The Tooth Sleuth Podcast

On this week's episode, I sat down with Brandi Molitor who has been in the coaching and wellness space for just over 20 years. She's a champion for people and culture and is an expert at bridging the gap between the visionaries of dental businesses and the teams that drive the results. Her work moves from the top, down and inside, out of offices and she's known as a bit of a peace whisperer. Give...

On this week's episode, I sat down with Dr. Len Tau who is a renowned leader in dental consulting, recognized by Dentistry Today. Len has extensive experience, having operated the Pennsylvania Center for Dental Excellence, consulting for dental practices, and host of the Raving Patients podcast. He's a sought-after lecturer on internet marketing, social media, and reputation marketing, known for h...

On this week's episode, I sat down with Margaret McGuckin who is the founding Chief Operating Officer for ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers, responsible for scaling the pioneering DSO from 1 to 31 locations resulting in $135M in revenue in the first 4 years of operations. She's a charter faculty member of the DEO, active in Women in DSOs and a speaker at major DSO conferences such as Dykema and t...

On this week's episode, I sat down with Dr. Laura Brenner who dreamt of becoming a dentist her whole life, and learned that dentistry wasn't a match for her. Following her viral blog post, "10 Reasons Your Dentist Probably Hates You Too," she connected with dental professionals worldwide who desired more from their careers. This led to the birth of Lolabees Career Coaching, empowering dental profe...

Send us a text On this week's episode, I sat down with Robert Kim who is a startup and technology leader with over 20+ years of experience leading product teams and organizations. He's one of the co-founders at Zuub and responsible for leading all the client-facing departments, including sales, customer success and implementations.  Give a listen to Robert's journey on how he explained the Zuub's...

Send us a text On this week's episode, I sat down with Bryan Laskin who is a Minnesota dentist and tech entrepreneur on a mission to help dental teams and patients break free of the "Dental Disorder" through innovation, education, and Standardization.  Give a listen to Bryan's journey on how he tackled the Dental Disorder and lack of Data Accessibility, Medical-Dental Integration and Interoperabil...

Send us a text On this week's episode, I sat down with Karlene Bostick who  loves the business of dentistry, working with vendors and was excited to get into sales. Last year she bought Beckmer Products, the inventor and manufacturer of Dental R.A.T. and Blue Boa. Seeing the staffing shortage plaguing the U.S, dentistry, and especially DSOs' need for efficiencies through innovation, it was a perfe...

Send us a text On this week's episode, I sat down with Tyler Murdock whose journey in the dental industry began with a marketing internship at a dental practice. In college, he founded a dental marketing agency that expanded into Aligned Profit which supports sales teams working with dental industry partners doing at least 1 million a year. Give a listen to Tyler's journey on how he began with a m...

Send us a text On this week's episode, I sat down with Allison Norris who is a dental hygienist by profession,  and unintentionally fell into recruiting. Allison launched the nonclinical recruiting agency, the Dentele Group. The Dentele Group was nominated for Top Talent's Top Recruiter and Agency to Watch awards in 2022.  Give a listen to Allison's journey on how she unintentionally fell into rec...

Send us a text On this week's episode, I sat down with Jodi Evans who is the founder and CEO of Revolutionary Tribes, a consultancy that specializes in helping dental leaders operationalize their businesses and achieve their goals. Her passion is empowering founders to achieve their vision their way, and she is a sought-after speaker at major conferences including Straumann Platinum, DEO, ADSO, an...

Send us a text On this week's episode, I sat down with Gary Bird, the founder and leader of SMC National, a dental marketing agency which uses a data-heavy approach to help dentists and group practices generate more new patients at a lower cost per patient. Gary is a compulsive entrepreneur who leads by putting people first. My favorite part of the show is the framework for Full Arch offices laid...

Send us a text On this week's episode, I sat down with Janet Hagerman, THE Case Acceptance Coach for dentists and their teams. Her experience includes over 30 years of clinical and coaching experience with both solo and small to large group practices, and leadership as a corporate Director of Dental Hygiene, managing 100+ practices.  Janet's niche is training dental teams to triple their case acce...

Send us a text On this week's episode, I sat down with Ross Brannon, a financial advisor serving dentists and business owners across the country looking to maximize their earning, investing, and wealth potential. He helps clients by the creation of Tax Alpha. Tax Alpha is the ability of an investor to outperform by taking advantage of tax-savings strategies.  A non-traditional conversation with a...

