In this episode of the Productive Dentist Podcast, Dr. Bruce Baird sits down with Fort Worth dentist Dr. Nikki Green, who sold her practice to a DSO while preserving her philosophy of care. Together they unpack the tension between ownership models, clinical autonomy, and maintaining comprehensive, patient-first dentistry in a system often driven by volume and insurance limits.

Dr. Bruce Baird sits down with Dr. Jackson Bean to explore why “calibration” is essential if you want consistent diagnostics, strong associate training, and long-term patient trust. Together, they reveal how practices can break free from insurance-driven thinking and align entire teams around true clinical judgment.

Dr. Bruce Baird and Dr. Wade Kifer reveal how trust, risk-based diagnosis, and consistent team alignment deliver care that patients say yes to, beyond PPO limits.

Dr. Bruce Baird reveals how shifting responsibility back to patients through education and clear communication frees dentists from unnecessary stress and builds a stronger practice.

Dr. Bruce Baird shares how preparing patients for potential failures—before they happen—reduces stress, builds trust, and strengthens referrals.

Difficult patients are rarely truly difficult, they are often just confused, misaligned, or reacting to unclear communication. In this episode, Dr. Bruce Baird shares how valuing your team, improving communication, and creating a family-like environment in your practice transforms stress into confidence and productivity.

Dr. Bruce Baird breaks down why money talk feels uncomfortable and how to change it. Discover how shifting your team’s mindset about value and affordability can transform case acceptance, reduce friction, and help you get paid what you're worth.

Dr. Bruce Baird shares how mastering communication eliminates stress, builds trust, and drives productivity without adding more patients.

Dr. Bruce Baird reveals how misalignment creates stress for dentists, teams, and patients and how Clinical Calibration eliminates friction so your practice can grow with purpose.

In this solo episode, Dr. Bruce Baird speaks directly to dentists who’ve weathered 2008, survived COVID, and are eyeing the horizon with justified caution. But instead of fear, Bruce calls for action.

This episode reframes how we prepare for recessions not by retreating, but by building something stronger: an investment-grade practice. That means high profitability, low stress, and systems so dialed-in that even chaos can’t shake you.