S4 Ep9 : How Do You Turn Clinical Excellence into Practice Consultancy? With Poppy Dunton

Conversations with Dental Friends · Mar 29, 2026 · 1h 9m

From dental therapist → practice consultant → educator… with a few pivots in between.

Welcome back to another episode of Conversations with Dental Friends 🎙️

This week I’m chatting with Poppy Dunton (@dunton.consulting) — a dental therapist and practice consultant who’s worked in almost every role in dentistry… and has the perspective to prove it.

In this episode we talk about:

💡 Why work experience can completely change your career path

💡 Pushing yourself outside your comfort zone

💡 Jumping in with two feet into dental therapy

💡 The realities of practice management

💡 Pivoting your career…