Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 11

Host: Dr. Peter Boulden

Atlanta Dental Spa

Guest: Dr. Steven Rasner

Realizing the Dream

Key Takeaways:

• If you're young, you should invest first in yourself by mastering a specialty.
• Meet with the top people in your top department regularly and discuss your company's challenges and strategies.
• Create something that will inspire people to come to you
• Build relationships with your patients
• Get your oral sedation certificate in your local state
• Two skills to learn: (1) atraumatic extractions and (2) implant dentistry
• Create an atmosphere where dentistry becomes easy
• Do a 5-point exam than a comprehensive exam
• Offer dental x-ray for free if you can to be able to get them to agree to a complete exam
• Give people a chance to see how it is to have complete dental treatment
• Increase acceptance by requesting the significant other to be at the first visit
• Speak honestly and sincerely to patients
• Create scripts that work and memorize them
• Treat all patients equally and with respect
• Don't beat yourself up as a dentist and work in as many places as you can to gain experience

Resources Mentioned

Book: Success Principles by Jack Canfield

Tweetables:

"Be good doctors and be right with people. Treat your patients with respect." - Dr. Steve Rasner

"Every successful person in the world has mentors." - Dr. Steve Rasner