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My Dental Playbook
Welcome to My Dental Playbook, the dental podcast where real growth meets real talk.
Hosted by Dr. Blake Hamblin, a practicing dentist on the road to $10M, and Gary Bird, founder of SMC National, this show breaks down proven practice growth strategies, real-world dental entrepreneurship, and the dental practice management tactics that actually move the needle.
Each episode dives into the playbook behind thriving practices: how to attract better patients, build a high-performing team, and scale…
Episodes
- My Dental Playbook
064 Are You Growing Your Practice or Just Your Schedule?
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063 The $500 Bonus That Builds Leaders
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062 5 Traits That Make Associates Stand Out
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061 OON vs FFS: Structuring Your Hygiene Department
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060 Hygiene Compensation: Bonusing Your Way to Growth
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059 The Hygiene Onboarding System That Retains 95%
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058 Recruiting Hygienists with a $0 Budget
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057 Is Your Hygienist Holding Your Practice Hostage?
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056 We Hit 300 New Patients... Then This Happened
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055 Your Associate Isn't the Problem - Part 3
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054 3 Associate Compensation Mistakes that Kill Your Practice - Part 2
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053 The Hidden Cost of NOT Hiring an Associate: Your Practice is Quietly Dying - Part 1
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Special Episode: $200K to $750K Per Month — What We Learned in One Year of My Dental Playbook
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052 $200K to $750K: The Month We Reverse Engineered
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051 PPO is Bleeding You Dry (3 Ways to Stop It)
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050 Successfully Go Out of Network Without Losing Patients
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049 Why Patients Keep Saying No to Treatment
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048 The REAL Reason Your Payroll Keeps Climbing
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047 120 New Patients in a Rural Market
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046 5 Coaching Traps that Could Cost You Millions
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045 How 1,300 Reviews Became a Growth Machine
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044 5 Pillars Every Dentist Needs Before Location #2 - Part 2
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043 5 Pillars Every Dentist Needs Before Location #2 - Part 1
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042 From 20 to 200 New Patients: The Event that Helped Dr. Blake Grow
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041 These 2 Habits are Killing Your Team
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040 13% Payroll Nearly Broke My Practice
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039 $293K to $610K… What They Fixed First
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038 170 New Patients… Then Everything Broke
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037 The REAL Reason Your Dental Marketing Isn’t Working
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036 The REAL Truth About $500K Dental Debt
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035 The #1 Thing Limiting Your Dental Practice Growth (Most Owners Miss This)
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034 45 Dental Operatories?!?
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033 We Let AI Answer 100% of Our New Patient Calls (Here’s What Happened)
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032 3 Reasons Your Collections Plateau After Buying a Practice
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031 How to Buy Dental Charts the Right Way (3-Step Framework)
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030 6 Areas CEO Dentists Must Protect
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029 Why Some Dentists Take Home $200K and Others $750K
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028 Dental Tech Stack for 130 New Patients a Month
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027 Build a $20k Dental Op
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026 Naming Your Dental Practice? Avoid These Mistakes First
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025 Why Your Current Bonus System is Failing (And How to Fix it Fast)
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024 3 Steps to Attract & Retain Top Dental Team Members
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023 Owner vs Associate: Why Case Acceptance Numbers are so Different
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022 Why Most Dentists are Trapped in a 24/7 Job (And How to Fix It)
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021 7 Hacks to Grow Your Office in a Saturated Market
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020 The Real Reason Dentists Fail After Dropping Insurance
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019 $49 Cleanings?! The Strategy That 10X’d This Dental Practice
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018 How to Collect Every Dollar You Produce (Without Being Pushy)
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017 Why Empty Chairs Are Killing Your Dental Practice
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016 Is Discounting Killing Your Brand? This Facebook Thread Got Heated
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015 The $150,000 Tax Break Most Dentists Miss
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014 If You Stopped Doing Dentistry, Would Your Business Survive?
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013 Why You Shouldn’t Grow from $1M to $2M in Your Dental Practice?
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012 The Secret to Retaining Patients Without Insurance
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011 The 3-Step System Every Practice Needs to 2.5x Treatment Acceptance
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010 The KPIs Every Dentist Must Track to Hold Marketing Accountable
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009 Over Aggressive Tx Planning!
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008 Bending Time as a Dental Leader
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007 #1 Mistake With Dental Associates
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006 1-on-1 Cheat Sheet to Transform Our Practice Culture
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