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Carrie Webber [00:00:10] Welcome to another episode of The Jameson Files. I'm Carrie Webber, I'll be your host today. And I'm so excited to have as our guest today one of Jameson founders Dr. John Jameson who is also the inspiration of the title of our podcast "The Jameson Files". A nod to a column that you used to provide regularly.
Dr. John Jameson [00:00:36]
Every month.
Carrie Webber [00:00:37] For
a very well-known general publication. And so we thought it was an appropriate
name for this podcast as we come into the the newest way of gathering
information and helping to teach and helping dentists and teams learn
productive and profitable ways to improve their practices.
Dr. John Jameson [00:00:57]
I love the way the name continues on.
Carrie Webber [00:00:59] We're
so glad you're here. Thank you for being with me. A little probably not a
little known fact but another fact is that you're not only the founder of this company
but you're my dad and that's my favorite thing about you. But for the sake of
this podcast we're gonna keep it very professional. And I want to pick your
brain a little bit for those listening and watching. And today I'd really like
to talk not necessarily about your origin story as a dentist but your evolution
story so to speak from my perspective. Here's how I know this story goes. And
I'd love to hear your perspective of it. You graduated dental school moved back
to your hometown to practice dentistry. Purchased an existing dental practice
there in a small town in southern Oklahoma. Practiced probably the way that
that practice had always run previously and the only way you knew how the time,
for about ten years and found yourself burning out financially stressed and
realized something's got to change. So can you tell me a little bit about, that
was about year 10. Is that right?
Dr. John Jameson [00:02:09]
That's right.
Carrie Webber [00:02:10] Can
you share with us a little bit about.. What was the final straw? What caused
you to make a decision of, "I've got to turn the tables here. I have to
change what's happening here" And how you went from where you were, to
where you ended up, which was one of the premier comprehensive and restorative
dentists, in my opinion, in the country. I know I may be biased but I do
believe that to be true because you were an influencer and a knowledge sharer
across the country and beyond for many years. So how did you go from the
struggle to the success and fulfillment that you found in your practicing life
after that?
Dr. John Jameson [00:02:54]
Well going back to the origin, I had a great partner when I started. And
then we split that partnership and that was when I took the practice that I had
then for my career and I was able then to focus on what my goals were. But now
you say at Year 10. Wow. It was stressful. Financially, Cathy and I were not
seeing the results that we wanted to. I was very frustrated by my patients
trying to dictate exactly the kind of dentistry that I would do for them. And I
knew I needed to do better than that. They were they were accepting...They were
wanting to receive the kind of dentistry that I thought was probably second
level and I was trying to encourage them to move forward with better dentistry.
And if I look at the things that really helped make that transition, was my
clinical development was the first thing. I mean, Pete Dawson was my mentor and
he taught me how to handle difficult cases. And I then learned how to
clinically take care of those particular needs. And probably the biggest thing
that helped me to be able to get to do that kind of dentistry was that I was
about the 17th or 18th doctor in the United States that was involved with
health care financing. And so while people were waiting for their ship to come
in, now I had an opportunity to receive the care that they needed and wanted
that we could do for them and be able to financially be comfortable with it...
