping costs attractive to patients. Their team is composed of experts in endodontics, prosthodontics, sedation, and implant...

In every business owner’s life, there comes a time when an economic downturn tests how well they can adapt. In my case, during the recession of 2008, I was forced to choose among being rigid, hoping things get better, or taking a risk by learning new things in an attempt to recession-proof my practice. I chose the latter, which also helped me prepare for the pandemic of 2020, which is still persis...

I started my dental practice in 2001 and have made many mistakes along the way, but I’ve also learned from every one of them. One of the most critical lessons managing a business has taught me is the importance of maintaining practice culture. You can hire the most decorated team members, but at the end of the day, there is always a chance that drama can happen. You certainly don’t want drama whil...

Sleep apnea is commonly discussed in dentistry. I remember visiting dentistry forums in the 2000s—way before social media was even a term—and reading success stories of other dentists with dental sleep. I added sleep in our practice, but to say we had an adequate run would be an overstatement. My team had to abandon it in 2010 because the business model we had wasn’t the right fit at the time. It...

Ryan Skale is the owner of Skale Dental Professionals, a family-owned practice in Northbrook, Illinois. The father-son managed practice specializes in general and preventative dentistry as well as guaranteed individualized treatments. Ryan has completed over 200 hours of continuing education and accomplished a TMJ and Sleep Therapy residency program. He has over 11 years of private practice and is...

Dr. Jeffrey Scammahorn is the owner of Westmoore Dental Studio, a dental practice located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They offer services related to implants and bridges, sleep apnea, preventative dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, and restorative dentistry. He started Westmoore Dental Studio in September of 2019 only to encounter the many challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic barely six months...

Morgan Gibson is a dentist in Anniston, Alabama who manages Gibson Family Dentistry, a practice that offers cleanings and examinations, cosmetic dentistry, crowns and bridges, smile makeovers, and dental implants. Morgan attended the University of Alabama, where she obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degree. She also earned her Doctorate of Dental Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birming...

Farai Kufakwedu is the Founder and Head of Momentum Building at Dentistry Flywheel, a company that helps practices achieve their true earning potential by utilizing “the Flywheel Effect”. Partnering with Dentistry Flywheel can help your practice convert more leads into patients, attract more high-value cases, and boost patient retention. Farai is also the author of The 9-Star Patient Experience: M...