

The Thriving Dentist Show
Gary Takacs
The Thriving Dentist Show by Gary Takacs guides dental practice owners and dentists in creating a profitable practice with financial independence while delivering hallmark-level quality of care.
Gary’s lively discussions run the gamut from eye-opening lessons for you to become successful.
Gary’s lively discussions run the gamut from eye-opening lessons for you to become successful.
Episodes
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Mar 24, 2021 • 49min
It's Time To Get Serious About Diagnosing And Treating Perio Disease In Your Practice
Periodontal disease is an epidemic in today's world amongst adults, yet most practices cannot get their hygiene department to treat even 30% of patients for periodontitis. This is an area in dentistry where you will be saving lives as there is a direct causal relationship between periodontal disease and oral-systemic health. Listen to the episode to determine how you can implement a 4 part system to treat periodontal disease in your practice.

Mar 17, 2021 • 46min
A Proven System to Follow Up on Insurance Accounts Receivable
Are Insurance companies paying like they are supposed to? In this episode, Gary shares a system that will help you follow up on insurance account receivables and get them on time from insurance companies. This episode also features a Dental CPA Insight from Mark B. Rosen, CPA, CFP(R) on “Practice Overhead Percentages.”

Mar 10, 2021 • 52min
Strategies to Attract and Keep the Best Possible Team Members
One characteristic of a world-class dental practice is they successfully attract and keep quality team members. In this episode, Gary reveals five tips for attracting and five tips to retain the best possible team members in your practice. The episode also features a Clinical Tip from Dr. Rich Hirschinger, DDS, MBA, on Recognizing Trigeminal neuralgia.

Mar 3, 2021 • 54min
The Myth Busting Episode
Myths often hold dentists back from achieving their full potential by limiting their mindset. In this episode, Gary will bust 5 common myths dentists believe in that limit their mindset. This episode also features a Dental CPA insight from Barry Oliver, CPA/PFS on Backdoor Roth IRA. Listen to the episode now to find out the 5 common myths that limit the mindset of a dentist and hold them back from achieving their potential.

Feb 24, 2021 • 59min
The Benefits to Adding a Part-Time Specialist to Your General Dental Practice
While many specialist dentists prefer the traditional route of opening or purchasing a specialty practice or becoming a partner in a specialty practice, there is a growing trend among young specialists to work with general dentists instead of owning a practice. Listen to the episode to discover why this trend is escalating in dentistry and how you can benefit from this rapidly expanding trend by adding a part-time specialist to your practice.

Feb 17, 2021 • 58min
8 Important Details of A Winning Dental Practice Website
Many dental practices miss out on attracting and converting new patients via online avenues simply because they don't have an optimized website or don't follow the best search engine practices. In this episode, Gary and Naren share 8 Important Details of a Winning Dental Practice Website that will help you attract and convert potential new patients to your practice.

Feb 10, 2021 • 58min
How to Collect Everything You Produce
Today, many dental practices are owed more in "accounts receivables" than they should be. This significantly impacts the practice's financial strength. However, you can overcome this limitation at your practice with the right systems, strategies, and most importantly, the support of your team! In this Thriving Dentist Episode, Naren & Gary share specific tips and strategies that help you become more successful in collecting what you produce at your practice! Tune in to this episode to learn more!

Feb 3, 2021 • 1h 2min
The 5 Biggest Barriers to Practice Growth
Growing your practice is often an exhilarating experience, however, like any other aspect in dentistry, this too has its own share of hurdles that we need to be successful at overcoming, to fully reap the benefits of owning a practice that's growth-oriented! In this week's Thriving Dentist episode, Naren & Gary go through some of the biggest barriers that hold back practices from being able to achieve their fullest growth potential, unbeknownst to many practice owners today! Listen today to learn how you too can overcome these barriers and unlock more growth opportunities at your own practice!

Jan 27, 2021 • 55min
Building a Successful DSO
Building a successful DSO can be a very ambitious project that can help you on your journey to achieving financial independence as a dentist! In this Thriving Dentist episode, Naren & Gary talk about the core traits that make great DSOs successful & how you can take these & apply them in your own practice to create one that provides you personal, professional, and financial satisfaction! Tune into this episode to learn more!

Jan 20, 2021 • 60min
Retooling the body for 2021 with Dr. Uche Odiatu
In the grand scheme of things, we as dentists, spend a significant portion of our time taking care of patients and end up becoming negligent of our own mental and physical well-being. Staying in good health both mentally and physically is crucial to achieving our fullest potential as a dentist. In this week's Thriving Dentist episode, Gary invited his good friend Dr. Uche Odiatu to share some valuable insights on how we can retool & recalibrate ourselves. Listen Now!