What would you do differently if you had to start over with your dental practice? Emmett Scott sits down with Dr. Steve Broughton, CEO of Light Dental Studios, who started with a small dental practice in a converted mobile home and spent 30 years growing to 32 locations. In the early days, he lived on...

Send us Fan Mail That conversation you keep putting off? It could be costing your practice more than you think. In Episode 174 of DentalBytes, I’m joined by Mark Raffan of Summit Crown Advisory for a candid conversation about leadership friction—the unclear expectations, avoided conversations, and unresolved tensions that can quietly hold a dental team...

On today’s episode, Dr. Mark Costes talks with BoomCloud founder Jordan Comstock about rising practice costs, flat PPO reimbursements, and the write-offs that can quietly erode profits. Jordan explains how patient membership plans can create recurring revenue, strengthen retention, and give owners more freedom to decide which PPO contracts are worth keeping. They cover where...

In this episode of the Stress-Free Dentist Podcast, Dr. Eric Block sits down with Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy — orthodontist, practice owner, host of The Business of Happiness podcast and founder of the Radical Happiness program — about the cost of spending your life waiting for the next milestone. She chose dentistry for what looked like...

Dental Unfiltered host Matt Brown sits down with longtime dental leader and investor Dr. Jim Arnold to discuss what can happen behind the scenes of a DSO sale, recap, and equity rollover. Jim built and grew his practices, sold at a time that made sense for his goals, and experienced a first recap that returned...

 ▶️ Full 5-part Hygiene Crisis series playlist:  Hygiene Crisis Series: Build, Recruit, Compensate, and Retain a High-Performing Hygiene Team 📥 Free Resource: https://go.mydentalplaybook.com/resources/hygiene-compensation-guide➖➖➖➖Finding and keeping great hygienists is harder than ever, but paying a higher hourly rate isn’t the answer. In this episode, Dr. Blake Hamblin and Gary Bird reveal the compensation system that helps...

Dentistry has sold practice owners a seductive dream: grind it out for a decade, build up a million-dollar practice, sell out to a broker or DSO, and ride off into the sunset with a life-changing check. But when you strip away the selling hype and look at the actual balance sheet, the reality of a...

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Practice success doesn’t always equal personal life happiness. Kiera talks about the Yes Success Model, and how to align your business goals with your personal life goals, because they’re allowed to complement each other (and should, frankly). She asks probing questions that’ll get you thinking about alignment and finding the right motivating factors to keep...

Dr. Killeen shares two stories that illustrate the difference between simply doing the work and understanding what you are building. Whether it is a cathedral or a dental practice, the bigger vision matters, but so does the discipline of laying one brick at a time. For practice owners, systemizing a practice can feel overwhelming, especially...