Everyday Practices Dental Podcast

It's been a trying 18 months in dentistry. You may have noticed this fatigue showing up over the past few months: staff are short-tempered, patients are irritable, the team is frustrated, or you're struggling with turnover.  Today, Joanne Miles joins us for a conversation about how to patch your culture and get your team back on track. 

Dental sleep medicine is easy and profitable...if you have the right systems and training. John Nadeau from Sleep Group Solutions joins us today for a mind-blowing conversation about the easy way to integrate sleep solutions into your practice including: applying the right systems, best business practices to make sleep medicine profitable, and empowering your team as sleep medicine champions. 

We all have ideas of what a dentist should be - knowledgeable, intelligent, in control.  But we're more likely to suffer the crippling effects of burnout and imposter syndrome when we don't live our authentic selves. Today Dr. Maggie Augustyn, a general dentist from Illinois, joins us to shine a light on living your authentic self in dentistry.

As dental practice owners know, running a business can take over your life. COVID was a clarifying time for a lot of people. As business partners and a married couple Drs. Andy and Natalie Droel share about boundaries, balance, and working together in their practice.

"If we can articulate our vision clearly to ourselves then we can articulate it to our team." Solo practice owners Drs. Andy and Natalie Droel share how after COVID they used the PDA Business Impact: Foundations course to articulate their vision to their team. In their words, " The practice was doing well financially but we were driving around in the dark." Today, they share how they are leveragin...

All dental patients want to know is how you're going to help them with their problem. Mark Thackeray, host of the Dental Marketing Secrets Podcast, joins Regan Robertson for a candid conversation about applying simple tactics to hold your marketing accountable and avoid three common mistakes.

We continue digging into the 4 types of leaders – visionary, improver, analyst, and superstar - so you can understand how to leverage your strengths, shore up your weaknesses, communicate clearly to your team, and surround yourself with people who will support you as you focus on your dreams.

We all have superpowers…and we all have kryptonite. In the first part of this series, we dig into the 4 types of leaders – visionary, improver, analyst, and superstar - and look at each style's superpowers, blind sides, and how you can align both into a competitive advantage.   

"Who's going to train them? That's the biggest question leaders have with delegation. But once you're freed up from that task you can focus on what really matters to you." JW Oliver from Support DDS joins us for a transformational conversation about crafting your executive and entrepreneurial success including how to mind your business while having a global impact. We discuss delegating, spot chec...

So many doctors are held back from providing the services they would diagnose because they can only offer the care insurance will cover. But moving to FFS can be a frightening prospect for many dentists. Brad James, Director of Partner Development at Kleer, joins Regan to debunk the top 3 fears that keep dentists from moving to the FFS model.

Dr. Tessa Miller joins us today to share how she doubled her new patient flow in 6 months. In the fall, she strategically dipped her toes into marketing to combat the difficulties of a saturated market, and discovered her power as a leader and business owner. Join us today as we peel back the curtain of her success and uncover how she used marketing to gain control of her production.

As a small business owner its all too common to be swallowed up in the day-to-day and lose sight of the bigger picture. That's why we are sharing proven methods to make sure your plan is implemented. The great news is all the support you need is available around you when you know where to look! So today we dive into l everaging your team, s urrounding yourself with trusted advisors, and b uilding...

One of the most unsexy, yet vital parts of running a successful dental practice is working a strategic plan. You may think you have a plan, but are you actually working it? Everybody can make a strategic business plan that's the easy part. It's the starting, the progressing, and the achieving where things usually stall out. Today, we're taking a look at how to build – and work – a strategic plan t...

We got a lot of great feedback from listeners about how impressed they were with the recent episode about Dr. Chad's response to a letter he got from an unhappy patient. So we decided to pull this episode on Courageous Conversations from our archive. The formidable Katherine Eitel Belt from LionSpeak joined Dr. Chad and former co-host Victoria Peterson about how to have difficult conversations in...

Think back to the last time you had to handle an unhappy patient: are you proud of how you dealt with that interaction? Are there maybe some things you would have done differently? We've all been there. After our episode last week, Dr. Chad and I stayed on after our interview to discuss a letter he received from an unhappy patient. We kept the mic hot and are happy to now share this candid, person...

"The risk factor conversation has been so crucial in communicating to patients and is what I think has elevated our practice to the next level," says Dr. Kelsey Meunier who joins us today with Dr. Anna Adams to share their story about doubling production through communication. If you've ever felt that you have all the knowledge in your head but struggle to help patients understand the care they ne...

In the final episode of this candid series, Regan and Dr. Chad dig into 3 key pillars that helped Chad's endurance and longevity as he recalibrate after the upheaval of 2020 including relationships and communication, marketing, and ensuring flawless delivery of standard of care.

Last week, we got real about how 2020 hit us. But part of what makes us Productive Dentists is knowing hard times don't last. So today, Regan and Chad continue the conversation by unpacking how Chad recalibrated when his plans went sideways including how to reduce anxiety and increase clarity, why your core values are vital to your business success, and the power of transparency with your team.

Today we get real. When your plans hit the fan, what do you do? Today, Regan and Chad bring the first part of a two episode candid, vulnerable reflection on 2020 including what knowledge made him "grow up and make adult decisions", why "a rock isn't a pillow", and balancing hope while facing reality. 

"When you see it in action, you see what's possible and that your goals ARE attainable." Many dentists spend a lot of time and money on CE and don't have actionable steps to implement their skills. But it doesn't have to be that way! Today, we bring you the second half of our interview with Master Coach, Patti Sooy, on how one doctor is harnessing the power of clinical mentorship to achieve his dr...

How would you feel if you knew a patient flew out of state to have a procedure done that you could do? And the reason they left was because they didn't know you did that procedure? Today, we're honored to have with us Master Coach Patti Sooy who just returned from an in-person, clinical mentorship with a doctor who experienced the above scenario. Today, Patti takes it to the next level by sharing...

"You can't just dream and hope that it happens," says Dr. Darren Webber. In practice for 12 years, Dr. Webber was doing fine. But then he rediscovered his passion for dentistry and realized the way he was doing business prevented him from having the impact he dreamed about. Today, Dr. Webber joins us to talk about how a shift in mindset about business planning put him back in control of his practi...

Discovering your backbone as a leader is a hot topic in dentistry right now. Says Dr. Nikki Green about her leadership, "It had to start with me working on myself." We've pulled one of our most popular episodes from the vault to give you timeless insights from a top-producing dentist about what to do when the wheels fall off of your leadership, and how to get them back on.

"The one thing I knew how to do and was focused on my whole life was taken away, and I had to find an alternative," says today's guest Dr. Brian Toorani. When he suddenly became disabled and could no longer practice dentistry, Dr. Toorani refocused his efforts on the business side of his practice. Today, he shares tips to manage the anxiety of running a dental practice including 4 pearls for being...

What are you allowing into your headspace? Who are you allowing in your headspace? With several states ramping up shutdowns, there's a lot of information swirling around and you have a finite amount of time and energy to make things happen. So today, we're revisiting a popular episode with Dr. Devin Giron as Devin shares the pearls that help him stay productive during good times and bad. And how s...