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Gordon J. Christensen is Founder and CEO of Practical Clinical Courses (PCC) and Co-Founder and CEO for Clinicians Report Foundation (CR) and a practicing prosthodontst in Provo, Utah. PCC is an international continuing education organization that provides courses and videos for all dental professionals. CR offers unbiased research on thousands of dental products. Dr. Christensen has presented over 45,000 hours of continuing education throughout the world and has published many articles and books. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com

This Episode is Sponsored by: Dandy | The Fully Digital, US-based Dental Lab‍For a completely FREE 3Shape Trios 3 scanner & $250 in lab credit click here: https://www.meetdandy.com/affiliate/tdm !‍‍In this episode, Dr. Tom Orent, gives us a behind the scenes view of his 20, 20, 20, new patient exam process. Dr. Orent notes that there are 3 main rules when talking to a asymptomatic patient and discussing treatment:‍Don't take too much of their time.‍Don't take too much of their money.‍Don't hurt them.‍It's important to remember that new patients will most likely be sensitive to all three of these points when undergoing treatment or treatment planning. Dr. Orent recommends a more gentle approach when immediate attention isn't required. He takes his patients through phases rather than overloading new patients with worries of payments, time, and pain. Phase one of Tom's 20, 20, 20, process involves the lower ticket items that the patient needs, and eases into later phases with more comprehensive treatment.‍Listen in for more tips from Dr. Tom Orent on higher treatment conversion rates, happier patients, and profitability.‍You can reach out to Tom Orent here:‍Tom's 4-Step System to Safely Withdraw From PPOsPPO Exit Facebook Group‍Other Mentions and Links:‍Gordon ChristensenPete DawsonJohn KoisFrank Spear‍If you want your questions answered on Monday Morning Marketing, ask me on these platforms:My Newsletter: https://thedentalmarketer.lpages.co/newsletter/The Dental Marketer Society Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2031814726927041‍Episode Transcript (Auto-Generated - Please Excuse Errors)‍Michael: Hey Tom. So talk to us about patient retention. How can we utilize this, or what advice or suggestions can you give us that will help us with this? . Tom: looking at new patient retention, uh, it, it's critical, but before we get into how to do it, let's talk about why you'd wanna do it.Mm-hmm. , why is it so important? Why is it critical? Let's say a healthy new patient flow for a GP is 25 or 35, let's say per month. So I dunno, about 400 patients, new patients a year, The average lifetime value of a new patient in a, in a general practice is over $6,200. So that's a lot of money.Lifetime value for each one who comes in and. . if you could only increase new patient retention, let's say just by 20%, that's 80 more patients a year who are with your practice times, however many years are gonna be there. That one year. Those 80 patients, the average lifetime value multiplied out, you're looking at just shy of 500,000.That's a half million dollars increase in the value of the practice over a few years. So we're gonna talk about something that I call the twenty twenty twenty new patient exam. Uh, before I get into detail on how to. , let me tell you who this is not for, cuz it's really important that I make this clear even before I tell you who it's not for, we're talking about the most common kind of patient, the asymptomatic, no symptoms comes into the office.I think everything is just fine. I'm just here for a cleaning and a checkup. if the patient has an emergency, if the patient has a broken tooth, if the patient says I need a mile reconstruction, that's a different. what we're talking about today is retaining the vast majority of the highest likelihood of the patient coming in, and those are the people who say, yeah, I think I'm just fine.All right, so who, this is not for, if you have the gift that Gordon Christensen or Pete Dawson or John COIs or Frank Spear or, or any of those guys where they can just meet a new patient who has no symptoms, thought everything was fine, sees that they really do need massive work, and within, you know, a short period of time on that first.You're able to get across to the patient, the relationship, the trust, and get them to say yes to let's say, you know, 20, 30, 40,000. Case, then this is not for you. Now, I would say that the vast majority of us, I certainly am not in the category of being able to do that with an asymptomatic patient who walked in and said, yeah, I'm great.I'm fine. I don't need anything. all right, so this is for everybody else. what you wanna do is you wanna make sure that you're not scaring away. The new patient by telling 'em everything that they need immediately when they told you already that they think everything is fine, that they don't have any symptoms.and by the way, I mentioned Pete Dawson. I loved Pete. Uh, he wrote the forward of one of my books, and so I went through all of his courses and, and I learned everything. And clinically, it was amazing. . The problem is I came back into my office after two years of those courses and, and I was much better clinically, but when I tried to do what he said as far as case presentation went, and, you know, going through the whole thing with a brand new patient.not too long into this, Isabel, my office manager takes me aside and she hands me this big legal pad with a bunch of names on it, and I said, what's that? She said, uh, do you recognize these names? I said, no. I said, who are these? . She said, exactly. She said, those are all the new patients who came in once you presented massive cases and they ran out the back door.and she handed me this thing. I was like, whoa. I had no idea. So she didn't know how to fix it. I didn't know how to fix it, but I knew I had a problem. Mm-hmm. . And the problem was I was using great clinical skills, but when I came to the presentation, I was trying to do the, Dawson Pinky presentation and say, this is everything you need.There was no trust, there was no relationship. . So over the years I did a lot of trial and error and I figured out a way to get by this, and I came up with three rules. So four your docs out there. If you're writing anything down at all, write down these three rules. This is for the asymptomatic brand new patient when you meet them.Number one is don't take much of their time, so a treatment plan that requires them to come back 5, 6, 8, 10 times over the next several months. , it's already gonna be too much Friction don't take much of their money. So if the out-of-pocket is, you know, under a thousand dollars, that's fine. But if the out and if five, six, $700, that's all good.But if the out-of-pockets gonna be 4, 5, 6, 8, 10,000 or $15,000, again, you're putting in stress in a relationship that doesn't need to be there yet, and you can retain that patient. If you don't do that at that point, I'm gonna tell you how to do that right now. Number three is don't hurt. Now you may be thinking, Tom, why would I wanna hurt a pa?Well, you don't wanna hurt anybody, but you especially can't hurt a new patient. Cuz if you do, they're gone. So those are the three rules. what you do is you develop what I would call a phase one treatment plan, but you don't mention to the patient that it's a phase one treatment plan initially. this is where the rubber meets the road.All you're doing is developing your phase one. If we were back in dental school, they wouldn't have you treatment plan an asymptomatic patient from beginning to end or any patient symptoms or otherwise. They wouldn't have you treatment plan the entire patient. You would do our first phase and then get that under control, whatever.So kind of back to the roots a little bit. Now, what could be in that phase where phase one plan that won't take more than a few visits, won't take much of their money and won't hurt them, won't take much of their time. . All right. You could do whatever's needed, but you could do perio phase one, deep scaling and root planning.Let's say you found some pit fisher and groove composites that were needed. You could do those. Let's say the patient requested whitening. Okay, that's fine as well. this is some examples, but it's low cost, low impact, nothing major. Not gonna scare 'em, not gonna take much of their time or money.So that's a phase one. . Now, let's say you're looking in their mouth and you see that their posterior teeth have all these wide open margins on th 30 year old amalgams, and you pro probably have recurrent carries and frack, whatever. Mm-hmm. . How can you not tell them that? How can you just do a plan and tell them everything's great other than this?Well, you can't, that wouldn't be ethical at all. So I had to bridge that gap and figure out a way to present something to them that would be easy, but at the same time would be ethical and, just