The Thriving Dentist Show

Creating your practice philosophy allows you to distinguish your practice in the marketplace. Gary invited his friend, Dr. Paul Henny, to share his thoughts about the importance of creating your practice philosophy. They share the specific benefits of practice philosophy, elements to include in your practice philosophy, and why it's important to involve your team when creating a practice philosophy.

Gary invited his friend, Dr. Brian Harris, to share how smile virtual consults are radically changing his practice. He shares how he developed the smile virtual consult and how they result in more smile design cosmetic cases. Tune in to learn the top 3 barriers for dental consumers and how to overcome them! If you are interested in standing apart from the crowd by making it easier for patients to get what they want, then this interview is for you!

Marketing is such an important aspect of developing a thriving dental practice today! To help you understand how to use Market Intelligence in your practice, Gary invited his friend Forrest Wiederman to share how to use market Intelligence to attract your ideal new patients. Learn how to create quality branding, why price-based marketing is a race to the bottom, and critical marketing mistakes to avoid.

Gary invited his friend, Dr. Jim Arnold, as a guest, to discuss a powerful new app to help Dentists stay informed. In this Show, Gary and Jim discuss Jim's background as a practicing Dentist and Educator, Jim's experience as the owner of two dental practices, which led Jim to co-develop the SWYP Dental app, content aggregation, and how to create your dental news feed.

Services like dental implants, cosmetic dentistry, sedation dentistry and complex restorative dentistry can help change someone's life. In this Thriving Dentist Show, Gary invited his friend Elijah Desmond to talk about how to add more high-value cases to your dental practice. They discuss why marketing dental implants is the gateway to doing more high-value cases, and strategies to track your marketing results including a formula to measure your ROI.

Dental CE is changing today! There are various formats that Dentists can gain continuing education today. While these new formats are convent and efficient, there still is a place for live Conferences. Gary interviews Steve Parker to discuss the changing world of dental CE and to share his thoughts on what makes a live Conference successful.

Gary invited his friend, Dr. Vitor Neves to share the latest research on regenerative dentistry, stem cell research, and the future of dentistry. They discuss how research will eventually result in knowledge that can be applied in practice, a path to follow for those interested in a career in research, the current state of regenerative dentistry & shares many insightful tips.

It is so important to surround yourself with incredible partners and things to think about when leaving your legacy. In this Show, Gary interviews Manley Feinberg on the 9 Vertical Lessons for Leading with Impact, how to decide if your project is worth it, how to convert insight into action, and the powerful concept of how visibility drives velocity. Tune into learning more!

Pre-suasion is the practice of getting people sympathetic to your message before they experience it. In this episode, Gary sits down with Naren Arulrajah, host of the Growing Dentist podcast, to discuss the psychology of Marketing. Together they discuss two books by Dr. Robert Cialdini that have deeply influenced both of them. Listen now to find out how you can adapt the techniques found in these books to grow your dental practice.

Dentophobia is keeping 90 million people from receiving dental care. In this week's episode, Gary has invited his friend Dr. Michael Silverman to discuss all things sedation, from current regulations and guidelines to the future of sedation dentistry. If you are a dentist who has already embraced sedation in your practice or considering sedation dentistry, this episode is for you. Listen now and find out how you can make dentistry comfortable for the patient and the provider.