Category: Building a Practice

While most Americans were busy dodging fireworks and overcooked burgers on July 4th, Congress quietly passed something with a bit more bite: the One Big...

Let’s be honest. You’re likely reading this because something in your dental practice isn’t quite adding up. Maybe the profits aren’t where they should be,...

My plan in dental school was to work for a few years and then be an owner of a practice so I could make the...

Working in the dental industry for over five decades (OMG!) has been an action-packed journey of twists and turns that defines who I am at...

Just over a decade ago, my business coach asked me a question that stopped me in my tracks. At the time, I’d just been selected...

Hi, my name is Julie Friesen. Like many of you, I’m a solopreneur in the dental industry. I own a successful dental coaching and consulting...

Can we talk communication? The kind where you’re not actually talking to the patient but you’re communicating, nonetheless? Your “office” is constantly providing cues to...

“I love dental hygiene.” That phrase is not heard much, especially during this pandemic. My career as a clinician included over twenty years of full-time...

We’re going on almost a year of the pandemic. It’s been tough on everyone, and we’re all probably feeling restless by this point. It’s easy...

Irene Iancu had a clear vision from the start—to build her own hygienist-run dental practice with a strong voice on social media. With the help...

People are funny. They know they should go to the dentist regularly, yet more than half of Americans don’t take care of their oral health....

This article might put me out of a job and single me out amongst my colleagues as a dental practice management consultant. But if my...