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Dear Reader, For years, you’ve been a trusted advisor, a comforting presence, and sometimes, even a friend to your patients. You know them by name, you’ve seen their families grow, and you’ve built relationships that go beyond the chair. But in today’s rapidly changing dental landscape, maintaining those patient relationships isn’t just about care—it’s about survival. The reality is, patient expectations...

Dear Reader, The journey from independent practice owner to DSO partner is filled with decisions that will shape your future, and it’s natural to feel both excited and anxious. Will you get the right value for your practice? Will you lose control? Will the quality of care suffer? These are the questions that keep practice owners awake at night. The good news is that partnering with a DSO doesn’t...

Let’s bust one of the biggest myths in dentistry: You don’t have to sell your practice to retire. And no, you don’t have to stop practicing, hang up your coat, and vanish into golf-course oblivion either. Retirement doesn’t have to be this all-or-nothing, dramatic exit where you go from seeing patients five days a week… to suddenly seeing nobody. In fact, for many dentists, that kind of retirement...

Let’s talk about legacy. Not the framed diplomas on your office wall. Not the name on the building. Not even the practice you’ve spent 20 or 30 years building. Your practice isn’t your legacy. What you do with it… is. Your legacy isn’t a chairside story. It’s what happens after you leave the chair. It’s the ripple effect of the choices you make now, when you’re still in control. We Know...

Dear Reader, Selling your dental practice is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make. This is about more than a transaction; it’s your life’s work, your legacy, and the key to your future financial security. But here’s the truth: when it comes to selling, some common mistakes can cost you hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars. And the worst part? These are the things DSOs...

Dear Reader, Every January, I watch the same ritual happen across the country. Dentists get together at CE events, study clubs, masterminds, or even just over text threads, and the brag sheets come out. “How’d you finish the year?”“We broke $1.3 million.”“I hit my highest month ever in October.”“Hygiene was slammed.”“I produced more implants than any previous year.” And look, there’s nothing wrong...

Dear Reader, After sitting across the table from hundreds of dentists over the years, I can usually tell within five minutes whether a practice will sell for a premium…or whether it will fall apart the moment a buyer looks under the hood. And it has nothing to do with production, skills, technology, décor, or how many operatories are in the back. It comes down to this: Is the practice being run by...

Dear Reader, Let’s sit down for a minute, coffee in hand, New Year just getting started, and talk honestly about something almost no one will say to you out loud. You’re too important. Not in the “you matter to your family and your patients” sense. That part is, of course, true. I mean it in a very different, very practical, very uncomfortable way: Your practice can’t function without you. And while...

Dear Reader, Every January, I see the same thing happen. Dentists sit down with their numbers, take a deep breath, and start combing through production, collections, write-offs, payroll, overhead, and whatever else their CPA hands them. And after a couple hours, they either feel relieved… or mildly panicked… or proud… or frustrated. But almost every time, they’re focused on the exact same bank account. The...

Dear Reader, December is one of the most overlooked opportunities in dentistry. Most practices coast through the final weeks of the year, assuming patients are too distracted, too busy, or too focused on the holidays to commit to treatment. But the practices that consistently dominate year after year know the truth: December is one of the most productive and most strategically important months of...