Send us a text On this week's episode, I sat down with the CEO and Founder of Iceberg Cyber, Michael Bakaic. He's on a mission to make cyber simpler for dentists and has pioneered the Cyber Score to help business owners get a handle on their cyber security risks. Mic drop moments were these 3 simple steps anyone can do: Use a password manager Anti-spoofing setting Update computer and phone These t...

Send us a text On this week's episode, I welcome Natalie Doyle Oldfield, who has been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award as one of the world's Top Thought Leaders in Trust by Trust Across America – Trust Around the World. Other lifetime achievement award winners include Howard Schultz, Chairman of Starbucks, Douglas Conant, former CEO of Campbells Soup and authors Charles Green and Steph...

Send us a text On this week's episode, I welcome Dr. Mike Maroon, founder of Advanced Dental, administrator as well as the Director of Laboratory Services for Smile Source, and an experienced clinician and businessman who shares his decades of experience with our listening audience.  Hear Dr. Mike share about: Advantages of Guided Surgery using companies like 3DDX. Smile Source benefits where memb...

Send us a text This week's episode features Brandon Barnum, often referred to as the "King of Referrals", an award-winning serial entrepreneur, coach, consultant, speaker, trainer, and workshop leader. Brandon shares his pearls of wisdom on how to build a business based on Referrals through partnering with others.  Take the Referral Score Quiz to know where you stand! You can find it at https://ra...

Send us a text This week's episode features Sarah Ruberg, a relationship-building expert with a decade of experience in the dental industry offering consulting, social media strategy and management to help practices and industry partners grow. The #1 thing according to Sarah: Start posting something! "Saying nothing is saying something!" Sarah's passion for entrepreneurship and relationship buildi...

Send us a text This week on The Tooth Sleuth Podcast, Travis Rodgers, widely known as "The Referral Guy in the dental industry.  Travis was the first to build an electronic referral in the dental industry in 2003, now called OneClick Referral. He was the first to build an integrated and automated word-of-mouth referral system. He is also the founder of the Referral Academy which trains dental team...

Send us a text "Goal-based, Comprehensive Financial Planning" This week's guest, Drew Phillips, provides CPA, business consulting, business and personal financial planning, and investment management services to privately owned dental and medical practice owners.  Drew shares what it means to be a Comprehensive Financial Planner: Accounting-all about the past, what already happened. Finance-forward...

Send us a text "Find your joy, outside the busyness of everyday dentistry" Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH, sat down for a discussion on Dental Infection Prevention and Control and the importance of practicing a patient-centered model of dental hygiene.  Find Michelle at these Websites! MichelleStrangeRDH.com LevelUpIP.com   Hosted by Greg Essenmacher Produced by T Door Productions 🔔 Want to stay upd...

Send us a text Join your host Greg Essenmacher as he talks with this generations leading figures in the dental field. Special Guest - Dr. Robert Carpenter "From the Powder to the Powder Keg" Listen in as Dr. Robert Carpenter shares his experience going from the slopes of Colorado to residency in the middle of the Covid crisis in the Bronx to becoming a Dental Anesthesiologist.   You can check out...

Send us a text Join your host Greg Essenmacher as he talks with this generations leading figures in the dental field.  Special Guest - Michael Dinsio You can get in contact with Michael at the links below! 1. Website 2. Podcasts 3. Schedule a consult w/ Mike 4. Facebook 5. Instagram Hosted by Greg Essenmacher Produced by T Door Productions 🔔 Want to stay updated on the latest insights and tips fo...

Send us a text Join your host Greg Essenmacher as he talks with this generations leading figures in the dental field.  Special Guests - Dan German Hosted by Greg Essenmacher Produced by T Door Productions 🔔 Want to stay updated on the latest insights and tips for transforming your dental practice? Sign up for our newsletter by going to this link and get exclusive content and updates straight to y...

Send us a text Join your host Greg Essenmacher as he talks with this generations leading figures in the dental field.  Special Guests - Douglas Weatherman Hosted by Greg Essenmacher Produced by T Door Productions 🔔 Want to stay updated on the latest insights and tips for transforming your dental practice? Sign up for our newsletter by going to this link and get exclusive content and updates strai...