The Dental Brief Podcast

Associate Placement in Private Practice Christina is the Associate Placement Director at Bridgeway Transitions. She serves dentists across the east coast helping them through the consulting process. She also aids in the decision of finding the right practice that fits their needs. Christina gives our listeners some excellent information on bridging the gap when dentists have to decide what directi...

Choosing to Work with a Dental Coach Dr. Deems is a certified dental coach who works with dentists across the country. He was a practicing dentist himself and still works in practice management. He has the advantage of seeing more than one perspective when coaching practices due to his extensive background in dentistry. Dr. Deems talks on one of the prominent issues of staffing and how coaching ca...

Employee COVID-19 Vaccination in Dental Practices Olivia returns to our show to talk about a very relevant topic on COVID-19 vaccinations, HIPAA Compliance standards within a dental team. Olivia is an experienced attorney and compliance consultant serving primarily the areas of Kentucky and Tennessee. She provides us with the difference between mandatory and involuntary vaccine requirements. Olivi...

Benefits and Advantages of Teledentistry Dr. Jackson is the co-founder and COO of Virtual Dental Care, Inc. The company is centered around telehealth and teledentistry. Bill shares with our listeners on the many advantages teledentistry has to offer and why more dentists and practices should be using and implementing this way more than they do. To learn more about Virtual Dental Care , Click Here...

The Importance of Accuracy on Health History Forms We are so excited to welcome back Dr. Ronni Brown to the Dental Brief! Ronni works at a correctional facility in northern California where she helps patients who are recovering from substance issues and have seen a great deal of wear in their mouths. Today she advises our listeners how dentists can help their patients through the health history fo...

Retaining Team Members Dr. Rice is the founder of Ignite DDS, which is currently the nation’s largest new dentist and student community. He also practices implant dentistry in East Amherst, New York. Today, David covers one of the hot and ongoing issues happening right now in dentistry. The issue of staffing and retaining team members continues to be prevalent in many practices across the country....

Curating a Productive Team Irene is a registered dental hygienist who created and founded her practice, Toothlife Studio in Toronto. She has built a thriving team and seen major success in the short time since she has opened her doors. Today she talks on the topic of achieving and excelling collectively as a team. Irene has found tremendous value in having daily team huddles where they go over eve...

Evaluating a Dental Practice Location and its Demographics Trey Hargrave is the Senior Vice President at Dental Space Advisors. Dental Space Advisors services and helps dentists and dental professionals through the process of purchasing or leasing a practice location. Trey shares his personal experience and background in the industry. He covers how someone can vet a professional like himself to he...

Insourcing for Insurance Verification J.W. Oliver has been working in the dental industry since the late 1980 and is currently a managing partner at Support DDS. Support DDS is a dental specific outsourcing company that finds the best talent for your dental team. Dental practices have a very busy day to day schedule, so outsourcing and expanding your team can benefit positively in your practice. I...

Overcoming Low Case Acceptance Karen Davis is the founder of Cutting Edge Concepts, where she is an avid and regular dental speaker on many different topics. She is also a practicing registered dental hygienist. Karen brings an interesting problem to our show today. We discuss patients that try to decide and dictate their own treatment plans and what they think is best. She explains the best strat...

Creating an Effective One Year Dental Plan Kiera Dent is the CEO of The Dental A-Team, a customized consulting company for dental practices. Kiera has experience in many different positions in a dental office, which helps her bring a new light of perspective to each and every one of her clients. Today, she touches on the very relevant topic of setting goals in your practice and how to turn those g...

Infection Control and Teledentisty Michelle Strange is a registered dental hygienist, surgical assistant, and teledentistry specialist at Mouthwatch. In addition to her clinical and teledentistry work, she also is a co-host of the podcast “A Tale of Two Hygienists”. Today we discuss providing valuable information on dental hygiene, Infection Control and Teledentisty. Ms. Strange talks on the topic...

The Pivotal Steps to Buying a Practice Brian Hanks works with dentists across the country to help them through the buying process of a dental practice. He recently published a book called,“How to Buy a Dental Practice” which you can find on his website for free! To get your copy, just pay the shipping costs. This book gives an excellent breakdown of the crucial steps and decisions a dentist must t...

