DPH's Dental Practice Growth & Leadership Blog
Expert insights on dental practice management, coaching, and leadership. Learn how to grow a dental practice, reduce cancellations, improve case acceptance, train your team, and boost profitability. The Dental Practice Heroes Blog helps dentists scale with proven systems, reduce burnout, and build self-managing practices for more income and freedom.
How One Dentist Cut Back to Two Clinical Days and Still Grew His Dental Practice
Many dentists believe the only way to grow a dental practice is to work more days, see more patients, and stay tied to the chair. But what if the opposite were true? What if reducing clinical days could actually improve efficiency, profitability, and quality of life?
In this episode of the Dental...
Dec 18, 2025
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How Many Front Desk Employees Does Your Dental Practice Really Need?
One of the most common challenges in running a dental practice is managing the front desk. At some point, every owner dentist hears the same feedback from their admin team: we need more people, or we need to be paid more. Often, it is both. While dental practice owners want to support their teams...
Dec 16, 2025
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Dental Practice Leadership That Builds Loyalty and Reduces Turnover
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If you have ever felt like your dental practice is capable of more, you are not alone. Many owners pour energy into building a dental practice, chasing bigger numbers, and trying to increase dental practice revenue, only to discover that growth without the right leadership can...
Dec 11, 2025
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How to Onboard New Dental Employees So They Succeed Fast and You Reduce Turnover
Do you ever feel like you have a few all star employees, but you wish you could clone them? Every dental practice owner wants more rockstars on their team. The secret is not just hiring better people. It is onboarding new dental employees the right way from day one. When you build a simple, repea...
Dec 09, 2025
How to Prevent Dental Buyer’s Remorse and Increase Case Acceptance With Clear Communication
Every dentist has experienced it. A patient returns after treatment confused, frustrated, or questioning whether they made the right decision. Dental buyer’s remorse is more common than we think, and it can completely derail trust, case acceptance, and long-term patient loyalty.
Understanding how...
Nov 26, 2025
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Boost Dental Case Acceptance With Visual Aids: How to Make Treatment Easier to Understand
Most dentists rely heavily on verbal explanations, but research shows that patients remember far more when they can actually see what you are talking about. Studies suggest that people retain up to 65 percent of visual information and only about 10 percent of what they hear. This is exactly why u...
Nov 24, 2025
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Unlocking Big Production With Better Leadership: How To Motivate Your Dental Team and Grow Profitably
Do you ever feel like your dental practice has more potential than it is showing on the schedule? Maybe your team does the basics well, but the small extra habits that create big results are hit or miss. Or you worry that if you step away for a few days, production and patient experience will dip...
Nov 19, 2025
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How Body Language and Cues Improve Dental Case Acceptance
Discover how subtle body language, vocal tone, and nonverbal cues can increase patient trust and boost dental case acceptance. Learn five simple communication hacks every dentist can use today.
Why Some Treatment Presentations Fail (Even When You Say All the Right Things)
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Nov 17, 2025
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How to Hire, Onboard, and Mentor a Million-Dollar Associate Dentist
Learn how to hire, onboard, and mentor associate dentists who produce at a high level. Get practical steps for treatment planning calibration, block scheduling, case acceptance, and long-term associate retention.
Why Million-Dollar Associates Do Not Happen By Accident
Associates can be your bigge...
Nov 13, 2025
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Overcoming Dentist Burnout: How to Regain Joy and Balance in Dentistry
Learn how to prevent and recover from dentist burnout. Discover how mindset shifts, better scheduling, and coaching can help dental practice owners reduce stress and love dentistry again.
Why Dentist Burnout Is on the Rise
More dentists than ever are talking about burnout in dentistry. From long...
Nov 10, 2025
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How Dentists Can Overcome Burnout and Reclaim Their Life
Feeling Trapped by "Success"? You’re Not Alone
Many dental practice owners quietly struggle with burnout in dentistry. You work hard, grow your practice, and on the outside everything looks successful. But inside, you may feel exhausted, anxious, or trapped by the constant pressure of ownership.
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Nov 07, 2025
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How to Set Your Associate Dentists Up for Success and Long-Term Retention
1. Start With Structured Associate Dentist Onboarding
A great associate doesn’t become great by accident. The foundation of associate dentist success is a clear onboarding plan that sets expectations from day one.
Your associate dentist onboarding checklist should include:
Introduction to pract...
Nov 04, 2025
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