Dr. Eric Tobler began his career as a dentist in his family’s office, working alongside his dad and his brother. As his career progressed, he learned more about practice management and developed an interest in dentistry’s innovation and technology. Today, Dr. Tobler is the Clinical Director for Mortenson Dental Partners and helps integrate new technology into their practices. He has keen insight into what’s useful in dental practices and how to introduce new equipment to teams and get results quickly.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The importance of early success with new technology
• How to get the team on board with new equipment
• What to do when a new piece of technology is rejected by the team
• How to evaluate new technology and decide what to purchase
• Recommendations on what technology to bring into your practice

Dr. Tobler will be taking the stage at our upcoming practice growth conference, The Champions of Dentistry Summit, happening April 25-27 in New Orleans. He’ll be talking in depth about which emerging technologies are worth investing in and how to seamlessly implement new equipment into your practice. 

In-person and virtual tickets to the conference are still available at http://www.championsofdentistry.com 

Dental practice success depends on getting patients into the chair for the care they need. Without effective phone calls and scheduling, practices miss opportunities to deliver treatment. 

Today, Cory Pinegar is joining Dr. John Meis and Wendy Briggs on The Double Your Production Podcast to talk about the challenges of converting phone calls into appointments. Cory is the CEO of Reach and he’s sharing how to capture more incoming calls and boost the conversion rate.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How missed calls impact practice performance (on average, about 30% of incoming calls are missed)
• Scripts and scheduling tips for reactivating overdue patients
• How dental practice call volume fluctuates throughout the day and how to staff for those peaks
• How to supplement call support in your practice to get better phone call results

To contact Cory or learn more about Reach, go to https://www.getreach.co/ 

Victoria Roos Olsson is an expert in leadership development and has coached leaders across the world for the past 20 years. She works closely with the FranklinCovey innovations team and is one of the authors of FranklinCovey’s bestselling book, “Everyone Deserves a Great Manager: The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team.”

Today, she’s joining Dr. John Meis and Wendy Briggs on The Double Your Production podcast to talk about the leadership skills needed to create a strong, positive atmosphere in your dental practice.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How to spark real employee engagement (and why reasons for engagement differ from person to person)
• Why intentionality is crucial in building and maintaining a great company culture
• How to keep a company culture strong and positive (and how to correct behavior that doesn’t align)
• How to maintain good energy throughout the day by managing 5 key things

We’re excited to announce that Victoria will be joining us as a keynote speaker at our upcoming Champions of Dentistry Summit, April 25-27 in New Orleans, LA. To join us for the conference, register at http://www.championsofdentistry.com 

Dr. Paul Schempp is a behavioral scientist and professor at the University of Georgia where he studies decision making. Through his vigorous research, he’s uncovered how to make better decisions consistently and how to avoid bad decisions.

Today, he’s sharing:

• How great decision makers use data to predict their future environment
• One skill that separates great decision makers from those who are mediocre
• How to make good decisions in the midst of uncertainty
• The neuroscience behind high-pressure decisions
• Why it’s important to think through contingency plans
• How the Dunning-Kruger Effect impacts decision making
• And more…

Dr. Schempp will be joining us as a keynote speaker at this year’s Champions of Dentistry Summit in New Orleans. At the conference, he’ll be sharing the science behind the most impactful dental practice decisions. 

We can’t wait for his session and we’re honored to share the stage with him this year. If you haven’t yet, you can get your tickets to the 2024 Summit here: http://championsofdentistry.com/

Money conversations can be awkward, and talking to dental patients about the cost of care can be daunting and uncomfortable for both the patient and the team. Today, Dr. John Meis and Wendy Briggs are sitting down with Jay Letwat from Sunbit to talk through ways to make these conversations easy and straightforward so patients get more options and more access to the care they need.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why outdated thinking around financing causes added stress for patients and the team
• How old financing models and tools prevent patients from taking advantage of payment options
• How to talk about financing in a way that feels easy and smooth for patients
• Why the fear of treatment cost can lead to missed appointments and how to get in front of it
• Verbal cues that indicate a patient is interested in financing options
• How production and case acceptance rise with third-party financing 

To learn more about Sunbit’s payment technology, go to https://www.sunbit.com