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Ep 104: Alleviating Bottlenecks and Designing Efficient Dental Offices with Angie Bachman

Special Guest:
Angie Bachman
11/30/2022

Design Ergonomics has revolutionized dentistry by applying lean manufacturing principles of the famed Toyota production process to optimize offices. They improve everything from patient flow to team flow, allowing the overall environment of the office to improve.

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Ep 103: Humility vs. Overconfidence: The Willingness to Rethink Your Position and Pivot

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11/10/2022

The business environment is always changing, so every practice owner needs to have a certain level of flexibility in their thinking and a willingness to pivot. This adaptability can impact team management, patient communication, and overall practice success.

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Ep 102: Four Ways Dental Teams Can Increase Case Acceptance

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10/12/2022

If patients don’t move forward with treatment, everybody suffers. The patient’s condition worsens over time, team members get frustrated, and the practice performance declines.

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Ep 101: Quiet Quitting: What It Is and How It’s Affecting Dental Practices

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9/14/2022

What exactly is “quiet quitting”?The term has been trending in the news and on social media lately, so Dr. John Meis and Wendy Briggs are diving into the topic and how it affects dental practices in this episode.

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Ep 100: How to Offer Your Own Dental Benefit Plan with Paul Lowry

Special Guest:
Paul Lowry
8/19/2022

Patients without insurance (or patients with not-so-great insurance) don’t always keep up on their appointments because paying out of pocket can get expensive. Adding an in-house benefit plan to your practice can be a great way to take care of these patients and give them the flexibility to maintain their regular appointments and get the services they need.

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Ep 99: How to Recognize and Resolve Capacity Issues in Your Dental Practice with Dr. David Ahearn

Special Guest:
Dr. David Ahearn
7/6/2022

Dr. David Ahearn, a dentist and the founder of Design Ergonomics and Ergonomic Products, is on the podcast today to talk about how to find and alleviate capacity issues in your dental practice.

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Ep 98: Tips for Getting Insurance Claims Paid with Dr. Travis Campbell

Special Guest:
Dr. Travis Campbell
6/1/2022

Dr. Travis Campbell is a dental insurance expert and dentist who teaches teams how to navigate the complexities of insurance. Known as “the dental insurance guy”, Dr. Campbell understands the nuances of insurance and helps practices get fewer denials and make more money in insurance reimbursements.

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Ep 97: Important News About Dental Sleep Medicine

Special Guest:
Kirk Huntsman
5/11/2022

In this episode, Dr. John Meis and Wendy Briggs are discussing new developments in dental sleep medicine that can be life-changing for you and your patients.

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Ep 96: Staffing Problems? (Answers Inside)

Special Guest:
Daren Baird
4/20/2022

Dr. John Meis and Wendy Briggs are sitting down with team performance expert, Daren Baird. Daren has consulted with some of the top dentists in the US as well as Fortune 500 companies and brings a new, valuable perspective to team building in dental practices.

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Ep 95: Teamwork Secrets for Dentists [from an Olympic medalist]

Special Guest:
Nancy Kerrigan
3/22/2022

What can a champion figure skater teach you about success in a dental practice? It turns out, a lot. Because winning an Olympic medal is much like building a winning practice.

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