Best Practices Show with Kirk Behrendt

730: The Alliance of Independent Dentists: Why and How to Remain Independent – Dr. Christian Coachman & Dr. Jill Tanzi

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Show Notes


Do you feel stressed from running your practice? Are you ready to give up ownership? Before you do, listen to this episode! Kirk Behrendt and Dr. Christian Coachman bring in Dr. Jill Tanzi, president of Alliance of Independent Dentists, to explain the importance of staying independent and to offer solutions for struggling dentists. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, help is out there! To learn more about Dr. Tanzi’s organization and how they can support you, listen to Episode 730 of The Best Practices Show!

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Main Takeaways:

  • Having ownership gives you more freedom.
  • Staying independent is also great for patients.
  • Independent dentists CAN compete with DSOs.
  • Identify and leverage your strengths and advantages.
  • Selling to a DSO won’t make dentistry more enjoyable.
  • Don’t sell your practice out of frustration and desperation.
  • If you’re stressed from practice ownership, help is out there.

Snippets:

0:00 Introduction.

4:05 Dr. Tanzi’s background.

4:59 Why this is an important topic.

6:58 Learning from trends in medicine.

8:34 The need to center patients.

14:23 Quality dentistry is not scalable.

16:19 You have choices in…


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