The Thriving Dentist Show

Many Dentists experience isolation in their careers, and a supportive community of colleagues can make a big difference in the satisfaction you experience as a Dentist. Gary invited his friend Dr. Paul Goodman to discuss the importance of developing your own community of like-minded colleagues for support and encouragement. They discuss how the dental profession is changing now and how Dentists can successfully navigate these changes.

Owning your practice is the best possible career path! To share a success story about one young Dentist's path to practice ownership, Gary invited Dr. David Stern as a guest on this Thriving Dentist Show. They discuss David's path from dental school graduation to becoming a practice owner, what David learned from his experience as an Associate before becoming a practice owner & more!

Dental Assistants are such a vital part of a thriving dental practice! Gary invited his friends, Mary Beth Bajornas and Missy Fryer, to talk about how to train your dental assistants to their full potential. They share how the role of your dental assistants is so much more than the day-to-day tasks they provide, and how to help your dental assistants understand their role as a marketing agent of the practice.

Gary invited his friend Heidi Mount to share some valuable tips on how to hire the right team to support your practice vision. They discuss in detail on how to evaluate whether your candidate has the right personality and attitude for your practice, and how to help your team members adopt an ownership perspective. Tune in to learn a quick tip to determine if a job candidate has a 'service' perspective.

Assembling a high performance Team is one of your most important responsibilities. In this Thriving Dentist Show, Gary invited his friend Heidi Mount to share some valuable tips on how to hire the right team to support your practice vision. …

Social Media Marketing is an effective way to attract more quality new patients to your practice. Gary interviews his friend Jack Hadley to discuss how to effectively use Social Media as part of your comprehensive marketing plan. They discuss the proper mindset behind effective social media marketing and why social media marketing should be considered a long term marketing play.

You can use technology to enhance the patient experience in your dental practice. Gary invited his friend Amol Nirgudkar as a guest on this show to discuss applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the dental profession. They discuss how Artificial Intelligence can be used to dramatically improve your results at converting callers to appointments and the concept of human-assisted Artificial Intelligence and why this adaptation is so effective.

Everything you do either increases or decreases case acceptance. In this episode, Gary interviews his friend, Fred Joyal, on how to improve the patient experience in your practice. They discuss what Fred has learned from spending over $500 Million in advertising to encourage patients to go to the Dentist and why expressing appreciation to your team members is so powerful.

Many patients suffer from various medical issues that originate from improper and imbalanced forces in the mouth. Gary interviews his friend, Patrick Kircher, on the topic of Medically Necessary Dentistry and how you can add these services to your practice successfully. Learn how incorporating medically necessary dentistry can be an important way to future-proof your practice!

Clinical Depression is not uncommon in the dental profession. Gary invited Brian Toorani as a Guest on the Show to share the challenges that he has experienced, and how he found himself in debt in Southern California in the middle of the brutal economic downturn of 2008 and 2009. He shares his experience of practicing dentistry with a 92% overhead & how he made radical changes to get his practice overhead around 60%.