The Dental Amigos host Dr. Desiree Yazdan, a leading cosmetic dentist and dental practice owner in Newport Beach, California. Rob and Paul chat with Dr. Yazdan about her authentic (and highly effective) use of social media to promote her practice, ”selfie-ready” teeth, the importance of mentorship, the stresses and challenges she has faced owning her…
The Dental Amigos host Dr. David Maconi, a practicing dentist who completed an AEGD residency at East Carolina University where he largely focused on developing skills in implant placement, surgical extractions, and cosmetic dentistry. Dave is currently working in a large DSO practice near Columbia, South Carolina and has recently begun his own charity-based podcast…
The Dental Amigos host their amigo Justin Weaver, Esquire, a seasoned attorney who has represented dentists in literally hundreds of dental practice sales and acquisitions, including representing DSOs and clients selling to DSOs. In this episode, Justin, Rob and Paul have a wide-ranging discussion about trends in DSO deals and Justin shares some of his…
The Dental Amigos host the dynamic duo of Laura Maly and Michael Anderson who are the joint force behind the Wonderist Agency, a full-service, cutting-edge marketing agency for dentists. Laura and Michael chat about trends in dental marketing and emphasize the importance of embracing modern marketing concepts and budgeting for advertising. Other informative topics include:…
In this episode, Paul and Rob chat about the importance of formal performance evaluations for associate dentists and non-clinical staff. Performance evaluations can be a helpful way to foster professional development, as well as a way to ensure retention of key personnel in a dental practice. Listeners who want to reach out to Paul can…
The Dental Amigos host Jonathan VanHorn, CPA, a dental industry-focused certified public accountant and the founder of DentistMetrics who focuses his practice on representing dentists, especially new practice owners. Jonathan is also is the host of the very popular podcast, “Start Your Dental Practice.” In this episode, Rob and Paul chat with Jonathan and benefit…
In this episode, Paul and Rob chat about case acceptance issues and challenges in dental practice transitions and dig into the nacho plate of how to help new owners communicate with patients after taking over an existing practice. Paul fields Rob’s questions about Paul’s three dental practice acquisitions in the past seven years and the…
The Dental Amigos were happy to host David Harris, Chief Executive Officer of Prosperident, the world’s largest firm investigating financial crimes committed against dentists. In addition to being a good guy, David is a licensed private investigator, a CPA who is “dual certified” in fraud investigation and a tremendous resource for the dental industry. Paul…
In this episode, Paul and Rob discuss WHY Paul decided to purchase a second, third and fourth dental practice. Paul talks about the challenges of having additional office locations and the need to be able to make multiple decisions a day and to solve problems in another “dentisting” location. Rob discusses the financial hurdles of…
The Dental Amigos were happy to host their first amiga, Lisa Mergens of Ascendant Dental Development. Paul and Rob discussed with Lisa Mergens her three-prong approach to training dental offices: communication, dentist leadership and office culture. As we all know, dental school does nothing to train dentists on how to be good leaders and manage…