be honest. So the way that I did that and the way that I recommend doing. Let's say you're just about done with your phase one plans.you've actually presented it and she said, yeah, that's fine. Just a couple visits and not much money. So she is, that's fine. Then I would say, Mrs. Jones, I see that you have a number of old Mercury silver fillings in the back teeth and they look like they were done quite some time ago.Is that right? And she would say, well, yeah, they were those redundant as a kid. Now, you know, she's thinking that you're gonna say that you need all this work in the back and, you know, crowns. And she's thinking, oh my God, not this. I hope I don't need all this work. don't even know this guy. These teeth feel fine.Nobody ever told me I need anything back here. I let her think what she wants to think. But I finish up this sentence with, I made a note in my record, and by the way, I did make a note in my record. Mm-hmm. , so I case noted this. I said, I made a note in my record that in the not too distant future, I'd like to have you back for a more complete and thorough evaluation of those back teeth, just so that we don't miss anything important.Would that be okay? And of course she's gonna say, yes, she's, you know that, that's all fine. She's not gonna say no to that. And so now she's happy. Cuz at this point all I've done is that little phase one plant and I. After we finish this first phase that we've just discussed, I'd like to have you back for more complete and thorough evaluation.So now I've told her that this is a first phase, that I've not done a comprehensive exam, that I've not at all addressed all of the back things that we're looking at with all those big silver fillings, but that I do, and I might even mention to her, I do see some areas where, the filling itself isn't as tight against the tooth as it used to be, and it's letting things leak in there.So that is something I'd like to take a look at, just so that we don't miss anything really important. Then I go through that first phase. She accepts it. You're gonna get really high acceptance of that. Again, to be clear, this is not a patient who came in with. a fracture, an abscess, um, or telling you that they need a massive amount of work, those patients know they need it.I would move forward with whatever you think is appropriate at that time with that patient. Mm-hmm. , but because there's no relationship and there's no trust without relationship. and because the patient came in presenting saying, I have no problems. I think I just need a cleaning and a checkup. And that's your classic bread and butter patient who does need a bunch of work.so we don't wanna scare 'em away. 95% of my new asymptomatic patients were really happy and they stayed with me and they came back and then we did the next phase evaluations. not only credible, because you're telling the truth, um, but it's something where when they come back, it's already a seed in their mind that they know that there's other stuff to do and they're happy that you didn't talk about it before.you and I talked a little bit before we started that, um, really, I mean, the big 800 pound gorilla in the room is insurance. I mean, we're not gonna get into insurance today, maybe another time, but, but the big 800 pound gorilla is insurance. Why? Because. The vast majority of gps in the United States are mired in PPOs, and I was, I mean, I had that in my practice.My dad had it in his. and it was what was killing me. and it took me about two years to develop a system, a strategy to get out of those PPOs. But I did it. So I went a hundred percent fee for service. And then when my dad was dying of cancer, he asked me to take over his practice and help my mom out financially, cuz all he had was debt.He had nothing put away as in zero, no life insurance, nothing. Mm-hmm . It took my wife and me about two and a half years in that practice, the Worcester practice to get 13 out of his 15 plans gone and make it a very profitable practice as well. . And so I had mentioned, uh, earlier that, uh, what, what, what I have available for your listener is it's a, uh, free special report.It's called a four Step System that dentists use to safely and predictably withdraw from PPOs and increase net profit. So if your folks would like that, they can get it right where you see over my shoulder. , www dot ppo fo and foe is F oe, so ppo fo.com. And that's, um, that's about it. I, I, I hope that covered it Well, not for Michael: you.No. Yeah, that was fantastic, Tom. I appreciate it. And then we'll, play all that in the show notes below, but real quick, I wanna rewind a little bit to where we talk about, don't take too much of their. The three steps don't take too much of their money. So there's three Tom: rules. Yeah, there's three rules.Rule number one is don't take too much of their time. And what I mean by time is the number of visits. Imagine that you're the new patient, you don't have any symptoms. You presented to a doctor and you said, I'm just here for a checkup or a regular physical, whatever, they tell you you need to come back for a series of additional tests and treatments and and time outta work and whatever.When you thought that there was nothing wrong and even. Maybe you just moved from another town and your previous dentist, who you were with for 20 years who you loved to death told you you were in good shape. again, to just to be clear, and I know I've said this a couple times, but it's important. This is not the patient who has a fractured tooth abscess emergency needs, uh, or massive reconstruction, and they know it and they present that to you that I need this all fixed.This is the patient who thinks everything is just fine. And that's a lot of the patients we see today. So that was rule number one, is not a lot of time number. don't take much of their money, and I don't have an exact number, but I used to keep it well under a thousand dollars, so it might be three, four, $500 maximum.And then they have some insurance that kicks in, you know, for part of it. Uh, but, but not much out of their pocket. Number three is don't hurt 'em. And, um, again, not to be facetious, we don't wanna hurt anybody, but, but especially with a brand new patient. I mean, if you inject them for the first time and you're doing a small filling or whatever it is you happen to be doing, or your, your perio phase.and you hurt them, they're not coming back. I mean, there's a lot of dentists out there who'd be happy to, you know, treat them and do it, uh, in a very comfortable manner. So you just have to be extra, extra kind and careful to make sure that none of that happens and you'll retain a very high level of your, uh, very high percentage of your new patients.It's wonderful, man. I Michael: like the, how you broke that down with the phases too, how you kind of do it all in a slow type of growth, right? But you're building that, but you said you're building that relationship, that trust, but you. Establish the foundation with the relationship first. Right. And I feel like sometimes we just wanna hurry up and, And get Tom: that in there. Well, the, the funny thing is when my office manager in the Framingham office, Isabel, when she handed me that, that, um, notepad, it was a legal pad. Mm-hmm. . And it had pages and scrolled of handwritten names. I was like, what is this? She said, exactly.You don't know who these people are, do you? She said, I said, no. I said, Isabel, what's your point? Get, get to the point she, . Every one of those on those three or four pages is a new patient who you did the long form, you know, full exam and comprehensive treatment planning and so forth. All asymptomatic patients, all patients who came in saying, I, I think I'm fine.I just need a cleaning and a checkup. And you told them they need 10 50 and 2030, what? Whatever you saw, and you were probably right, but you blew them all out the back door and, and again, at that point, We didn't have a solution, so I knew I had a problem, but I didn't have a solution and it took me a couple years to develop what I call the twenty twenty twenty new patient exam for maximum new patient retention, and that's what we just discussed.Michael: Nice. Awesome. Tom, I appreciate your time and if anyone has further questions, you can definitely find 'em on the Dental Marketer Society Facebook group, or where can they reach out to you directly? Tom: First of all, there's pfo.com, which has my information when they download that.That'll have all my, my contact information in there, that special report. The other thing they could do is go to my Facebook group. The FA Facebook group is PPO O Exit. So it's a Facebook group and it's called PPO O Exit. Michael: Nice. So guys, make sure you downloaded the special report. Go on the show notes below.Everything's gonna be in the show notes below. Click on the links. And Tom, thank you for being with me on this Monday morning Marketing. Tom: Michael, thank you so much. I appreciate the opportunity.‍

