The secret to real practice growth isn’t just clinical skill—it’s leadership, systems, and communication. In this episode of the Dental All-Stars Podcast, we break down how strong mindset, clear expectations, and systemized communication help teams perform better, improve case acceptance, and create consistent results in your practice. 

Resources:

• All-Star Live Dental Training Events
• Dental Coaching
• Dental Practice Growth Webinar

In this first episode, Alex Nottingham, Shelly VanEpps, and Eric Vickery discuss the first two pillars of growth—culture and leadership—highlighting the importance of clarity, trust, emotional intelligence, and intentional core values as the foundation for lasting practice success.

Resources:

• All-Star Live Dental Training Events
• Dental Coaching
• Dental Practice Growth Webinar

Patrick Chavoustie of Omni Premier Marketing and Alex Nottingham JD MBA break down the 2026 dental marketing forecast. From AI search and rising ad costs to reviews, local SEO, and phone conversions—learn how dental practices can turn every patient touchpoint into powerful marketing.

Resources:

• The Dental Brief Podcast
• OMNI Premier Marketing
• Dental Practice Growth Webinar 

Markets swung wildly in 2025 as AI stocks surged and gold rallied. Financial advisors, Barron and Julian Natelli with Oppenheimer unpack volatility, recession odds, and smart diversification. Their core advice: balance risk and reward, think long term, and invest with discipline—not fear—as 2026 unfolds.

Resources:

• Oppenheimer & Co. Inc
• All-Star Live Dental Training Events
• Dental Coaching
• Dental Practice Growth Webinar 

This fan-favorite episode features Larry Guzzardo and Alex Nottingham, JD, MBA discussing how pre-blocking your schedule increases productivity, improves assistant utilization, and keeps your day on track—plus when to hold or release time and how to guide patients with confidence.

Resources:

• All-Star Live Dental Training Events
• Dental Coaching
• Dental Practice Growth Webinar 
  
  

Heather Nottingham and Alex Nottingham JD MBA discuss how one phone call impacts everything in a dental practice—from marketing ROI and show rates to case acceptance, referrals, and revenue. Small improvements in phone skills create massive, compounding results across the entire practice.

Resources:

• Dental Practice Growth Webinar 
• Dental Coaching
• All-Star Online Training

What if happiness wasn’t something you waited for—and fitness didn’t have to be extreme? Alex Nottingham is joined by Dr. Uche Odiatu for a real, refreshing conversation on fitness myths, longevity, and energy for dentists. Simple habits, big perspective shifts, and a reminder to enjoy the day you’re in.

Resources:

• Dr. Uche’s Website
• Dr. Uche’s Instagram
• Human Microbiome – What Every Dental Pro Needs to Know
• Dental Practice Excellence Webinar

In this fan favorite episode, Heather Nottingham and Alex Nottingham JD MBA discuss how lack of onboarding, weak phone skills, and transactional service cost practices patients and revenue—and why strong systems, customer service, and value-based calls change everything.

Resources:

• Dental Practice Growth Webinar 
• Dental Coaching
• All-Star Online Training

Robyn Reis, Director of All-Star’s Hiring Service, and Alex Nottingham JD MBA explore how AI supports hiring, onboarding, and retention while human intelligence, EQ, and relationships remain essential for better teams and smarter decisions.

Resources:

• All-Star’s Hiring Service
• Dental Practice Growth Webinar 

Eric Vickery and All-Star Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, Kathleen Wyne, discuss how dental professionals face burnout when exhaustion, detachment, irritability, and brain fog don’t resolve with rest. This episode breaks down early burnout signs vs. tiredness and shares simple, practical habits—like light exposure, movement, music, and joy—to restore energy and resilience.

Resources:

• All-Star Live Dental Training Events
• Dental Coaching
• Dental Practice Growth Webinar