Dental All-Stars - Dentistry Podcast

Eric Vickery and Denti.AI's Shelly Mendoza explore how AI-powered tools reduce team burnout, streamline clinical documentation, improve patient communication, increase case acceptance, and boost practice efficiency and profitability.

 Resources:

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

Eric Vickery and Shelly VanEpps explore how leadership directly impacts team retention, culture, and performance. Learn why great teams mirror great leaders—and how clarity, communication, emotional intelligence, and self-awareness create a practice where people thrive.

Want more like this? Join us at our Leadership Retreat this January!

 Resources:

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

Alex Nottingham, Founder and CEO of All-Star Dental Academy and author of My Uncle the Magician, joins Eric Vickery to share six powerful lessons from his new book and how dentists can apply them to leadership, their teams, patient experience, and creating a more fulfilling practice.

Resources:

• My Uncle The Magician
• All-Star Live Dental Training Events
• Dental Practice Growth Webinar

In this fan favorite episode, Heather Nottingham, Co-Founder and VP of Training at All-Star Dental Academy, shares why missed calls, inconsistent communication, and lack of confidence on the phone could be costing your practice patients—and what it takes to turn those opportunities around.

Resources:

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

Eric and Abigail Vickery explore why high performers burn out and how a whole-person approach—mind, body, relationships, boundaries, and leadership—can create more sustainable success. Want to go deeper? Join us for the ALIGNED Intensive in New Orleans on October 22.

Resources:
- All-Star Aligned Intensive
- All-Star’s Hiring Service
- Dental Practice Growth Webinar 

Robyn Reis, Director of All-Star's Hiring Service, joins Alex Nottingham, JD, MBA, to discuss how creating an exceptional new hire experience leads to stronger culture, higher team retention, and long-term practice success. Learn practical onboarding strategies that help new employees feel valued from day one—and why a structured onboarding process can dramatically reduce turnover.

Resources:

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

Robyn Reis, Director of All-Star’s Hiring Service, and Alex Nottingham JD MBA discuss how your biggest growth opportunity may come during your slowest season. Learn how to transform summer downtime into stronger systems, better team performance, improved retention, and a practice that's ready for its busiest months

Resources:

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

Shelly VanEpps shares how to increase case acceptance by uncovering what truly matters to patients. Discover the emotional exam, SWOT framework, permission statements, and communication strategies that build trust, overcome objections, and help your entire team support more confident treatment decisions. 

 Resources:

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

Shelly VanEpps shares why people skills drive practice success and introduces the GREAT Call Process—a proven system to turn phone calls into lasting patient relationships and more scheduled appointments. 

 Resources:

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

In this episode, Heather and Alex Nottingham explains why phone skills are the foundation of a successful dental practice. They discuss converting inquiries into appointments, building rapport, creating consistent patient experiences, and how effective communication drives case acceptance, growth, and long-term patient loyalty.

Resources:

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