Today we are joined by Robert Spiel to discuss How To Make Your Practice Appealing To Quality Team Members and much more!Bob Spiel's passion is building high-performance teams who deliver exceptional service while doing more, in less time with less stress. His firms, Spiel Consulting and Dentist Hiring Pros, transform general and specialty dental practices by building leaders at all levels — with a special focus on building leaders among owners and associate dentists.Bob had over twenty-five years of business experience before getting into dentistry including being a hospital and surgical center CEO, as well as an operations director for two mid-cap firms. This taught Bob to see each need in a dental practice with a “systems orientation”. Using this approach, over the past 10 years his firms have achieved a remarkable 90% success rate in searching for, hiring, and retaining associate dentists compared to the dismal 75% failure rate the dental industry has as a track record. He sees this as the number one threat to the continuation of private practice dentistry and aims to change that.He is a faculty member for Dr. Gordon Christensen where he teaches a breakthrough course on leadership each fall called Igniting the Leader in You, as well as the author of: Flip Your Focus — Igniting People, Profits and Performance through Upside-down Leadership (FlipYourFocusBook.com).Learn more at:https://dentistpartnerpros.com ***** SPONSOR: – Omni Premier Marketing: https://omnipremier.com/dental-marketing/ CONNECT: – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedentalbrief/ – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedentalbriefpodcast/ – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dental-brief-podcast-564267217 – Patrick's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pchavoustie/– Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd08JzybKfNH0v12Q9jf50w WEBSITE: – https://dentalbrief.com/

