Group Dentistry Now Show: The Voice of the DSO Industry

Get to know Kim Larson and Bill Neumann. From the Open Wide Podcast recording with Janesh Patel and Dr. Scott Drucker.

In this episode Scott and Jinesh chat with Kim Larson and Bill Neumann of Group Dentistry Now. They dive into details of the birth and growth of GDN, and touch on all the various elements of the GDN business. The group discusses the ongoing trend of consolidation in dental, and some of the controversy that surrounds the DSO space. Kim and Bill share some advice for both dental practitioners and dental vendors, and reflect on the DSO conference scene, as well as the DSO media landscape. 1:39 Introductions 5:08 Origin story of GDN 13:08 GDN behind the scenes and business components 31:56 Controversy around DSOs 48:36 DSO metrics that matter 52:28 The DSO conference craze 1:06:34 Most popular GDN content 1:08:01 Media competition in the DSO world 1:12:26 Advice from the Experts Find their podcast here - https://openwidepod.podbean.com/

Justin Coke, CEO of 7 to 7 Dental & Kevin Gladstone, Director of National Accounts of OrthoFI discuss orthodontics and adding specialty dentistry to your dental group.

Justin and Kevin focus on:

• Patient volume & treatment acceptance
• Current business conditions
• Financing ortho treatment
• Ortho business & clinical metrics
• Much more

To learn more about OrthoFi's patient acquisition, RCM and data & analytics solutions visit - https://startmoresmiles.com/

You can reach Kevin Gladstone - [email protected]

To learn more about 7 to 7 Dental visit - https://www.7to7dental.com/

You can reach Justin Coke - [email protected]

Scott Checkoway, CIO of DentalXChange & Gary Salman, CEO of Black Talon Security join the GDN Show. They discuss:

• Cyber security concerns in the industry
• How to be prepared
• What to consider
• Communication to clients
• Awareness and tools that can help

To learn more about DentalXChange visit - https://www.dentalxchange.com/

To learn more about Black Talon Security visit - https://www.blacktalonsecurity.com/

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Christopher Hayes, Chief Product Officer of Kleer & Membersy joins the GDN Show.

Chris shares his insights on:

• Trends in healthcare software
• Analytics
• Integration strategies
• Security and more

To find out more about Kleer Membersy and get a demo visit - https://www.kleer.com/get-started

You can also connect with Christopher at [email protected]

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Meet Annie: Dentistry's Most Advanced AI Agent.

Adrian Lefler, CEO of My Social Practice details this innovative artificial intelligence solution specifically designed for the dental industry.

Adrian discusses:

• Training Annie AI on your group's processes
• Integration with your PMS
• Traditional call center challenges
• Much more

To learn more about Annie AI visit https://mysocialpractice.com/annie-ai/

You can also contact Adrian Lefler at [email protected]

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On this Group Dentistry Now Show podcast, Eric Gallegos, Vice President of Revenue at InsideDesk discusses:

• Why the AR 90+ issue is such a concern in DSOs?
• Key challenges managing AR
• AR follow-up performance from office to office
• Adoption of AI and advanced analytics
• Strategic RCM initiatives

To learn more about InsideDesk and their new AI digital assistant, InsideDial visit - https://www.insidedesk.com/

To receive a demo visit - https://www.insidedesk.com/request-a-demo/

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Jeff Bertsch, Vice President of Special Markets at RecallMax joins the Group Dentistry Now Show.

Jeff shares his DSO experience with us and offers thoughts on:

• establishing consistent workflows
• driving organic growth
• integrating software like RecallMax
• much more

Jeff has deep operations experience previously working with Pacific Dental Services, Dental Care Alliance, DentalOne Partners and Smile Design Dentistry.

To get a RecallMax network analysis email Jeff at [email protected] or book a demo at https://www.recallmax.com/book-demo

Rob Brenneise, Chief Growth Officer & Bruce Tuck, Director of DSO Sales & Strategic Marketing of Glidewell are joined by Dr. Oussama Founas, Founder of Dentologie. The trio shares their thoughts on:

• Dentologie's adoption of technology
• Implementing solutions like Fastmill.io
• The importance of clinical education
• Advice for incorporating digital dentistry
• Much more

To learn more about Glidewell's Fastmill.io or any of their digital dentistry solutions you can visit https://glidewelldental.com/

You can also email [email protected]

To discover more about Dentologie visit https://dentologie.com/

or visit Dentologie's Instagram's page - https://www.instagram.com/dentologie/

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Eric Giesecke, CEO of Planet DDS & Rod Ganjifard, Vice President of Technology of Onsite Dental join the GDN podcast.

The two discuss:

• the need for integrated data
• DSO tech challenges
• What is DentalOS?
• Much more

If you would like to learn more about Planet DDS visit - https://www.planetdds.com/ .

If you would like to attend or learn more about the Planet DDS Orbit 2025 conference visit - https://dso.pub/Orbit2025

You can also learn about Onsite Dental here - https://onsitedental.com/

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Lanita Gautier, Key Account Manager for Ivoclar & Dr. David Rice, Founder of igniteDDS & Chief Editor of DentistryIQ join the Group Dentistry Now Show. They discuss:

• Current DSO market challenges
• The importance of education & training
• Vendor / DSO relationships
• Much more

To learn more about Ivoclar visit https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us

You can visit the Ivoclar training academy at https://www.ivoclar.com/en_us/academy/learning-opportunities

Feel free to reach out directly to Lanita Gautier at [email protected]

If you would like to speak with Dr. David Rice or learn more about igniteDDS you can email Dr. Rice at [email protected] or visit https://ignitedds.com/

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