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Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
POWERED BY DENTALTOWN.COM Uncomplicate your dental life with Dr. Howard Farran as he interviews your fellow townies and leaders in dentistry! Dentists and dental professionals share their wisdom to make your dentistry faster, easier, higher in quality and lower in cost. Episodes released every week day with the full transcripts at dentaltown.com/podcasts.
Episodes
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Dentistry could learn a lot from Sanford I. Weill, the former CEO of Citigroup.
Dentistry could learn a lot from Sanford I. Weill, the former CEO of Citigroup who tried to join the Air Force until his application was denied by a dentist…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Let's get back to the pre-pandemic mindset.
Let's get back to the pre-pandemic mindset. If you're double vaccinated you know this pandemic is over. Let's get back to fight mode in building a championship…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Dentists could hit a Hank Aaron sized grand slam
Dentists could hit a Hank Aaron sized grand slam if they could just learn and implement any of the major business lessons that Denny's have used in over 1,702…
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An Honest Conversation With Dr. Howard Farran Of Dentaltown About The Future Of Dentistry
Chris Pistorius talks with Dr. Howard Farran, the founder of the incredibly popular online dental community, Dentaltown. Chris & Howard have an open and honest…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: How do you manage people?
First you need to stop doing it backwards. If you get the wrong person you spend all your time managing that person, you get poor results, and then you look…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: What is the best use of my dental office profit dollars?
What is the best use of my dental office profit dollars?Only 60 of the Fortune 500 companies in 1955 were still listed in 2017. Over 50% of the S&P 500 has…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Dentists could learn a lot from Pizza Hut
Dentists could learn a lot from Pizza Hut. Founded in 1958 by two brothers Frank and Dan Carney who borrowed $600 from their mom. They named it Pizza Hut…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Dentists could learn a lot from Sonic Drive-In
Dentists could learn a lot from Sonic Drive-In delivering service with the speed of sound. Founded in 1959 in Stillwater, Oklahoma by Troy Smith based on a new…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Does your bookkeeper sit next to you?
Does your bookkeeper sit next to you providing statistical analysis like NBA Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban pioneered back in the day with coach Rick…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: How to start your new dental office from scratch with no money down
How to buy a dental office with no money down. Back in the day, owners carried risk, but sellers had skin in the game. We didn't have 3rd-party banks financing…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Doc, I practiced through the 2008 bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
Doc, I practiced through the 2008 bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. I met the financial crisis that led to the Great Recession when investors withdrew a record…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: How the COVID Pandemic Has Impacted Hiring In Dental Offices
Millions are unemployed but dentists struggle to find new employees
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Who's Answering Your Phone?
Who's answering your phone? Funnel-y how most dentists don't track their new patient journey from landing on your website to calling your dental office. On…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Same Day Dentistry
When you increase your treatment plan acceptance rate you prevent a small problem cavity today, from turning into a bigger problem root canal or extraction in…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: The New Patient Letter and Share the Care Card
Welcome to Our Practice! We realize that when it comes to picking a dentist that you have many choices to choose from. We want to sincerely thank you for…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Dental Public Health Specialists
Kudos and praise to all the Dental Public Health (PDH) specialists who were recognized as a speciality in 1950, focusing on improving dental health at the…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Pre-Appoint Hygiene Patients
When hygienist pre-appoint their own patients to future continuing care they will instantly find out which patients are onboard who isn't . If the patient…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Perception Equals Reality
Perception equals reality despite the world not being flat because trust has more value than logic. The time needed to make a knowledgeable decision reality…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: New Patient Gifts
Do you reward your new patients with a gift?
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: The Financial Arrangement
Profitability begins with the Financial Arrangement and ends with increasing account receivables, sending statements, then resending again with scary 'Past…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Underpromise and Overdeliver
If you want to keep your promise you should Underpromise and Overdeliver. The First Law of Customer Service is Satisfaction = Perceptions – Expectations. The…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Core of the Nest Egg by Rick Kushner DDS, Founder and CEO of Comfort Dental
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- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Please Wait in Line to Give Me Money
I'm sorry, we can't see you today. Please wait in line and give us your money another day. Having your customers wait in line to give you money is an idea that…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Are You Poised for Growth?