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Dr. Spera and Dr. Griffin discuss the challenges Dr. Griffin has faced in his career, as well as the successes, and his recent appreciation for 3-D in-house digital printing. Bio: In 2009 Dr. Griffin was coined the “Most Efficient Dentist in America” by Dr. Woody Oakes after producing 3 times the national average in 3 days per week in a terribly economically depressed part of the country while seeing a very high volume of patients. Then disaster struck.  While rebuilding his practice from a devastating fire in 2013, Dr. Chris Griffin unearthed several breakthroughs that helped him rebrand his practice to provide more advanced dental services at a slower pace with an increase in profit. Now, he is on a mission to help dentists work less, make more, and enjoy practice again by empowering their teams through purpose and process to provide more advanced services like dental implants, orthodontics, and 3D printing. There is a S.M.A.R.T.E.R. way to practice and that is by harnessing the power of your dental team to drive practice growth and implement seemingly complex new procedures like never before.   Career Highlights:   2010 Mississippi Dental Association Humanitarian of the Year Fellowship Academy of General Dentists Fellowship International Dental Implant Association (pending due to Covid) #1 Podcast on Dentaltown, January 2020 – the Dr. Chris Griffin Show Author of 5 Books in Dentistry Speaking has allowed him to share the stage with several of his dental heroes, including Howard Farran and Gordon Christensen. Published in Decisions in Dentistry, Dental Economics, Dentaltown Magazine, The Profitable Dentist, AGD Impact, DOCS Digest, and many more. First peer reviewed clinical journal print article scheduled to be published in July, 2021.

Dr. Christensen talks about his humble beginnings and his rise to become what Dr. Spera calls "the Godfather of dentistry." He tells us some of the more recent technologies to keep an eye on in materials, equipment and technology. Dr. Christensen also talks about how current radiographs miss 50-67% of decay.   “He's too humble to say it but his independent research and associated organizations all have to do with dentistry and helping dentists stay on top of their games!!” writes Dr. Spera.   Included here are links to companies or products he mentions, he will also include a coupon for a free clinicians report edition.   Dr. Gordon Christinsen's Full Bio is Available Here: https://bit.ly/37O0ByK Resources: Use Discount Code: GJC0121 for 20% off any of the PCC videos, courses, etc: https://www.pccdental.com/ Code expires on March 15th*   Gordon J Christensen Practical Clinical Courses https://www.pccdental.com/   All Hands-On Courses https://www.pccdental.com/hands-on-courses.php   Classroom to Clinician Course for Dental Students and New Grads https://www.pccdental.com/classroom-to-clinician     Clinician’s Report www.cliniciansreport.org     Private Dental Association Greg Winteregg DDS, CEO Private Dentist Association 1253 Park Street Clearwater FL 33756 greg@privatedental.org 727.656.8288 Office   Lyle Roland, Membership Director (727) 656-8288 Lyle@privatedental.org   Aurora Sensor – Sodium https://www.sodiumdental.com/aurora-sensor/   Effectiveness of Implant Therapy Analyzed in a Swedish Population: Prevalence of Peri-implantitis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26701919/     FFS Podcast Promotional Links: ONLY $397: Dental Membership Master Course with Dr. Chris Phelps www.membershipmastercourse.com Dental Membership Direct www.dentalmembershipdirect.com Dental Financing Direct www.dentalfinancingdirect.com   About Dr. Sonny Spera Dr. Sonny Spera graduated from Union Endicott High School in 1981. With a four-year basketball scholarship he graduated from Syracuse University in 1985; majoring in Chemistry and Psychology. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. He was also the co-captain of the 1984-1985 Syracuse basketball team.   Dr. Spera graduated from SUNY Buffalo Dental School in 1989 in the top 10% of his class. At SUNY Buffalo Dental School he was a member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Society. He was also UB Graduate Assistant Basketball coach. He currently serves as a part-time faculty member at the college. Dr. Spera has been in private practice since 1989 and is a member of the American Dental Association, the New York State Dental Association, the Sixth District Dental Society and the Broome County Dental Society. He is also a member of the International Association of Orthodontics, the BC Dental Society and the BCDS Study Club.   Away from the office, he volunteers with several community organizations, including the Elks Club, the Son’s of Italy, the STNY Flyers, the Academy of General Dentistry, and the Basketball Coaches Association of New York. He is the founder and president of ME Hoops Inc.   Dr. Spera currently resides with his wife Angela, whom he met at Syracuse University, and their three children, Marcus, Erica, and Carla. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, basketball, golf, music and movies.   607-624-2962 (Cell) Sonnyspera@gmail.com Www.progressivedentalny.com   Do you have a FFS practice? Would you like to be interviewed? Fill out the FFS Stories request form here: https://goo.gl/forms/7TaUF9Nqi49l1RFF2  

Having a patient in the chair and petri dishes taped to the walls is just another day for Dr. Gordon Christensen. In this episode, Dr. Christensen discusses a wide range of topics, including infection control post-COVID, digital impressions, dental education and the state of general dentistry. You will also hear his thoughts on private practice vs. corporate dentistry and the dental practice of the future. True to form, his open and honest commentary based on decades of clinical leadership is challenging and refreshing.

