Stephen Thorne: A Conversation With the CEO of Pacific Dental Services About the Future of Oral Surgery in America, and the Many Opportunities That Abound

Today’s guest has dedicated his life to helping dentists create incredible practices that serve their patients, their employees, and clinicians while growing as big as they want to! Stephen Thorne is the founder and leader of Pacific Dental Services. He started his career by working in his father’s dental practice and learned all aspects of the business there before founding his company in 1994. Pacific Dental Services now has over 900 practices around the country in 30 different states. Today Stephen joins us to share his story and shed light on the future of the oral surgery profession in America. He explains how he built his company, how he managed to get it to the point that it runs so smoothly for each specialist that they serve, and why he won’t consider private equity going forward. We discuss how oral health is being incorporated back into overall health and what this means for dentists. Tune in to hear more about why we need to move from an electronic dental record to an electronic health record for the advancement of oral healthcare, as well as Stephen’s advice to listeners who are in the process of deciding on the type of dental setting they want to go into.

Key Points From This Episode:

• An introduction to Stephen Thorne and his company, Pacific Dental Services.
• A brief history of how he established the company.
• How he was able to grow his company so much compared to his competitors. 
• How he managed to get PDS to the point that it runs so smoothly for each specialist that it serves.
• The goals for PDS going forward and how their strategy is evolving. 
• How oral health is being incorporated back into overall health and what this means for dentists and PDS.
• The importance of moving from an electronic dental record to an electronic health record for the advancement of oral healthcare. 
• Stephen’s advice to listeners who are deciding on the type of dental setting or model they want to go into.
• Stephen’s goal for his career and retirement and why he won’t consider the private equity route.
• Hear about Influence, the best book Stephen has read in the last year, in the rapid-fire questions.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Stephen Thorne — https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevethornepds/ 

Pacific Dental Services — https://www.pacificdentalservices.com/ 

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion — https://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Robert-Cialdini/dp/006124189X 

Yellowstone — https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4236770/ 

Everyday Oral Surgery Website — https://www.everydayoralsurgery.com/ 

Everyday Oral Surgery on Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/everydayoralsurgery/
Everyday Oral Surgery on LinkedIn — https://www.instagram.com/everydayoralsurgery/ 

Everyday Oral Surgery on Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/EverydayOralSurgery/

Dr. Grant Stucki Email — grantstucki@gmail.com

Dr. Grant Stucki Phone — 720-441-6059