Is your house in order? Are you poised forward growth? The first Dollar General store opened in Springfield, Kentucky in 1955 and today has 16,368 stores in…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1641 Dr. Doug Depew on Attracting and Retaining Orthodontic Patients : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Dr. Doug Depew has been practicing in the Northwest suburbs of Atlanta Georgia since 1990. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Georgia…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Are You Female-Friendly?
Female-friendly Lowe's started in 1946 and has 2,197 locations. Home Depot started in 1978 and has 2,296 locations. Home Depot focused on men because 90% of…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Hire on Attitude, Train for Skills
Hire on attitude and train for skills is what made Atlanta based Chick-fil-A started in 1967 by S. Truett Cathy. They do $11 billion a year with only 2605…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: What can dentists learn from the UFC - Ultimate Fighting Championship?
What can dentists learn from the UFC - Ultimate Fighting Championship? You think dentistry is tough? How would you like to go to work and get punched in the…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: The Patient Experience
The secret sauce at Blockbuster was the experience, what is your everyday patient experience like? Blockbuster started in 1985 renting VHS movies for 70% of…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1640 Santosh Patel of Complete Specialty Solutions on the Benefits of Having an In-House Specialist : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Santosh Patel, President and Co-Founder of Complete Specialty Solutions, is committed to driving collaboration between general dentists and specialists by…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Do You Have ED?
Do you have ED? Come on doc, it's really not that hard. The hospital Emergency Department (ED) patients are admitted for treatment 15% percent of the time…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Own Your Land and Building
I'm lovin it if you own your dental office, land and building. McDonalds does via the Harry J. Sonneborn (1916-1992) Model because McDonalds is really a real…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Get Good at One Thing
In-N-Out proves you need to simply get good at one thing, specialize, and reduce manager turnover by paying them on average $160,000 a year to manage a single…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Keep Your Existing Patients
Do you warranty your work? It's cheaper to keep them than replace them. Loyalty programs like warranties, birthdays, & bleaching for life is better than…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1639 Dr. John A. Wilde's Lessons Learned from a Lifetime in Dentistry : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
After eight years of higher education, paying 100% of costs himself, Dr. John A. Wilde spent two years in the Army Dental Corp before beginning a practice from…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Donut Shop Hours
Donot judge me! Why did you go to dental school? Because you were fed up with the hole business!
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1638 Gabriel Asulin on Turning Your Dental Practice into a Successful Business : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Gabriel Asulin is an international expert in the management and marketing of dental Practices and the author of the book "Turn Your Dental Practice into a…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: What Is Your Waiting Room Worth?
What is your waiting room worth? At Cracker Barrel it's worth 20% of sales, $2.7 billion a year, $415 per square foot, which is in line with Wal-Mart, while…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Wasting Money on Marketing
Department store magnate John Wanamaker (1838-1922) said, "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don't know which half." How many…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Get Rid of Your Lines
Only two industries have lines: Healthcare and Government. Get rid of your lines.
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Make It Faster, Easier, Higher Quality, Lower Cost and Smaller
Are you playing with a full hand - Faster, Easier, Higher Quality, Lower Cost, and Smaller - or are you just making noise until someone does?
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1637 Ted Teele, Charis Santillie & Mary Kay Miller of Kaleidoscope 2.0 on Technology-Driven Dental Marketing : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Ted has over 25 years of experience running technology companies, including two similar to Kaleidoscope (in different industries). He is an expert in all…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard Speaks: Competition is Good for Business
Competition makes everything better from Dinosaurs to DSOs.
