Your practice may be great. But you can always make it better! To help your business improve and evolve, Kirk Behrendt brings back Dr. Christian Coachman, founder of Digital Smile Design, to talk about his upcoming DSD Provider course and to share seven steps to move toward ideal dentistry. To learn the best way to give your patients a better experience and better outcome, listen to Episode 745 of The Best Practices Show!

Learn More About Dr. Coachman:

• Join Dr. Coachman on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christiancoachman
• Follow Dr. Coachman on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriscoachman
• Learn more about Digital Smile Design: https://digitalsmiledesign.com
• Register for the DSD Provider course (October 7, 2024 to November 11, 2024): https://digitalsmiledesign.com/dsd-provider
• Register for DSD Residency 1: https://digitalsmiledesign.com/dsd-residency-1-on-demand
• Listen to Dr. Coachman’s podcast, Coffee Break with Coachman: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ADCrWhqsUKbHmZtkhhgoB

More Helpful Links for a Better Practice & a Better Life:

• Subscribe to The Best Practices Show: https://the-best-practices-show.captivate.fm/listen
• Join The Best Practices Association: https://www.actdental.com/bpa
• Join ACT’s To The Top Study Club: https://www.actdental.com/ttt
• See the ACT Dental/BPA Live Event Schedule: https://www.actdental.com/event
• Get The Best Practices Magazine for free: https://www.actdental.com/magazine
• Please leave us a review on the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-practices-show-with-kirk-behrendt/id1223838218

Episode Resources:

• Watch the video version of Episode 745: https://www.youtube.com/@actdental/videos

Main Takeaways:

• Think broadly, big picture, and beyond your biased mindset.
• Integrate interdisciplinary software and interdisciplinary thinking.
• Empower visualization. Leverage 3D software and new technology.
• Engage in collaborative, structured communication and decision-making.
• Perform standardized, efficient, guided clinical execution for optimal results.
• Find a digital lab to work with. They will help you diagnose, plan, and sell better.
• Use imaging, technology, and communication skills to ethically onboard patients.
• Improve your leadership skills to be a better leader. Ideal dentistry is a team sport.

Snippets:

0:00 Introduction.

2:28 About Dr. Coachman, DSD, and his DSD Provider course.

6:49 Find your spark in dentistry.

9:41 Step 1) Move beyond the biased mindset.

13:27 The super generalist, explained.

16:01 Step 2) Move into integrated, interdisciplinary software and thinking.

20:51 Step 3) Empower visualization.

21:45 Why image utilization is so low.

23:51 Step 4) Move to collaborative, structured communication and decision-making.

25:11 The value of asynchronous communication.

30:09 Step 5) Move into efficient, guided execution.

34:59 Step 6) Find a modern, digital lab.

37:27 Step 7) Engage in ethical patient onboarding.

39:13 More about Dr. Coachman’s online education platform.

40:28 Final thoughts.

41:31 More about DSD.

Dr. Christian Coachman Bio:

Combining his advanced skills, experience, and technology solutions, Dr. Christian Coachman pioneered the Digital Smile Design methodology and founded Digital Smile Design company (DSD). Since its inception, thousands of dentists worldwide have attended DSD courses and workshops, such as the renowned DSD Residency program.

Dr. Coachman is the developer of worldwide, well-known concepts such as the Digital Smile Design, the Pink Hybrid Implant Restoration, the Digital Planning Center, Emotional Dentistry, Interdisciplinary Treatment Simulation, and Digital Smile Donator. He regularly consults for dental industry companies, developing products, implementing concepts, and marketing strategies, such as the Facially Driven Digital Orthodontic Workflow developed in collaboration with Invisalign, Align Technology.