Kiera comes to this episode with an invitation for listeners to self-assess: If you met yourself, would you like you? She talks about heroes, their attributes, and where each of us stack up.

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Big Life Financial’s Derrick Van Ness returns to the podcast! He talks with Kiera about financial thresholds dentistry professionals should aim to meet, the difference between dying with zero versus an estate, how to be strategic as business owners for economic downfall, and a lot more.

This episode will tell you what you need to do to be prepared for potential mayhem in the economy.

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Learn more about Big Life Financial

Get in touch with Derick directly: [email protected] 

Listen to episode 511, Tax Time: Getting the Most Bang For Your Buck

Listen to episode 462, Get Tax Savvy

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That’s 80%, folks. 80% of your treatment should be scheduled in the back office. Tiff and Dana talk all about scheduling in this episode — the importance, the successes that come, and how to go about implementing.

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Britt and Tiff talk about the areas critical to having the best case acceptance in your practice. Together, they break down…

• Styles: dollar for dollar and one for one

• What the best tracking programs are

• Tips for follow-up

• What information to collect

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Kiera gives a sample of the top takeaways from the 2023 Dental A-Team Summit! She reviews the breakdown of the multi-million-dollar practices who shared their secrets, and all the other speakers who chimed in with their insight.

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Paul Lowry, CEO and co-founder of the Dental Menu, is on the podcast! He and Kiera discuss the benefits of membership plans, how to incorporate rewards programs, whether it’s possible to increase dollar per patient without expanding, and a ton more. Membership plans increase patients’ interactions with your practice!

Paul encourages listeners, whatever you do as a practice well, sell it as part of a package. 

Episode resources:

Look into Dental Menu and watch the modules under the Education tab

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Vanessa Vitagliano with Dental Warranty returns to the podcast, this time to talk with Kiera about how the upcoming economic shifts will change dental practices operations. Much of the conversation centers around warranties, and how they can benefit your practice and patients during times of uncertainty.

This episode will educate on how to protect your patients’ peace of mind and your practice’s cash flow.

Episode resources:

Learn more about Dental Warranty

Get $500 off when joining Dental Warranty: go.dentalwarrantycorp.com/DentalATeam

Listen to episode 570, How to Unconventionally Grow Your Practice

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Dr. Paul Etchison is on the DAT podcast again! In this episode, Dr. Etchison shares his experience on scaling back his work week — from five days to his current two half-days. He talks about

• How he gained confidence to cut back and not lose his sense of identity and finances

• What he does during his off days

• Why and how he’s grown from his takeaways

Episode resources:

Subscribe to The Dental Practice Heroes podcast

Read Dr. Etchison’s book, Dental Practice Hero II the Sequel: How a 3 Day Work Week Can Give You the Life You Want

Listen to episode 77, Live in a World of Yeses

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Episode 686: Implementing and Executing a Good Cancellation Policy

Britt and Tiff take over the podcast to talk about cancellation policies and the most important questions to ask yourself about coming up with yours:

1. How much time do you need for notice?

2. What happens if a patient doesn’t follow the policy?

They also touch on other do’s and don’ts to consider, including what to use instead of the word ‘cancellation’, and when you should give your patients grace.

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Kiera is reviewing another book club read: Comparisonitis: How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others and Be Genuinely Happy by Melissa Ambrosini. She shares her takeaways about comparing versus inspiring, language to focus on, and knowing your own course.

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Check out the full list of DAT’s 2023 book club here.

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