Dental Practice Heroes Newsletter
Dr. Etchison will share tips, strategies, and give a summary of the DPH content and upcoming events for the month.
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Stop Guessing: Find What's Holding Your Practice Back
Production is down, collections are slipping, and something isn't working. But where do you start?
You've got unscheduled treatment piling up, your team is busy, and things keep falling through the cracks. You're looking at your numbers, wondering what happened and what to fix first. The problem...
Oct 21, 2026
dental practice growth
dental practice kpis
dental practice management
profitability
Solve the Right Problem First
The biggest problem in your practice may be the one you're not working on.ย
Most owners do not have unlimited time to work on their business. So when your finally get a few hours, it's easy to spend them on whatever feels most urgent: payroll, supplies, a team issue, or another problem demanding ...
Sep 09, 2026
business prioritization
dental practice management
practice efficiency
practice growth
Making Change Actually Stick
If you keep saying, โWe already talked about this,โ your team may not need another reminder.
We solve problems in meetings all the time. Everyone agrees on what needs to change, we leave feeling like we made progress, and then a few weeks later the old behavior is back. It is easy to assume the t...
Aug 26, 2026
dental leadership
dental practice management
dental practice systems
team accountability
Improving Through the Chaos
The perfect time to improve your practice never arrives.
When your practice is short-staffed, it is easy to believe that one more hire will finally create the time to improve your systems, train your team, and address the issues you have been putting off. Waiting can feel like the responsible cho...
Jul 24, 2026
dental practice management
employee retention
practice efficiency
team training
Building One Team
The biggest communication problem is usually a perspective problem.
The front office and the clinical team are working toward the same goal, but they experience the day very differently. One side lives in a world of constant interruptions. The other is focused on keeping patients moving and provi...
Jul 22, 2026
communication
dental leadership
dental practice management
office culture
Creating a Smoother Practice
Every shortcut has a ripple effect.
Most practice problems do not begin with one major failure. They begin with a small responsibility that gets skipped, rushed, or passed along. It may save a few seconds in the moment, but it often creates more work, more frustration, and more confusion for some...
Jul 17, 2026
dental leadership
dental practice management
systems
team accountability
workflow
Protect the Time That Matters
The work that transforms your practice rarely feels urgent.
Most practice owners do not ignore important work because they don't care about it. They ignore it because every day is filled with problems that demand attention now. Meanwhile, the work that creates long-term growth keeps getting pushe...
Jun 26, 2026
business strategy
ceo mindset
dental practice management
proactive leadership
The Story Your Practice is Telling
Most practice owners can feel when something is off. The problem is they are usually guessing at what is actually causing it. That usually happens because they are not tracking the right numbers, are tracking too many, or are not doing anything with the data once they have it.
Here are three thin...
May 13, 2026
data tracking
decision making
dental practice management
leadership
How Patients Decide When to Say Yes
Case acceptance is bigger than an on-the-spot yes. In our latest episode, I break down one of the most underused concepts in dentistry: next time case acceptance. This is for the patients who hesitate because they are not fully bought in yet, not because they are the problem.
The common mistake i...
Jan 28, 2026
case acceptance
dental practice management
patient communication
practice growth
When Raises Go Wrong
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There are moments in ownership where money feels like the fastest way out.
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Dec 19, 2025
dental practice management
owner mindset
payroll control
team compensation
How to Stop Feeling Like Youโre Always Behind
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You got into ownership for freedom, not chaos. If the practice feels like a messy room and you do not know where to start, here is the first pass with a trash bag and a plan.
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Oct 21, 2025
dental coaching
dental leadership
dental practice growth
dental practice management
dental practice profitability