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Ep 114: How Hygienists Can Serve Patients at a Higher Level with Paige Hood

Special Guest:
Paige Hood, RDH
5/24/2023

Paige Hood is a practicing hygienist and a Certified Hygiene Coach with The Team Training Institute. She’s got years of experience not only improving her own skills as a hygienist, but also helping others excel.

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Ep 113: How to Use the Japanese Principle of Kaizen to Give Your Practice a Competitive Edge

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4/19/2023

Kaizen is the Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement. Toyota famously used this concept to develop its lean manufacturing process and become a leader in quality in the automotive industry.Kaizen can be used in a dental setting as well.

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Ep 112: Insights About the Current Hygiene Shortage with Bert Triche, RDH

Special Guest:
Bert Triche, RDH
4/14/2023

Bert Triche is a practicing hygienist and a Certified Hygiene Coach with The Team Training Institute. She’s got 43 years of hygiene experience and has coached other hygienists for 12 years.

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Ep 111: Negotiating Commercial Real Estate with Colin Carr

Special Guest:
Colin Carr
3/22/2023

Today, Colin Carr is joining Dr. John Meis to talk about how to level the playing field in these negotiations and allow dentists to expand and grow more seamlessly.

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Ep 110: Damaging Myths of the Dental Business (+ 3 Profitability Levers to Improve Performance)

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3/15/2023

Dr. John Meis and Wendy Briggs are clearing up 3 myths that have been floating around in dentistry lately and sharing 3 ways to improve performance and profit during times of uncertainty.

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Ep 109: Using AI Tools to Increase Patient Flow with Amol Nirgudkar

Special Guest:
Amol Nirgudkar
3/8/2023

Did you know… on average, 40% of the incoming calls to a dental practice go unanswered? When patient calls don’t get answered, appointments don’t get scheduled, and the practice loses a tremendous amount of opportunity.

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Ep 108: Tools to Alleviate Stress and Isolation in Dentistry with Carrie Marshall

Special Guest:
Carrie Marshall
3/1/2023

Carrie Marshall grew up in a family dental practice. She started to see that this stress and isolation was common across dentistry, so she decided to shift her career and study tools to help dental professionals better understand and improve their mental health.

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Ep 107: Lessons from 1000+ Dental Offices with Jim Philhower

Special Guest:
Jim Philhower
2/8/2023

Jim Philhower was the Director of Sales & Leadership at Henry Shein for decades. Jim has been in over 1000 practices across the US and has intricately studied what works in the dental business.

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Ep 106: Unlocking the Magic in Your Dental Practice

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1/24/2023

The Disney legacy of pristine experiences and high-touch customer service has created enormous business success that spans generations. During this year's Summit, we’ll be pulling important lessons from Disney and other iconic brands and applying these principles to dentistry.

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Ep 105: How to Determine Which Technologies to Bring Into Your Dental Practice

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12/8/2022

Investing in technology is a big decision for any practice owner. Almost every practice has had the experience of investing in technology that doesn’t get used (we’ve seen a lot of “technology garages” in offices with equipment that sits idle)...

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