Dental Practice Heroes

The Hygienist You Can't Afford Might Be Costing You a Fortune

Hiring a hygienist feels like a risk. Not hiring one might be the bigger one. In this episode, the DPH coaches tackle the fears that keep you from making that hire. You&

Why Your Team Resists Every Change You Make

Your team isn’t rolling their eyes because they hate improvement. They’re rolling their eyes because they’ve been trained to believe the next “new system” won’t last. Whe

The Missing Step Between Learning Implants and Actually Doing Lots of Them

You took an implant course and came home fired up. Six months later, you’re still referring those cases out. In this episode, Dr. Taher Dhoon, founder of Colorado Surgic

Production Is Down. Now What?

By the time a problem shows up on your P&L, it’s been quietly building for months. In this episode, the DPH coaches share the numbers every practice should check weekly

The $1.5M Trap that Can Break a Practice Owner

Your dental practice can be profitable and still feel like it’s slowly breaking you. That’s the reality for many solo dentists sitting in the $1.2M to $1.7M range: the sc

Think You’re Ready for an Associate? Look at These Numbers First

Bringing on an associate is supposed to buy back your time. So why do so many owners end up regretting the decision? Brian Hanks, dental accountant and author of How to

Two Paths To A Dental Practice That Runs Without You

If you have been grinding to “improve the practice” but your days still feel the same, you are not alone and you are not lazy. We dig into a hard truth: you can spend an

When Your Strengths Create Dependence

Being the most capable person in your dental practice can feel like a superpower, right up until it becomes the reason everything still depends on you. I’m Dr. Paul Etchi

Why You Still Haven’t Cut Back a Clinical Day

You can have a solid team, good new patient flow, and real culture momentum and still feel weirdly stuck. That’s the trap we dig into today: the belief that you should wa

The Dangerous Part About Having a Good Practice

Your practice is finally in a good place. The schedule is full, the money is good, and you actually like your team. This episode is about what happens when this comfort

Your Team Isn’t Resisting the Change. They’re Resisting This

That uncomfortable moment when you roll out a new system and your team goes quiet isn’t about the system at all. It’s about what they think it means.  We’re talking abou

You Might Be Wrong About Your Worst Team Member

"They're lazy." "They don't care." "This person is the problem." You probably said something like this the last time you got annoyed at the office. In this epi

Retiring Early in Dentistry and the Freedom Trap

You can do everything “right” and still feel stuck: work harder, save more, invest earlier, chase a retirement number… then wake up the next day and realize nothing chang

Why Your Team Only Follows Systems When You’re Watching (How to Fix It) w/ Dr. Gina Dorfman

Your team does the right things when you're in the building. Turn your back and... maybe not. Dr. Gina Dorfman has spent over 20 years building practices around cul

Your Practice Will Never Give You Freedom Until Your Leaders Can Do This

If your leadership meeting turns up “no problems,” we think you should be nervous. Silence can feel like health, but it often signals something else: people are checked o

You're Spending Time On the Wrong Thing...Focus on This Instead w/ Dr. George Hariri

Whatever is holding your practice back is probably not the thing you worked on this week. Dr. George Hariri, co-founder of Shared Practices and author of Dental Moneybal

Stop Talking Your Patients Out of the Best Treatment

That split second after a patient asks “Can’t you just fill it?” can quietly decide the whole case. If you hesitate, even with good intentions, you can accidentally turn

Simple Ways to Turn Patient Objections Into a Yes

Cost, timing, pain, insurance. These objections don't mean a patient is saying "no." In this episode, the DPH coaches share how they handle the most common patient

The Subtle Trap Undermining Your Practice's Success

Your front desk can look busy all day and still leak production, profit, and patience. When phones, check-ins, insurance questions, and balance collections are treated li

Implementation Usually Fails in 1 of These 3 Areas

We break down why the same operational problems keep resurfacing even after everyone “agrees” in a meeting. We share a simple leadership framework that turns talk into im