You do not have a space problem. You probably have an efficiency problem. Before you add more space, more ops, or another associate, look at your production per hour. If you are below $650 per hour, there is usually still a lot of opportunity in your current setup. A few places to look first: • B...

If you are making good money in your practice but still feel like too much of it is disappearing, your CPA might be part of the problem. A lot of dentists treat taxes like a once-a-year event. You send in your numbers, get your return, write a painful check, and move on. In our latest episode, I ...

Have you ever noticed how some dentists pick a production goal out of thin air? “I want to do 2 million this year.” Okay, based on what? Most people cannot tell you their required dollar per hour to hit that number, or how many days they actually need to work. That is the issue. If you cannot cal...

You walk into a packed restaurant with every table full and a four-hour wait. It looks like the most successful place in town. Once you sit down, the service crawls, the food takes forever, and you realize something important. This place is not thriving. It is just inefficient. A lot of dental pr...

Every dentist dreams of the day they can hire an associate and finally get their time back. Someone else handles the dentistry while you focus on the business or maybe even take a few Fridays off. But for most owners, it doesn’t go that way. They add an associate, and profits actually dip. The re...