Dr. Christensen talks about his humble beginnings and his rise to become what i call "the Godfather of dentistry." He's too humble to say it but his independent research and associated organizations all have to do with dentistry and helping dentists stay on top of their games!! Included here are links to companies or products he mentions, he will also include a coupon for a free clinicians report edition. He tells us some of the more recent technologies to keep an eye on in materials, equipment and technology. Also talks about how current radiographs miss 50-67% of decay.   FFS Podcast Promotional Links:  ONLY $397: Dental Membership Master Course with Dr. Chris Phelps www.membershipmastercourse.com Dental Membership Direct www.dentalmembershipdirect.com Dental Financing Direct www.dentalfinancingdirect.com   About Dr. Sonny Spera Dr. Sonny Spera graduated from Union Endicott High School in 1981. With a four-year basketball scholarship he graduated from Syracuse University in 1985; majoring in Chemistry and Psychology. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. He was also the co-captain of the 1984-1985 Syracuse basketball team. Dr. Spera graduated from SUNY Buffalo Dental School in 1989 in the top 10% of his class. At SUNY Buffalo Dental School he was a member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Society. He was also UB Graduate Assistant Basketball coach. He currently serves as a part-time faculty member at the college. Dr. Spera has been in private practice since 1989 and is a member of the American Dental Association, the New York State Dental Association, the Sixth District Dental Society and the Broome County Dental Society. He is also a member of the International Association of Orthodontics, the BC Dental Society and the BCDS Study Club. Away from the office, he volunteers with several community organizations, including the Elks Club, the Son’s of Italy, the STNY Flyers, the Academy of General Dentistry, and the Basketball Coaches Association of New York. He is the founder and president of ME Hoops Inc. Dr. Spera currently resides with his wife Angela, whom he met at Syracuse University, and their three children, Marcus, Erica, and Carla. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, basketball, golf, music and movies. 607-624-2962 (Cell) Sonnyspera@gmail.com Www.progressivedentalny.com   Do you have a FFS practice? Would you like to be interviewed? Fill out the FFS Stories request form here: https://goo.gl/forms/7TaUF9Nqi49l1RFF2

Did you check out Virtual Seattle Study Club Symposium?  If so, you would have caught Josh pulling a Winnie the Pooh and wearing a shirt with no pants.  Maybe we can act it out live next year!    Have you ever had lunch with Gordon Christensen at a Burger King?  If so, be sure to bring some baby aspirin.    Advice starts this week with a question about grilled out aligners.  You know who would be into that??  Richard E. Richards from Pig Suckle Tits, Georgia!    What do you owe a patient whom you left a cord in?  Half your belongings?  An hour alone with your wife?  A butt fuck behind a dumpster?  Shouldn’t they have been able to predict this anyway with all those sick tarot card skills?  Yeah, about that…..   stay fresh.

Seventeen years ago, Dr. Rella Christensen found herself wondering why we as a society struggle so much with dental caries. This curiosity, combined with her expertise in microbiology, led to the creation of TRAC Research with her husband, Dr. Gordon Christensen. In this episode, learn Rella's approach to clinical research, her thoughts on restorative dental materials, and what she sees for the future of therapeutic dentistry, from bioactives to antimicrobial composites and beyond.

In this episode, Rick talks with Gordon Christensen about how he is adapting to the new COVID realities, how his early childhood led him to dentistry and his secrets to a long, healthy life.

Dr. Gordon Christensen is Founder and CEO of Practical Clinical Courses and the Clinicians Report Foundation. He is also a practicing prosthodontist, husband, and father....Continue Reading...

Dr. Gordon Christensen is Founder and CEO of Practical Clinical Courses and the Clinicians Report Foundation. He is also a practicing prosthodontist, husband, and father...Continue Reading...

Bob Spiel, and his firm, Spiel & Associates Consulting (SpielConsulting.com) believe ideas don't create change – ownership does. Further, they believe there is a better way to guide dentists and their teams to discover, own and then act on the answers that transform a practice and make it a clear leader in their area. His firm works with practices nationwide, helping them transform from high stress, high turnover and low productivity, to low stress, low turnover and much higher productivity and rewards. They provide proven business solutions in practice leadership & management, as well as associate hiring and transitions. Bob is the author of the book Flip Your Focus: Igniting People, Profits and Performance through Upside-down Leadership and was invited by Dr. Gordon Christensen to teach leadership and management at Christensen's Practical Clinical Courses. Prior to consulting in dentistry, he was a hospital CEO and surgical center CEO, as well as an adjunct professor of healthcare management. He has led teams of up to 400-500 employees while creating world class cultures and service levels.    SHOW NOTES:  What is the key to hiring that associate that will help you transition to that right partnership and maintain it for years? Here are the tips from Bob: Create an avatar of your ideal person.  Hire with your head, not your heart.  Set a win-win contract. Keep a third party engaged.   REFERENCE:  FLIP YOUR FOCUS: Igniting people, profits and performance through upside-down leadership by Bob Spiel Great Communication Equals Great Production by Cathy Jameson  For more info you can send him a text message to 208-520-6900   DINO'S BIO:  Dino Watt is a dynamic, highly sought after keynote speaker, private practice business advisor, best selling author, and certified body language and communication expert. As a business relationship expert, Dino understands that people are the heart of any business. His interactive training style will bring your audience to roaring laughter and move them to tears. Whether he is training on C.O.R.E Culture, Sales and Sales Support, or Making love and business work, your audience will rave about Dino and the energy he brings to every event. Dino has spoken for MKS, American Association of Orthodontists, PCSO, Pitts Progressive Study Group, The Shulman Study Club, Keller Williams, Sotheby's, DentalTown, Ortho2, OrthoVoice, and many others. Out of all the accolades Dino has received, the one he is proudest of is title of PHD, Passionate Husband and Dad. Dino has been married to his wife Shannon for 24 years and together they have raised 3 amazing adults.

