The Shared Practices Podcast - Archives

Diagnosis and case acceptance are at the heart of your success as a practice owner.  But so many dentists neglect this key aspect of their practice and hide behind excuses to protect themselves from having to work on these essential skills. Dr. Justin Short joins us from his early retirement to shake dentists out of their comfort zone.  Everyone thinks that they're pretty good when it comes to dia...

Season 4: Case Acceptance starts off with a bang as Dr. George Hariri updates us on everything from student loans to practice ownership to the changes he has made and the massive results he is seeing. It turns out that recruiting your hygienist as the first line presenter of treatment can have a massive payoff, especially when you empower them with your philosophy of care and take time to build fe...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Dr. Scott Leune. In today's episode George interviews Scott about how to intelligently outsourcing in your dental office. Scott discusses the services that Dental Whale provides for the private practice owner. Scott talks about what he looks for financially in a great practice to acquire and how outsourcing can help to actuall...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we have an update from Dr. Cameron Stroyan (aka "DJ Destroyan"). Cameron graduated with Richard from Midwestern University in Phoenix, AZ and then went to work in a practice near Seattle, Washington. During the episode Cameron gives Richard an update on his partnership. Cameron discusses his perspective on what makes a partnership successf...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we have an interview with Loren Israelsen. Loren has been a guest on the show in the past. (S2:E34) George catches up with Loren about his time as a new practice owner in Oklahoma! Loren talks about the work that he put in while in dental school to create a DSO. He sent was sending letters, calling, and emailing 500 dentists to find the ri...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Dr. Dawn Baker. Dawn is a practicing dentist in Gahanna, Ohio. In this episode Dawn brings a different perspective to practice ownership and dentistry. Dawn worked as a dental assistant before dental school and discussed her perspective throughout school, as an associate, and eventually ownership. Dawn talks about her journey...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Megan Timm. Megan is a 2018 graduate from the University of Iowa School of Dentistry. She has just purchased a practice with two locations! Megan has also found a very interesting method for financing her practice. In this episode Richard and Megan talk about her journey of practice ownership. Coming into dental school Megan k...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Brian Hanks. Brian is an dental transitions specialist and specifically helps buyers look for practices to purchase. Brian is a frequent contributor on our Facebook group. This episode Brian gives 7 common mistakes that buyer make. Brian also has written 2 books: How to Buy a Dental Practice Vol 1 & 2. Below is a link to get t...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Wayne Oplinger. Wayne is a transitions analyst at Benco Dental. He helps buyers, sellers, and young associates either finding jobs or practices to purchase. During the interview George and Wayne talk about what buyers should be looking for in a practice to purchase. Wayne strives to dive deeper into asking key questions for bo...

Welcome back to the Shared Practices Podcast...and Welcome back Dr. Richard Low to Shared Practices! Richard has been busy finishing up his 2-year Army Residency and moving his family to Oklahoma. This week George and Richard catch up and talk about George's experience as a new practice owner! George discusses his thoughts and explains some of the challenges of being a new dentist and a new owner...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we have the guest that has been on the podcast with the most episodes, Dr. Justin Short. Justin founded The Lifestyle Practice. The Lifestyle Practice helps dentists build practices where they work less, profit more, and get to finally enjoy the lifestyle they deserve! Our last episode with Justin (the final episode of his mini-series), he...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we have one of our most popular guests, Dr. Derek Williams. Derek acquired a practice straight out of school and has since tremendously grown his practice (3x) while cutting down to 3 days a week over the last 2 years! Derek discusses his experiences with transitions, making changes in a new office and dealing with staff. Derek discusses h...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This is our last episode for Season 3. This season has been all about Startups. In this episode George highlights the key points from our guests throughout the season. We wanted to tell the stories of people going through a startup (both the good and the bad). We also wanted you to know that you can be successful in both a startup or an acquisition...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! We have a very exciting episode this week. Our guest is Brian Madden with Carr Healthcare Realty. Brian specializes in tenant and buyer representation for dental clients throughout the United States. Too often dentists don't have any representation when dealing with the landlords and their brokers. It costs them huge amounts of money in the long ter...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we have a return guest, Tim Tursonoff. He joined us for episode 3-12!  Tim is a non-dentist that owns a DSO in North Florida. In this week's episode we have George and Jonas interviewing Tim. They discuss what it takes to run a successful Fee For Service DSO. Tim has a realistic view and brings honesty and authenticity to the multiple prac...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Jayme Amos! For nearly a decade, Jayme has worked with dentists, caring for their practice success so they can care best for patients. Jayme's team has helped many dentists looking for their ideal practice. In this episode, Jayme talks about his 13 stages to open a successful new practice. Jayme and George also talk about inco...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guests are Bob Payton and Tony Brumley from our Season 3 sponsor- Dental Planet! Bob is the President of Dental Planet and Tony is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In this episode Bob, Tony, and George talk about ways that dentists can utilize Dental Planet for their startup equipment needs. They explain the wide variety of o...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Tim Tursonoff. Tim is a non-dentist dental practice owner. Tim brings a unique perspective to the discussion about startups, acquisitions and group practices. In the interview Jonas and Tim discuss his mindset as a non-dentist owning multiple dental practices and the advantages and disadvantages it brings to the table. They al...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Morgan Stump. Morgan leads Lendeavor's business development efforts in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West Regions. Lendeavor is a direct lending company that uses speed, simplicity, and expertise to help buyers with practice and real estate loans. In this episode George and Morgan take us through the process that a doctor...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week our guest is Philip Gordon. Philip is a general dentist in Leawood, KS who started up his practice focusing on implants. Dr. Gordon also is the host of the Dental Implant Practices Podcast! This episode Jonas interviews Philip about the process of finding the right location and marketing to a specific population for implants. Philip also t...

Welcome to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week we have a returning guest - Dr. Graham Dersley. George and Graham discuss the timeline and go through everything you need to be doing in the process of opening your practice month by month. This episode is full of great information! Be sure to download the Startup Checklist that Graham mentioned in the episode on the Shared Practices website - the...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week Jonas interviews Kent Miller. Kent is the President of Dentagraphics, a market analysis company specializing in dental practices. In this interview, Kent explains how Dentalgraphics finds and utilizes demographic and competitive data to help dentists find a determine if a market is attractive for dentists. Jonas and Kent also talk about de...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! We didn't forget about all the specialists out there! Specialists have similar but unique challenges when starting up a practice. This week Jonas interviews Dr. Nicole Wax. Nicole is an orthodontist who practices in Linden, Michigan. Nicole brings great energy to the interview and motivates everyone with her passion and dedication! Jonas and Nicole...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week George continues his interview with Dr. Todd Peterson. In this episode George and Todd pick up where they left off and get right into managing practice growth. Todd gives his insight into the challenges that his practice faced with rapid growth - averaging 120 new patients per month! Startups can be romanticized and dentists might get disc...

Welcome to back to the Shared Practices Podcast! This week George interviews Dr. Todd Peterson. Todd is a practice owner in Spring Creek, Nevada. Todd is famous for his thread on DentalTown detailing his progress with starting his office from scratch straight out of dental school! In this episode, George and Todd discuss the drive and determination that it takes to do a scratch startup. Todd goes...