The Dental Economist Show

Tom Terronez on the Patient Data Question Every Dental Group Should Be Able to Answer But Can't

Can your practice confidently explain where patient data goes after it is collected? In this episode of The Dental Economist Show, host Mike Huffaker speaks with Thomas

Kyle Welch on Why DSO Operators Are Being Blamed for a Problem They Didn't Create

Why DSO Operators Are Being Blamed for a Problem They Didn't Create Why has the DSO deal market stalled even as demand for dental care remains strong? In this episode o

Dr. Shilpi Priyadarshini on Building Clinical Systems That Help Dentists and Patients Win

What does it take to help clinicians deliver more consistent care, build confidence in the chair, and grow into effective leaders? In this episode of The Dental Economis

Bob Fontana on Why Getting Bigger is Easy, Getting Better is Hard

What does it take to build a dental organization that expands access for millions of patients while creating lasting opportunity for providers and teams? In this episode

Chris Moxon on How BCG Sees the Future of the DSO Market

What will separate the next generation of winning DSOs from the roll-up models of the past? In this episode of The Dental Economist Show, host Mike Huffaker speaks with

David Murphy on What Buyers Are Really Looking for When They Evaluate a DSO

What separates a DSO that is ready for a successful capital event from one that is not? In this episode of The Dental Economist Show, host Mike Huffaker speaks with Davi

Special Edition: Steve Bilt & Andrew Smith on the Colorado Ruling That Every DSO in America Should Be Watching

What happens when a state dental board introduces rules that could fundamentally change how DSOs support dental practices? In this special breaking-news episode of The D

Rahma Samow on Simplifying Care Delivery and Growing ClearChoice Into a Platform of Hope

What does it take to make complex dental care more accessible, efficient, and patient-centered? In this episode of The Dental Economist Show, host Mike Huffaker speaks w

Stephen Thorne on Moving Dentistry From Sick Care to Preventive Healthcare

How do you transform dentistry from treating teeth to improving whole-body health? In this episode of The Dental Economist Show, host Mike Huffaker sits down with Stephe

Dr. Farzeela Rupani on Taking Dentist Churn From 60 Percent to 11 Percent in Three Years

Colosseum Dental, one of Europe's largest dental organizations with 650 clinics across 11 countries, faced a staggering 60% dentist churn rate in its UK business back in

Reimaginging RCM - Paul Kaiser and Drew Hamilton

What if a dental asset sat at the center of the universe for the entire dental market? We’re unpacking it all in this special live edition of The Dental Economist Show, c

Keith Miller on What Dentists Should Ask Before Partnering With a DSO

How do dental practice owners separate empty corporate promises from stable, long-term growth? In this episode of The Dental Economist Show, host Mike Huffaker sits down

Dykema DSO Conference Edition with Brian Colao

The premier legal and business platform for the DSO industry, Dykema, has established itself as the leading collaborative engine for dental group growth. How do they cont

Leslie Espinola on Why Most Dental Practices Fail for Business Reasons Not Clinical Ones

With 35 years in the dental industry, Leslie Espinola has seen practices thrive and fail from every angle. In this episode of The Dental Economist Show, host Mike Huffake

Joe Feldsien on Why PDS Health Bet on the Mouth Body Connection Before Anyone Else

PDS Health, one of the most innovative DSOs in the country, has been quietly building what might be the boldest bet in modern dentistry a fully integrated medical dental

Dr. Arwinder Judge on Developing Doctors and Driving Clinical Excellence Across Aspen Dental

Aspen Dental is the largest branded DSO in the United States, and behind its clinical excellence is a leadership structure most organizations only dream about. In this ep

Dr. Ankoo Raina on Why Dentistry Needs to Stop Recommending and Start Prescribing

Jefferson Dental and Orthodontics has been delivering high-quality, affordable care to underserved communities across Texas since 1967 and their clinical standards don't

Dr. Trey Mueller on Leading Clinical Excellence Through a DSO Restructuring

Dental Care Alliance (DCA), one of the largest dental support organizations in the country, is navigating a pivotal moment—having just completed a major financial restruc

Robert “RJ” Jerome on How Heartland Dental Makes Technology Decisions at Scale

Heartland Dental—the largest DSO in the U.S. with nearly 2,000 locations—operates at extraordinary scale, and in this episode of The Dental Economist Show, host Mike Huff

David Meece on Building a DSO Where Profit Follows People

Texas-based DSO, Pearl Street Dental Partners, has built one of the most distinctive dental organizations in the country by making one radical bet: that profit follows pe