What is the future of dentistry? While this discussion with the #1 leader in dentistry, Dr. Gordon Christensen, is all about dentistry post COVID-19, the discussion is applicable to any pandemic situation within the 4 walls of your practice! Listen up, Dr. Christensen lays out the path of dentistry and he doesn’t hold anything back!

This is a time of uncertainty as we deal with the challenges of COVID-19. One of the reasons people feel uncertain is the amount of conflicting information about the virus and its impact. Gary and Naren wanted to bring you the most current scientific and unbiased information about COVID-19 and how this pandemic is impacting dentistry now and how it may impact us in the future. To that end, Gary reached out to his colleague and friend, Dr. Gordon Christensen for this Special Edition of the Thriving Dentist Show. Dr. Christensen is known worldwide for providing unbiased, scientific information to the dental profession. It is our hope that the information provided in this interview will provide you with valuable information regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic.

For over 30 years Bob Spiel's passion has been building high performance teams while developing inspired leaders. His firm, Spiel & Associates, transforms general and specialty dental practices by building leaders at all levels through a process of Transfacilitative Coaching ™ -- acting as a catalyst for practice owners and their teams to discover, connect and commit to new levels of personal and team performance.   Throughout his career Bob has been called “Mr. Team”. He had the opportunity to take on tough, turn-around situations as a hospital CEO and Surgical Center CEO transforming near-bankrupt entities back to profitability.  He is the author of the Amazon best seller: Flip Your Focus – Igniting People, Profits and Performance through Upside-down Leadership. He is on the faculty of Gordon Christensen's Practical Clinical Courses, and has spoken at the Hinman, AADOM, AADPA, and is speaking at Chicago Mid Winter this February.

Do you agree with Lance?  Is Keane better than Coldplay?  Lance tells you that they are...be damned with statistics.   Who is Gordon Christensen’s favorite Spice Girl?  Yeah, that’s right. We tackle the important issues.    Can a patient make the wrong choice?  What’s our responsibility in that. Constitutional scholar, Josh, weighs in.   Do you think artisanal mouth wash is the next new health trend?  Maybe one that smells like Gwyneth Paltrow’s vagina!    Stay fresh. Stay safe. Stay frosty, COVID-free cheese bags.-

Why stimulate your team to be leaders? Why do we want to do it? There are many, many reasons. There are organizational reasons, financial reasons, goodwill reasons and overall teamwork reasons. Dr. Gordon Christensen is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Practical Clinical Courses(PCC), Chief Executive Officer of Clinicians ReportFoundation(CR), and a Practicing Prosthodontist in Provo, Utah. Early in his career, Gordon helped initiate the University of Kentucky and University of Colorado dental schools and taught at the University of Washington.  Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah, School of Dentistry.  Gordon has presented thousands of hours of continuing education globally, made hundreds of educational videos used throughout the world, and published widely.   pccdental.com cliniciansreport.org

Happy start of summer, WI fans!  Memorial Day is here and Josh and Lance celebrate with a Working Interferences tradition…talking about the Murph Challenge, but not participating in it.  No modifications here!  How long would it take Gordon Christensen to do the Murph?    Advice starts with a question from Matt, who had an old man patient accuse him of rubbing his junk all over him during a procedure.  Do we think Matt is into lemon parties?    Our Reddit question tonight is about the plausibility of one month hygiene recall intervals.  Seems legit to me.  

What does true leadership in a practice look like?  When we go to dental school, we're not taught how to run a business. We're not taught how to delegate.  We are taught that everything revolves around us and how important we are to the practice. So we get the wrong idea of how to run a practice and feel that we have to make all of the decisions ourselves.  Why are dentists so bad at delegating? Dr. Gordon Christensen is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Practical Clinical Courses (PCC), Chief Executive Officer of Clinicians Report Foundation (CR), and a Practicing Prosthodontist in Provo, Utah. Early in his career, Gordon helped initiate the University of Kentucky and University of Colorado dental schools and taught at the University of Washington.  Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah, School of Dentistry.  Gordon has presented thousands of hours of continuing education globally, made hundreds of educational videos used throughout the world, and published widely. 

