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The State of Dentistry in 2025: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

The State of Dentistry in 2025 View More Episodes:  Join us for an insightful discussion on the current state of dentistry in 2025. In this episode, we explore the latest financial trends, the best locations for dentists, and the biggest challenges facing the industry today. From compensation… 

Emergency Reserves: Why, How Much, and How to Invest

Emergency Reserves View More Episodes:  In this episode of The Dental Boardroom Podcast, Wes Reed, CPA and Certified Financial Planner, dives into the critical importance of having an emergency reserve fund both personally and for your dental practice. Wes breaks down why cash reserves act as… 

Personal Spending habits: Why Dentists Struggle to live Beneath Their Means

Personal Spending habits  View More Episodes:  In this episode of The Dental Boardroom Podcast, Wes Read, CPA and Certified Financial Planner, dives into the importance of establishing a spending plan to achieve long-term financial freedom. Wes discusses common financial pitfalls dentists face,… 

1684 The TMJ Doc: Dr. Priya Mistry : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran

Episode #1684 of Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran explores Finding Your Niche in Dentistry with Dr. Priya Mistry — aka The TMJ Doc. Dr. Mistry shares how focusing on TMJ/TMD, head & neck pain, and dental sleep medicine transformed her practice, and how social media can help dentists clarify… 

When Patients Cross the Line | Part 1 (E.313)

Brief Overview of the Episode In part one of this two part series, Regan Robertson puts Dr. Chad Johnson and Dr. Maggie Augustyn in the interview seat to explore how contrast becomes a teacher in dentistry. Through real patient encounters, one centered on pricing pressure and another on a deeply… 

International Society for Minimum Intervention Dentistry hosts consensus workshop in Germany

MUNICH, Germany: On 1 and 2 December, the International Society for Minimum Intervention Dentistry held a consensus workshop in Munich in Germany. Hosted at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich in Germany, the two-day event brought together key opinion leaders from across Europe and the US to advance the implementation of minimum intervention oral care (MIOC) and minimally […]

ADDE board prioritises digitalisation and closer collaboration with FIDE

PARIS, France: During the Congrès de l’ADF, the annual meeting of the Association Dentaire Française, which took place in November, the Association of Dental Dealers in Europe (ADDE) held its annual board meeting, using the occasion to define strategic priorities for the coming business year. The discussions led to key internal decisions and reinforced collaboration […]

Value-based pricing: where does your practice position itself?

How do you determine what to charge for your treatments? Dr Manrina Rhode challenges conventional fee-setting approaches in favour of value-based pricing. Simply matching local competitors or replicating previous practice pricing fundamentally misses the point of strategic positioning and value-based service delivery. The airline analogy Consider a London to Dubai flight. Budget airlines offer tickets for £400… 

Adapt or die: rebuilding the dental back office for better growth  

Jin Vaghela and Kish Patel discuss practice growth – and why it now depends more on foundations and workflows than spreadsheets. At this year’s North of England Dentistry Show, Dr Jin Vaghela and Dr Kish Patel will explore how technology, AI and smarter systems are transforming the ‘back office’ of modern dentistry. In this conversation, they talk… 

Exclusive: reforms to dental contract are a ‘positive step’, says CDO

Chief dental officer (CDO) for England Jason Wong introduces the newly-announced changes to the NHS dental contract and the motivations behind them. NHS dentistry plays a vital role in supporting the health of communities across England, and I want to thank you and your teams for the work you do every day. The reforms announced…