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.
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Dentist Burnout Is Not a Failure. It Is a Signal.
Most dentists enter the profession believing they are building a path to freedom. You work hard in school, read books on dental practice management, invest in building a dental practice, and assume that success will naturally bring fulfillment. But for many practice owners, the reality feels very...
Jan 29, 2026
dental business coaching
dental practice management
dentist burnout solutions
dentist work life balance
How One New Practice Owner Achieved Low Turnover, Fast Growth, and Work Life Balance
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Many dentists believe that fast dental practice growth requires long hours, high turnover, and constant stress. But that belief is being challenged by a new generation of pr...
Jan 27, 2026
dental coaching
dental practice growth
dental practice management
dentist leadership training
How Dentist Burnout Is Often a Health Problem Not a Motivation Problem
We talk a lot about building a dental practice, dental practice growth, and increasing dental practice revenue. But there is a topic that does not get nearly enough attention in dental business coaching and dental practice management coaching, and that topic is dentist burnout.
Many dentists assu...
Jan 22, 2026
dental business coaching
dental practice culture improvement
dental practice management
The Real Role of the Hygiene Department and How It Drives Dental Practice Growth
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When most dentists think about hygiene, they immediately think about production, hourly wages, and whether the numbers make sense. With hygienist wages higher than ever, many...
Jan 20, 2026
dental patient management
dental practice growth
dental practice management
dentist leadership training
How Dentists Can Stay Calm and Lead Through Unexpected Dental Emergencies
No matter how skilled or experienced you are, unexpected complications are part of running a dental practice. From surgical challenges to medical emergencies, every dentist will eventually face moments where things do not go as planned. What separates great dentists from overwhelmed ones is not a...
Jan 15, 2026
dental emergencies
dental leadership
dental practice management
dentist leadership training
How Smart Tax Planning Helps Dentists Build a More Profitable Practice
Most dentists work incredibly hard to build a successful practice, yet many unknowingly leave tens of thousands of dollars on the table every year due to poor tax planning. The issue is rarely effort or intelligence. It is usually a lack of dental-specific guidance. In this episode of the Dental ...
Jan 13, 2026
dental business coaching
dental cpa
dental practice management
dental practice profitability
How to Grow a Dental Practice During a Hygienist Shortage
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One of the biggest challenges in running a dental practice today is the ongoing hygienist shortage. Many practice owners are experiencing strong new patient flow, solid denta...
Jan 08, 2026
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dental patient management
dental practice growth
dental practice management
hygienist shortage
How to Grow a Fee-for-Service Dental Practice Out of Network (With Associates): Lessons from Dr. Andrew Kokabi
If youā€™ve ever wondered whether you can grow your dental practice without playing the insurance game, youā€™re not alone. Many owners assume that building a dental practice with real scale requires PPO participation, high-volume scheduling, or constantly chasing lower reimbursements.
But on the Den...
Jan 06, 2026
dental practice coaching
dental practice growth
dental practice heroes podcast
dental practice management
How to Protect Your Dental Practice When a Case Goes Wrong
No matter how skilled or experienced you are, complications happen in dentistry. Even the best clinicians will eventually face a case that does not go as planned. When that happens, the difference between a manageable complication and a board complaint or dental malpractice case often comes down ...
Jan 01, 2026
dental business coaching
dental practice growth
dental practice heroes podcast
dental practice management
dental practice systems
How to Run Effective Team Meetings in a Dental Practice That Drive Growth and Accountability
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Strong communication is one of the most overlooked elements of successful dental practice management. When you study high-performing offices that consistently grow dental pra...
Dec 30, 2025
dental leadership
dental practice coaching
dental practice management
dental team communication
How to Build Patient Trust and Increase Case Acceptance in Your Dental Practice
Trust is one of the most important elements of dental patient management, yet it is one of the hardest things to measure. You cannot track trust on a report, but you can absolutely feel its impact on case acceptance, patient retention, and long term dental practice growth.
If patients are not acc...
Dec 25, 2025
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dental practice coaching
dental practice growth
dental practice heroes podcast
dental practice management
Is Clinical Dentistry or Running a Dental Practice More Stressful?
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As dentists, we often ask ourselves a tough question. Are we more comfortable doing clinical dentistry or dealing with the demands of running a dental practice? Many owners a...
Dec 23, 2025
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dental practice heroes podcast
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