The Dental Brief Podcast

Uncovering Practice Problems and Stress-Free Techniques Holly is the founder and owner of LeadWell Network. She offers coaching and hypnosis services to her clients. In addition, she also provides workshop opportunities and dental practice problems & solutions. Holly helps practices across the country, often helping uncover what may be the problem in the practice. She gets calls from dentists...

Building Relationships with Patients Dr. Ginger Bratzel is a dentist and coaching consultant for many other dentists. About 5 years into running and operating her practice she realized that she was putting too much emphasis on dentistry and not enough on focusing on building healthy relationships with her patients. As many dentists do, they may get caught up or sidetracked on the new technologies...

In-Home Dental Care for Seniors Dr. Joy Poskozim is a practicing dentist at Joyful Dental Care in Chicago. Joy, not only services many different age groups at the practice but also works to provide home dental care to seniors in the surrounding areas. In 2020, she received her Fellowship with The Special Care Dentistry Association for her continued service of traveling to bring at-home care to sen...

Video Marketing Tips For Your Practice Laura Nadler is the owner of WorkingCat Marketing, a company that focuses on branding, training, video, and photography services, as well as online course options. In this episode, Laura brings her knowledge and value on the importance of video marketing for your practice. She uncovers why a practice and team must create videos to have on their website but al...

Integrative Coaching for Dental Teams and Practices Jennifer is the creator and owner of Prosperity Dental Solutions. She has an incredible amount of background experience in the dental industry, working as a practice administrator for almost 20 years. She has also owned several practices which has helped her develop the right strategies and systems to help her clients efficiently today. Today, sh...

Increasing Production for Your Practice Through Strategic Planning Jessica Nunn is a partner at Skytale Group. The Skytale Group provides services for financial advising, consulting, M&A and, day-to-day business operations. Jessica has a background in accounting and helping dentists reach their financial goals through strategic planning and preparation. She focuses on the practice’s production...

Communication Excellence and How to Achieve it in Your Practice Dr. Robert Maguire is a dentist, dental speaker, and owner of Dentistry’s Fulfillment Coach. Dr. Maguire’s philosophy is based on people and not numbers and spreadsheets. He believes success is achieved through proper communication and not profit margins. He tells our listeners how they can reach their practice and team goals and what...

Purposeful Team Culture Dr. Anamelechi is the owner of Children’s Choice Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics. She was recently named one of America's Top Pediatric Dentists by the Consumers Research Council of America! She has a passion for helping children and their families establish an understanding of oral health needs. Jonelle advises our audience on how they can start creating a purpos...

Common HIPAA Violations in Dental Practices Danielle is the Director, Affiliate Relations at PCIHIPAA. The company helps prevent catastrophic losses that are often caused by regulatory non-compliance, human error, and data breaches. Danielle talks about the most common HIPAA and compliance errors she sees in practices and how they can be prevented, or what action steps can be taken today to help s...

Dental Membership Software and Programs Jordan Comstock is the CEO and Founder of BoomCloud. BoomCloud is a dental and vision membership software for healthcare practices. The software shows key performance indicators and metrics which helps practices and their teams stay alert and on top of their goals to remain competitive in the industry. Jordan shares how practice owners and doctors can benefi...

Structuring a High-Performing Dental Team Christian is a Dental Coach & Project Manager at White & Associates Practice Consulting. Christian’s expertise in practice management are catered to financial services and works to ensure dental practices are successful financially as business owners. In this episode, Christian gives us insight into how to create a hardworking and efficient team. A...

Periodontal Disease Happy to have Karen Davis return to our show for a second episode! Karen Davis has an extensive background in dentistry through consulting and her work as a clinician. Karen shares her knowledge on periodontal disease and how it is often misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all to patients. She shares how patients can ask questions each time they visit the dentist to ensure they ar...