How The Intraoral Camera Can Be Used 100% of the Time Lauren is a registered dental hygienist with Stanford Dental in Missouri. She has worked in dentistry for over 15 years and enjoys every moment of treating her patients. Lauren talks to our audience today about the intra-oral camera. Many practices rarely use this and could be losing out significantly on case acceptance as well as developing me...

How to Talk to Your Patients About Substance Abuse Dr. Ronni Brown is a renowned and experienced dental speaker. She currently works at a medium-security correctional facility in Northern California where she helps treat patients with addiction such as “meth mouth” Today she brings a tremendous amount of value and information to our listeners on how clinicians can be better about talking to their...

 Business Ownership of a Practice Dr. Simon has been practicing dentistry for over 35 years. As you can imagine, he has been faced with many challenges throughout his career. Bill now operates a dental advising and coaching company called The New Dentist Advisor, where he helps dentists make life-altering decisions for their career paths. He talks to our listeners about the climate of dentistry in...

Succeeding Through the Start-Up Process of a Dental Practice Dr. Kyle Bogan founded North Orange Family Dentistry as a start-up practice back in 2013. He talks about the challenges and rewards of choosing to open a start-up practice. He credits his team for helping him along this journey and always encourages them to take ownership of the practice to grow. Kyle shares the importance of steering cl...

Dental Team Turnover in Practices Shira and Kary founded Growth Mindset Dental Consultants after pursuing careers working in dental offices. They established that there was a great need to create a collaborative and profitable dental team. Today they talk about some steps you can take to help reduce turnover in your practice. Shira stresses how you cannot just hire to fill a role. She discusses ho...

Juggling Parenting and Dentistry Dr. Grace Yum resides in Chicago where she currently manages her company “Mommy Dentists in Business” along with her podcast. She recently sold her two practices this year! She provides our listeners with some expert tips and strategies on how to create better work and life balance for yourself and your family. To learn more about M ommy Dentists in Business , Clic...

10 Dumb Things Smart Dentists Do Dr. Richard Madow is an experienced dental coach and advisor. He works alongside his brother Dr. David Madow, where they help dental practices and dentists excel and achieve success in their practices. In today’s episode, Richard shares a new series he created talking about dumb things that many smart dentists do. Listen to hear him walk our audience through these...

Changing Your Mindset to Better Achieve Your Business Goals Chuck Blakeman is an expert in helping dentists and other professionals around the world become skilled business owners and leaders. Chuck operates Crankset Group where he works with dentists specifically. He also is a regular speaker as well as a best-selling author. Chuck explains to our dentists listening, the difference between being...

Problems Dentists Face with Case Selection and Treatment Plans Amanda Wilson is an orthodontist as well as an orthodontic and dental consultant and advisor. Amanda created and founded Straight Smile Solutions after realizing there was a great need to tailor to helping dentists and dental labs with specific needs they have. Straight Smile Solutions is an orthodontic and dental consulting service. S...

Using Artificial Intelligence for Dental Diagnoses Dr. Kyle Stanley is the Chief Clinical Officer at Pearl. Pearl is a company that focuses on using artificial intelligence solutions for patients and their dentists. He also is a practicing dentist at a private practice in Beverly Hills, California. He is a firm believer in how AI can help the future in dentistry and create impactful changes in the...

The Real Estate Market for Medical Leases Dan Gleissner is the Western Regional Director at CARR. CARR is a commercial real estate firm that specializes in dental and medical real estate services. He talks with Patrick about what he is currently seeing happening in the market. Dan predicts that many medical office space leases will begin to shift to choosing shorter lease timeframes in the years t...

Integration of Medical Testing in Dentistry Casey Hein is the founder of Casey Hein & Associates, which is a dental education company. She has over 40 years of experience in the dental industry and currently serves as an assistant professor in the School of Dental Hygiene at the University of Manitoba. Casey gives our listeners some great advice and wisdom on your oral health hygiene. Hein sho...