The Thriving Dentist Show

In this week’s episode, Gary Takacs shares tips on how you can take actionable measures to avoid the coming crisis in your hygiene schedule. Due to the Lock downs that prevailed in March-April, most of us have not had any patients who came in those two to three months. What happens if they did not show up for their hygiene appointment? You will have a hole in your schedule by no show appointments. Tune in to this episode & learn how to take preventive measures to avoid a crisis in your hygiene schedule.

In this week's episode, Gary Takacs shares the importance of leadership in a dental practice and how you can develop it. Gary also shares a list of books that you can read to progress and understand the importance of leadership and the impact it has on the culture of your practice. To be a world-class practice owner, you need to be an effective leader. They go hand in hand. Tune in to the episode to learn more!

In this week's episode, Gary Takacs will be diving deep into a metric that 9 out of 10 dentists involved in PPO plans are completely unaware of. A lot of dentists are involved with insurance companies to get new patients into their practice, but they are unaware of the money they pay insurance companies in adjustments.

In this week’s Thriving Dentist Show, Gary Takacs will share all of the details behind the concept of using an in-office membership plan to attract new patients who do not have dental insurance. Gary shares many insightful tips and guidelines to create the ideal membership plan for your practice and build a pathway for more fee-for-service patients.

In this week's Thriving Dentist Show podcast, Gary shares about the biggest scheduling mistake that dentists make. Scheduling appointments is one of the most vital parts of growing your dental practice, as that's how you can get new patients as well as get your regular patients to turn up for their routine check-ups. Tune in to the episode to learn more!

In this week's episode, Gary shares valuable information on world-class CE resources with many details on courses plus dentists that will help our listeners get accredited and certified to join the elite group of world-class dentists. Having been in the dental industry for more than 40 years, one of the things Gary has noticed is the importance of CE to dentists. Unfortunately, some dentists barely take the required CE and scramble towards it by the end of the year with CE lapses, trying to keep their license. Tune into this episode now and download the Free CE resource list that is recommended by Gary!

In this week’s episode, Gary Takacs shares 7 specific tips to improve Search Engine Optimization on Google. Mastering SEO on google is a pathway for attracting more quality new patients for your dental practice! Learn the strategies that will help you master SEO and increase quality, new patients to your dental practice! You will also learn the 4-step process to get 5-star Google reviews, three specific things that Google checks in your Google reviews that will influence your page ranking. And companies are using artificial intelligence now along with the advantages of organic SEO over PPC & many more!

Discover 4 tips to convert potential new patient calls to appointments, emphasizing the importance of first impressions. Learn about the significance of tracking call data, strategies for handling missed calls, benefits of recording phone calls for training, and creating a nurturing environment. Explore effective phone training methods and various services provided by Equa.

In this week’s episode, Gary Takacs talks about the benefits of assisted hygiene & provides you with secret tips that will help you implement this system in your dental practice too! You will be able to understand what assisted hygiene is, the 4 KPIs that need to be in place for a hygiene driven practice, and how you could double your income with this model. Tune in to the episode to learn the three conditions that Gary had in place to ensure that the patients had a good experience in his Life Smiles practice with this model.

In this week’s Thriving Dentist Show, Gary shares about his most favorite system of achieving consecutive growth in his Life Smiles Practice, which is having a proper Bonus system/compensation system that works. This episode will help you understand the importance of having a properly functioning Bonus system that will help the entire team work together towards a common goal with much enthusiasm and determination. Don't forget to download the Free Grab-bag bonus PDF that has been shared by Gary so that you could implement these strategies in your dental practice too!