The Savvy Dentist

David Keir is perhaps one of the greatest thinkers when it comes to helping new graduates start their dental career. David is the host of the Dental Headstart podcast created to help dental students become great dentists. David spent over 10 years dental assisting before graduating from The University of Sydney in 2016. The idea of Dental Head Start was born from the hopes of  sharing the lessons...

Valuing your dental practice is crucial for understanding its financial worth.  It's really important to understand that as we go about growing our practice, we want to build your practice the right way. Accurate valuation helps in making informed business decisions and ensures that you maximise your practice’s potential and profitability.  In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast Dr. Jesse Gr...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast Dr. Jesse Green discusses the importance of building a rock-solid team culture within your business. After 450plus episodes of the Savvy Dentist Podcast we all know the basics of great team culture;  Understand the strengths of each individual. Explain your business vision. Get your employees involved. Define roles clearly. Consider team-building exerci...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist podcast, Dr. Jesse Green discusses the most precious resource we have … our time. When it comes to running a business, one of the most common things that dentists say is that they want to make more money. And then once they're making ‘more’ money, then their desire turns to them having more time in their life, with more enjoyment, meaning and satisfaction. How...

In this episode, I chat with Verne Harnish. Verne is the founder of the world-renowned Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), with over 11,000 members worldwide. He is also founder and CEO of Gazelles, a global executive education and coaching company with over 180 partners on six continents. Verne has spent the past three decades helping companies scale-up. In today’s episode, we chat about: The 4 key...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist podcast, Dr. Jesse Green discusses what is working now in the current market conditions, to fill the white space in your appointment book. White spaces impact your business revenue, which in turn creates a downturn in your cash flow and profits. So it’s important to identify some of the root causes and Dr. Jesse offers some strategies and tactics for you to hel...

It's hard to believe, but the Savvy Dentist Podcast has now surpassed 450 episodes!  When I started this journey all those years ago, I never could have imagined how far we'd come.  To honour this milestone, I've decided to revisit some of my most memorable conversations - and what better place to start than with Nauv Kashyap?  Nauv was the second guest I ever had on the podcast (it’s amazing to s...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green is joined by HR specialist, Jackie Strachan from HR Tactics . Jackie’s passion for creating better Human Resources outcomes stems from over 20 years’ experience in the field and a drive for finding innovative solutions. Recruiting the ‘right’ people, and keeping the right people is an ongoing challenge we all face when running any size...

Since 2016, the concept of The Savvy Dentist Podcast was to share the best thinking, the best ideas and the best practices from other industries, and bring them back to dentists so that you can adopt them for your own. So you can create the practice and the life that you ultimately want to create. Thank you to each of you who have tuned in over the last eight years, whether you're a regular listen...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green is joined by Dr. Dylan Hyam, experienced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. Now, if you've ever thought that running a dental practice can be challenging at times, well, frankly, you're absolutely right. It can be very challenging on occasion. But how about running eight practices all at once?  Dr. Dylan Hyam is a specialist maxillofacial...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green is joined by Michelle Tayler from Marketing Practices . Marketing is what will drive your business forward, and it will help you achieve new heights of revenue, and scale. Michelle is a marketing professional who works specifically with dental practice owners to help you implement effective marketing strategies to attract new patients a...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green is joined by International Speaker, Concert Artist, Voice Over Actor, and Songwriter Karen Jacobsen. You may not have heard of Karen by name, but we guarantee you will have heard her voice, especially if you've ever uttered the phrase, “Hey Siri” . Karen is the voice of Siri and is heard in over one billion GPS and smartphone devices wo...

Dr. Namita Gupta is an Implant and Cosmetic surgeon, educator, and visionary entrepreneur, with over 21 years of dental industry experience. As the Co-founder of Restocq , and multiple greenfield dental practices, Dr. Gupta seamlessly blends her passion for dentistry with a keen entrepreneurial spirit. Her mission is to combine passion with purpose, empowering dentists and their teams to operate a...

In dentistry, we are always working with precision and control over a patient's situation. Having acute attention-to-detail creates a perfectionist tendency in us all, and this trait is critical to achieving great clinical outcomes. Now, in a clinical setting this makes so much sense. But in a business and operational sense and a broader life perspective, it can be a real financial and cultural ‘h...

On The Savvy Dentist Podcast we talk with a lot of really motivated and driven practice owners, who are some of the most talented dental practice owners in Australia. There can be a big difference between a practice owner who sets a big hairy  audacious goal … and achieves it! Against an owner who sets an equally large audacious goal … yet does not move towards achieving it. There is no magic pill...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green discusses how to utilise TikTok when marketing your dental practice with one of Australia's most renowned digital marketing experts,Talia Datt. Talia explains the pros and cons and the different strategies around many different social media platforms. Instagram, Facebook, Google, but in particular, they talk about TikTok and its place i...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green discusses marketing, with Nina Christian. Nina Christian is the author of Marketing Me . Nina is an expert when it comes to personal branding and she's an expert at helping businesses achieve scale through personal branding.  If you plan to scale up your practice, you need to be able to work with and through other people. And having you...

If you're a practice owner who's always wondered, “how do I build a business so that I can create time freedom in my life”? Then this is an episode you're going to really love.  In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green is speaking to Dr. Michael Filosi from Fullarton Park Dental in Adelaide.  Michael has been on quite the journey over the last eight years. He bought a two chai...

As a practice owner, we have so many things coming at us at all times that it's easy to lose focus from the outcomes we truly want. And losing our focus can result in us not doing the tasks and things we know we need to do, when we need to do them. It's easy to lose discipline. And if we're not disciplined, we end up living with the regret that comes afterwards.  In this short episode of The Savvy...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast we discuss how to cope with change? How to build a great team? How to we become the best version of ourselves so that we show up and perform at our best every day. When we know what's limiting us and where our blind spots are, we can navigate our business to greater heights. Dr. Jesse Green is joined by sport and business psychologist, Graeme Winter. Gr...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast we do a deep dive on how to scale your business.  Scaling up a business can make you more money, give you more free time, and ultimately you will design a business, rather than a job.  Dr. Vandana Budhwa owns 2 dental practices and in this episode shares her business scale-up insights and experiences. Dr. Budhwa explains how she was able to radically an...

In the field of human achievement, one question that is constantly asked is why do some people achieve so much … while other people find it much harder?  In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast we explore this topic in detail with Mindset Coach and Personal Trainer Beth Bishop. Beth has years of experience in helping professionals master their mindsets and business processes to achieve more j...

Cyber attacks aren't just an urban myth and I'm speaking from experience. One Monday morning I found our dental IT system in lock down and our business held to ransom by a CryptoLocker attack. Fortunately, I'd met James Borg and he was my knight in shining armour. James is the Managing Director of Teamwork Technology and in this episode we discuss the importance of having secure, reliable IT syste...

How was 2023 for you? Was it a profitable year in your business? Did you achieve the things you set out to accomplish? Were you worn-out and stressed at the end of the year? Was it a ‘good year’ … or GREAT year? In this episode of the Savvy Dentist Podcast Dr. Jesse Green is going to explain how you can turn a good year … into a GREAT year!  You’ll learn how to go from making incremental, slow pro...

As business owners, we need to be the best version of ourselves to lead our team and take care of our clients. But to do that, we must first be able to take care of ourselves including our mental well-being. My guest today, Dr Jenny Brockis, author of Thriving Mind: How to Cultivate a Good Life, talks to us about self care and how we can make sure we’re at our best to support other people in our l...