Today Art visits with his friend and colleague Kelly Cruz, a top notch estate planning attorney. She discusses with Art the dangers of not having estate documents, how wills and trusts are used, and how to protect assets when leaving them to family members. Also they dialogue about difficult decisions, such as how to choose a guardian and whether to hire a corporate trustee to manage your assets upon death. If you have not finished your estate planning, there are lots of great tips in this episode for you.

Today Art visits with his good friend and dental marketing expert Grace Rizza. Grace dialogues about effective marketing tools you can use to build your practice’s brand. Art and Grace discuss topics like:

• Utilizing search engine optimization (SEO)

• Getting the most out of social media

• Considering TV and radio marketing

• Optimizing your website

• Avoiding the biggest marketing mistakes

If you are looking to up your marketing game and grow your practice, don’t miss this episode!

Today Art has a great conversation with Janice Hurley, an executive coach and image consultant for dentists. Janice is a nationally recognized speaker and author of a new book coming out in July. She gives tips on treatment presentation and the traits of successful people. Also she describes how she coaches her clients to use visual, verbal, and body language skills to portray confidence. In thirty-five years in dentistry, Art has never met someone with this amazing skill set - you do not want to miss this episode!

Today Art visits with career transition coach Bill Ellermeyer. Bill has helped hundreds of people identify second careers and connect them with the people and resources they need to move on after their initial career. Art and Bill discuss the dangers of not continuing to be active both mentally and physically, how one assesses what he or she has talent and passion for after dentistry, and what some of his clients have done after their initial careers. He also suggests great resources that can help you assess your next steps after dentistry. Bill encourages people not to retire, to chase their passion, and to give back. A very thought provoking episode that could change your life.

Today Art visits with Jim Davenport of Beacon Pointe Wealth Advisors. Jim and his partners have worked with Art for many years. Beacon Pointe manages over $11 Billion in assets for their clients nationwide, working with private managers all over the country who specialize in equities and bonds to manage their clients’ money. Art and Jim discuss the current investing climate, how the national debt might affect the markets, and what he believes are some hot sectors of the market in 2019. Also, he gives some really good tips for both younger dentists and dentists nearing retirement to keep in mind when it comes to investments. Don’t miss out on the really good information and tips provided in this episode.

Today Art talks with Dr. Charles Blair. For over thirty years, Dr. Blair has been the authority on proper insurance coding in a dental office as well as practice profitability through his lectures, books, and insurance newsletter. Art and Dr. Blair discuss the direction of dentistry, areas of a practice where dentists leave money on the table, and how to properly code insurance claims. Dr. Blair is one of the great people in dentistry. Be sure to have a pad and pencil to take notes from this podcast - the tips he gives could help increase revenue for your practice.

On this episode, Art visits with Hootan Shahidi, founder of Crossover Dental Enterprises. This organization specializes in assisting dental offices bill dental procedures through the medical insurance policies of patients. Hootan discusses the advent of medical billing, the different procedures that can be billed using a patient's medical insurance policy, and what questions dentists should be asking their patients that could result in billing through health insurance. A very eye opening episode that can add another tool to a dental practice's tool belt.

Today, Art talks to his client Barbara McGuire who manages her husband John's dental office in Long Beach, California.  Barbara worked for sixteen years in corporate America in the business world and brought her experience to her husband's dental office.  Barbara and Art talk about what she looks at from a business perspective, how they have implemented CAD-CAM, sleep apnea and medical billing into their practice, and Barbara has amazing insights into what has made her husband's practice very successful which centers on a patient based practice.  Be sure to take notes as Barbara gives tons of tips on what she does managing the office that you can use in your office.

Today, Art interviews his good friend Bob Mothershead of Henry Schein Dental who is an Equipment and Dental Office Design specialist.  Bob will share his experiences helping dentists build out and properly equip dental offices over his thirty year career.  Bob talks about his ideas on success in the dental office as well as what mistakes dentists can avoid in building or expanding.  Art and Bob also discuss the most important equipment a dentist needs in his or her office.  If you are looking at opening an office, expanding or are in practice and looking for tips on how to have the office that patients love, this interview is for you.