Patient Insurance Verification Steve Cartin is the President of Cartin Coaching where he specializes in coaching and practice management for dental practices across the country. He has over 30 years of experience in the industry, pertaining to insurance as well. Today, Steve talks about how his company can better the process of insurance verification for practices before the patient even walks in...

Wages and Opportunities for Dental Assistants Julie is the Co-Founder of Julie Parker Practice Success. Julie Parker Practice Success is designed for every member of the dental team. Today’s hot and relevant issue is targeted around the current wages being offered to dental assistants across the world. She talks about what practice owners should be doing to remain competitive and effective when fi...

Bank Lending for Dental Practices Lynne is the CEO and Co-founder of Practice Management Associates. Lynne comes from a background in the banking industry as well as working as a dental broker. Currently, Lynne and her Co-founder, and team help practice owners sell their practices and work through the steps and processes in order to effectively serve their clients needs. To learn more about Practi...

Profitability, Time, and Team Issues Dr. Green founded Savvy Dentist after recognizing a need for a more effective operating environment within practices. Savvy Dentist focuses on helping dentists reach and support their financial goals, manage their time better, and create high-performance teams. These three areas determine how successful a practice and their team can be and help them reach full...

Insurance, PPO, and Reimbursements Dr. Chris Brady started his career in dentistry back when he graduated from dental school in 1984. He has an extensive amount of experience which led him to start The Brady Group LLC. The Brady Group services dentists and practices around the country helping them find solutions to problems including PPO plans, case acceptance, leadership, and effective processes....

Proactive and Effective Team Meetings We are very excited to have Angela Davis-Sullivan back on The Dental Brief! Angela is CEO and founder of Adaptive Dental Solutions. She coaches dentists and practice owners to help reach their business goals. Angela talks about how to put action behind smart ideas and good conversations within dentists and their team members to actually implement to better the...

Developing an Investment Grade Practice Victoria Peterson is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Productive Dentist Academy. Productive Dentist provides services in dental consulting, continuing education, and marketing. Victoria and her co-founder Dr. Bruce Baird formed the company for one reason focused on productivity for dentists and dental practices. She advises our audience and listeners on how to...

Getting the Most out of your Hygienists Susan is the CEO of Dental Coaches, helping practices around the country with strategic planning, budgeting, case agreement, profitability, and much more! She grew up in a dental family and started her career as a dental assistant before working as a dental hygienist. She now has over 12 years of coaching experience. Today, Susan talks to our audience about...

Motivational Interviewing Dr. Allen is the president of M David MI Inc. He is also a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers serving as the only US-based dentist. The concept and strategy of MI is centered around shared decision-making and person-centered communication. Dr. Allen works with practices and dentists to help improve their communication skills to encourage and stren...

Striking Emotion and Establishing Value for Your Patients It is always such a pleasure to have one of our enthusiastic and engaging guests back on the Dental Brief! Sean is the founder of The Crabtree group based in Tennessee, where he serves dentists across the world with consulting work. Sean talks today on how to ensure you’re creating and providing a high level of care for each of your patient...

The Productivity of a Morning Huddle Danielle Nott is the founder of DN Dental Consulting based in British Columbia, where she works in consulting and practice management. Danielle comes from an extensive background in dentistry having worked many roles within a practice including treatment plan coordinator, office manager, and dental assistant. Now she helps practices with their treatment present...

Emotional Management for Dental Professionals Dr. Kimberly Harms has an immense amount of experience in the dental industry, from working as a clinical dentist to speaking as a National Spokesperson for the American Dental Association to working in dental mediation. Kimberly currently works alongside her daughter as a mediator for Pine Lake Law firm. Today she provides wisdom and insight on the ma...

Effective Systems and Processes in a Practice Andre Shirdan is a keynote dental speaker as well as the founder of his company The Crew Process. His business model revolves around the four P’s of philosophy, people, process, and profitability. This helps create an effective experience for each practice he coaches. Andre dives into the topic of the importance of having the right processes for your d...