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1636 April "Dr. Patty" Patterson, DDS on Cosmetic Dentistry and Hiring the Right Associate : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Dr. April Patterson, more affectionately known as Dr. Patty, is a highly-trained and forward-thinking cosmetic dentist. She attended Florida State University…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1635 Don Bell & Priscilla Esparza on Ivoclar Vivadent's Dental Innovation Tour : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard recently met up with Ivoclar Vivadent's Don Bell and Priscilla Esparza on their Dental Innovations Tour to discuss the company's latest offerings in…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1634 Dr. Mazyar Moshiri on Clear Aligners and 3D Printed Braces : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Dr. Mazyar Moshiri maintains his private practice in St. Louis, MO. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Saint Louis University Center for Advanced…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1633 Jay Letwat of Sunbit on Rethinking Patient Financing : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Jay has over 23 years of corporate sales and leadership experience spanning over several industries including corporate consulting, online advertising, finance…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1632 Dr. Zack Bentley, Dr. Kyle Hollis & Jordan DiNola on Multi-Practice Management By & For Dentists : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Located in rural southern Georgia, Dr. Bentley and his team began with humble roots in 2014. One location quickly grew into five - an expanding footprint…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1631 Brian Hanks on the Practice of Buying a Dental Practice : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Brian Hanks is a national transitions expert for both buyers and sellers directly involved in hundreds of dental transitions in all fifty states. He is the…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1630 Dr. Pooneh Ramezani of Profit Dental Marketing on Growing Your Practice Revenue : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Dr. Pooneh Ramezani is the CEO and founder of PDM. Dr. Ramezani is a seasoned dentist of over 25 years. She has built multiple successful, top producing dental…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1629 Greg Pellegrom, CEO of SmileSnap, on Virtual Orthodontic Consultations : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Greg Pellegrom is the Co-Founder & CEO of SmileSnap, a Virtual Consultation software for the dental industry. His 15 years as an accomplished Orthodontic Sales…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1628 David Harris, CEO of Prosperident, on Protecting Your Practice from Embezzlement : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
David Harris may have the coolest job in dentistry - he gets to chase, and catch, those who steal from dentists. A rule-breaker in his youth, David changed his…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1627 Dr. Mark Donaldson & Dr. Jason Goodchild on Sedation, Pain Management & Dental Pharmacology : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Dr. Donaldson received his baccalaureate degree from the University of British Columbia and his Doctorate in Clinical Pharmacy from the University of…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1626 Howard's Chairside Chat with the Midwestern University Dental Business Club : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Howard recently sat down with Landon Allen and students from the Midwestern University Dental Business Club to talk about his life in dentistry and share…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1625 Samantha Leonard on Streamlining Your Dental HR : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Samantha Leonard has been in the Dental industry for fifteen years. She has worked every role, worn every hat and mastered all the traits that eventually lead…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1624 The Founders of Smile Doctors on Orthodontic DSO Business Models : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Smile Doctors is the largest Orthodontic DSO in the industry formed in September 2015 by Drs. Scott Law, Dana Fender and Greg Goggans. With an eye to preserve…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1623 Dr. Grant Stucki's Tips to Improve Your Clinical Oral Surgery Skills : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Grant Stucki is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon practicing in Denver, CO. He did his dental training at UCLA and his surgery training at the U of Illinois in…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1622 Dr. Mark Costes on the Pillars of Dental Success : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Dr. Costes is founder of the Dental Success Institute, a company committed to helping dentists to achieve their full potential, while recapturing their passion…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1621 Dr. Jesse Pelletier on What Dentists Can Learn from Eye Doctors about Infection Control : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Jesse Pelletier MD, FACS completed his ophthalmology residency at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and fellowship training in cornea, external disease and…
- Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
1620 Nick Greenfield, CEO of Candid, on Redefining Orthodontics through Telehealth & Clear Aligners : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Nick Greenfield is the CEO of Candid, an oral health care company focused on redefining the orthodontics category with the first ever clear aligner system…