Dr. Christensen believes the future of dentistry is bright

Growing up around dentistry, after 4 years of dental school, and 3 years in practice there are some names that you just associate as some of the great ones in our field. Kois, Pankey, Spear come to mind and this episode featured another one of those and it was an absolute privilege to have Dr. Gordon Christensen the show! In this episode, we talked about where he sees dentistry currently. The challenges for new dentists graduating and what he would suggest young dentists do after graduating. Spoiler Alert…it has a lot to do with education and understanding all the proudcts we have out there at our disposal. According to him 1/5 dental products don't stand up to the claims they make in advertising! If your more interested in what Dr. Christensen is doing check out the Clinicians Report. It's a comprehensive magazine and website that tests dental materials and products that we use everyday. The website is http://www.pccdental.com.

Your host Dr. Ed Gonzalez interviews Dr. Gordon Christensen. He is the CEO of Practical Clinical Courses(PCC) and Co-Founder and CEO for Clinicians Report Foundation(CR). He has presented over 45,000 hours of Continuing Education and since 1976 he has tested thousands of dental products. He truly is one of the most respected names in the dental profession.

Upon finishing his GPR at  St  Josephs hospital in NJ  Dr Boyajian purchased an exisiting   GP dental practice in Bergen county NJ plus a building.   The practice grew rapidly by utilizing  the proper marketing techniques and applying the latest technology and dental procedures.   His practice was fee for service and accepted high quality dental insurance. He didn't accept PPO insurance.  He felt one of his keyes to success was listening to practice management lectures and tapes by Howard Farran and Rick Kushner  Also clinical information from Gordon Christensen    In subsequent years he opened 2 more dental practices in Fairfield county  CT.    After many successful years as a practicing dentist Dr Boyajian retired.  While he was in the process of selling his three dental offices he found that multiple dental brokers did not take a hands on role in the process, as they were not present when he met with the prospective  buyers  Further more the majority of the brokers did not get involved in the day to day transaction and negotiations as the deal moved forward with contracts, financing and lease negotiations .    As a result of this experience  Dr Boyajian was inspired to start his own  dental brokerage firm that would provide unparalleled  amazing hands on 24/7 service  Health care practice sales  LLC  He is one  of the few dental practice brokers  that is a dentist and also has in house staff consisting of 2 CPA accountants.    They deliver results and make sure your deal goes the the closing table.  They stay in constant contact with every party involved in the transaction including banks, attorneys and accountants.  as a result you will not have to handle any aspect of the deal on your own .  the sale process  will go very smoothly because they  stay on top of everything and are constantly available.   www.dentalpracticeguide.com

Dr. Josh Turnbull is founder and CEO of Lydian Dental, a new aspirational brand of dental clinics with locations in Phoenix, AZ and Austin, TX. Dr. Josh’s story began in 2008 where he was doing research both at the Mayo Clinic and with Dr. Gordon Christensen at the Scottsdale Center for Dentistry. This led him to pursue an MBA at Harvard after he completed his DMD at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. During these years, Dr. Josh realized that the dental industry was experiencing massive consolidation, but he was disenchanted by much of what he saw in the corporate dentistry world. He asked himself, “Why is there no Mayo Clinic of dentistry”? Thus, Lydian Dental was born. Lydian is out to make dentistry more affordable, convenient and fun. They like to call themselves the “anti-corporate” brand of dental clinics, with a focus on great design and user experience, which they were recently recognized for nationally in Wired Magazine. They currently have 3 Lydian branded clinics in operation and a mobile clinic which launched in Austin 3 months ago and is providing services to companies across the city. They are also developing a Membership that they feel could disrupt the traditional dental insurance model. Lydian is also committed to giving back. Through their Lydian Smiles initiative they provide pro bono services both locally and internationally.   Dr. Josh is also a proud father of 4 children and is married to the most wonderful woman on earth.   Lydian is expanding nationally and is looking for dentists to partner with. For more information, contact Dr. Josh at josh@lydiandental.com   www.lydiandental.com

This week I discussed the success of the Gordon Christensen meeting that was held last Friday and the upcoming February event that is guaranteed to be fantastic. In addition, we discuss in Ultra long-lasting local anesthetic that lasts 36 to 72 hours and the opioid crisis and its impact. I also touch base again and remind everybody about the Omni grip screw and more.

In this episode I start off with a wise quote from Dr. Suess and move quickly into a reminder that Gordon Christensen is coming to Spokane Oct 27, 2017.  The final part of Meetings Suck by Cameron Herold is done hopefully giving you the tools to make sure your meetings do not suck.  I met this nice fella through the emergency room from an ATV accident who sustained a right mandible fracture and right zygoma fracture as well as an ear laceration.  The ear laceration was repaired by the emergency room and I noted that after the sutures were removed and the head wrap was removed that there was a hematoma.  I proceeded to evacuate the hematoma and the patient did well with all of his injuries post operatively.

