Leaving the Chair Without Quitting

Bulletproof Dental Practice · Aug 3, 2026 · 23m

Dr. Todd Christensen calls in from Minnesota with 20 operatories across two locations, a big remodel behind him, and a question he can't shake: at 45, how does he transition out of clinical dentistry and into the executive role without the guilt? His patients don't make it easy. When he tries to hand them to an associate, they tell him they would rather wait months for him than see anyone else.

Peter and Craig push back on the question before they answer it. Todd says he wants out of the chair, but he also says he won't miss fillings, and those are two very different problems. Maybe he…