A great QOD starts us off and a challenge to invite 3 people and show them this podcast to get our listenership to over 3000 by September.  Gordon Christensen is coming to Spokane WA and you are all invited to come by emailing me at info@dentistbraincandy.com 11 angry women, or classically referred to as an angry herd of women assaulted my patient and she sustained a right orbital floor fracture with entrapment.  I reconstructed it with a transconjunctival approach using Medpor with titanium mesh.  Check it out at www.dentistbraincandy.com Resources Mentioned dentistbraincandy.com/dentistinventory

In this episode we discuss the challenges facing dentistry and the Dentaltown article written by Dr. Gordon Christensen titled Challenges Facing the U.S. Dental Profession. What are the main concerns of dentists today? What are the solutions? Who should take the lead in correcting these challenges? We discuss all of this and much, much more. If you are a dentist or future dentist you don't want to miss this episode.  Contact Dental Realist: Twitter: @dentalrealist Email: dentalrealist@gmail.com

Dr. Barry Freydberg is a 1968 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Dentistry, has been in full-time practice since graduation. Presently he practices in Skokie, Illinois, where he emphasizes esthetic dentistry and sleep apnea treatment and in Phoenix, AZ where he limits his practice to the treatment of snoring and sleep apnea.   He is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, a Fellow of the American College of Dentists and a Fellow of the International Academy for Dental-Facial Esthetics.   In 2004, Dr. Freydberg received the distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Illinois. In 2007, Dr. Gordon Christensen appointed Dr. Freydberg as the Director of Technology at the new Scottsdale Center for Dentistry. In February 2009, the Chicago Dental Society awarded Dr. Freydberg the Gordon Christensen Lecture Recognition Award for his outstanding teaching contributions over the years.   Dr. Freydberg, an active member of the Chicago Dental Society, was the 2002 Program Chairman for the Chicago Midwinter Meeting that drew over 31,000 attendees   www.WebDentalChicago.com

"I would like to see every general dentist put an implant in a healthy person with good bone." Listen to Gordon Christensen explain part of his life mission.    Gordon J. Christensen is Founder and Director of Practical Clinical Courses (PCC) and Senior Consultant for Clinicians Report (CR) in Utah. PCC is an international continuing education organization that provides courses and videos for all dental professionals. CR offers unbiased research on thousands of dental products. Gordon's degrees include: DDS, University of Southern California; MSD, University of Washington; PhD, University of Denver; an Honorary Doctor of Science from Utah State University, and an honorary Doctor of Dental Education and Research from Utah Valley University. Gordon is a practicing prosthodontist in Provo, Utah. Gordon and Rella's sons are both dentists. William is a prosthodontist, and Michael is a general dentist. Their daughter, Carlene, is a teacher.   Gordon J. Christensen - Practical Clinical Courses 3707 North Canyon Road, Suite 3D Provo, UT 84604   Fax: (801) 226-8637   U.S. Toll-free: (800) 223-6569     Phone: (801) 226-6569

April is the beginning of the season for higher exposure to tick bites. In this segment we look at a variety of uncommon tick borne diseases and identify the regions across the nation where children are most at risk. Follow: @schoolnurses @bamradionetwork Marjorie Cole, MSN, RN, is the State School Nurse Consultant at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. In this role she is responsible for providing consultation to Missouri's 1,500 school nurses. Gordon Christensen, M.D. is Professor and Infectious Disease Specialist in Tropical Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Tropical Medicine, and Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health. He has been elected by peers for inclusion in "Best Doctors in America"(1996 through 2010, consecutively).

Dr. Gordon Christensen delves into CBCT, CAD-CAM, lasers, amalgams vs resins in 2015 and beyond! Clinicians Report PCC Dental

[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/takacslearningcenter/TDS123.mp3] Podcast: Download | Play in new window/mobile device Running Time: 53:49 min Dr. Gordon Christensen is one of the most respected educators in dentistry. In this inspiring interview Gary and Gordon discuss the most requested topics that Gordon presents …  

Episode 75: Dr. DiTolla and Dr. Gordon Christensen sat down to discuss the practical ways you can take part in one of the most rewarding fields of dentistry: dental sleep medicine. With so many cases of undiagnosed, life-threatening sleep apnea, the patients in your chair every day can be ticking time bombs. Find out how you can grow your practice while improving, and possibly even saving, lives. Oh, but don't get involved if you dislike hugs and thank you cards!

Episode 35: In this episode, watch the final installment of our exclusive interview with Dr. Gordon Christensen, hear the story of a young girl who got more than she bargained for at a routine dental visit and discover what was painfully growing in the eyelid of a California woman.

Episode 34: In this episode, watch Part II of our exclusive interview with Dr. Gordon Christensen, discover just how much America spends on dental services and hear about a man whose dental floss landed him in jail.

Episode 33: In this episode, learn how a toothbrush shut down the biggest airport, discover how the United States ranks on delivering sealants to needy children and catch the first part of our exclusive interview with Dr. Gordon Christensen.

[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/takacslearningcenter/TDS045.mp3] Podcast: Download | Play in new window/mobile device Running Time 49:06 This past August, Gary had the distinct honor of being invited to speak at a meeting hosted by Dr. Gordon Christensen. The panel included a selection of some outstanding speakers including …  

More than one-third of patients are ideal candidates for occlusal splints due to bruxism, clenching or post-operative situations. In this video, Dr. Michael DiTolla discusses the ways in which the uncomfortable splints of the past have been replaced with patient friendly, comfortable soft/hard occlusal splints. Also discussed is how to take impressions for splints, bite splint fabrication, and bite splint delivery. Plus, Dr. DiTolla stresses the importance of early diagnosis of bruxing and clenching, one night of which Dr. Gordon Christensen equates to 100 days of normal wear.