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Create a dental practice and a business life you love with Dr Jesse Green as he interviews successful dentists, entrepreneurs and athletes . Listen in as guests share their stories, ideas and business techniques that you can take back to your practice to have more patients, more profit and less stress. This is the podcast where great dentistry meets great business. For more free resources visit https://savvydentist.com/
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Jesse Green translates management thinking into concrete choices about teams, patients, growth and resilience inside a dental practice.
The Savvy Dentist turns broad management ideas into decisions that dental practice owners can use. Jesse Green runs guest conversations through the realities of the clinic, pressing for practical detail on patient experience, referrals, accountability, delegation, leadership and…
That handoff from your dental chair to the billing desk may be the business lesson you need.
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Practical dentistry finance for owners trying to gain more choice, margin, and leverage.
Dr. Jesse Green presents getting out of the rat race as a question of predictable systems, tighter financial discipline, and more leverage inside a dental practice.
A mindset first coaching talk for practice owners who need momentum before the results show up.
Jesse Green keeps the focus on mindset before mechanics. He comes back to courage, persistence, and the idea that internal growth has to land first, which gives the talk a clear coaching bent for people who feel stuck or like they have hit a ceiling.
Three practical leadership conversations for practice teams.
Jesse Green treats leadership as a problem of communication: what is said is not always what is heard, understood, or taken in. He works through three conversations that matter in practice leadership, from appreciation to necessary correction and the framing that should happen…
Disorder gets a serious hearing as a business asset, not just a problem to remove.
Gus makes a clear case for disorder as a business asset, and Jesse keeps pulling the discussion back to the day to day realities of running a dental practice.
A focused conversation on strategy, referrals, and steady practice growth.
Episode 500 stays centered on strategic thinking, referrals, and growth for dental practice owners. Jay Abraham keeps coming back to the same practical line: know the market, over-deliver, and build referral systems that repeat instead of hoping they happen by chance.
AI is framed as a practice tool, not a buzzword, when it starts shaping the day before the first patient arrives.
This episode treats AI as a working tool for dentistry, not a shiny slogan. Jesse Green points to call scoring at reception, note-taking, treatment planning, and diagnosis, then keeps the focus on a simple question: how should a practice use it well?
A grounded conversation on making patient experience human, consistent, and scalable.
Joseph Michelli and Dr. Jesse Green keep the discussion centered on what makes a patient experience feel human without becoming unmanageable. The strongest stretches are the ones that stay close to the moments people actually remember in a clinic or office, especially arrival,…
A practical look at how delegation turns growth into a system instead of a scramble.
Jesse Green talks with Drs. Wendy Peng and Gilbert Coe about Dana Street Dental's move from three chairs to six, then eight, and the point where growth stops being a personal hustle and starts needing a clearer operating system.
Rob Walling on bootstrapped SaaS growth, plateaus, and exits — with founders who lived them.
Abbey Ashley's playbook for turning your job skills into a virtual assistant business.
Naval Ravikant on epistemology, startups, and crypto, from David Deutsch to Vitalik Buterin.
Alex Theuma interviews SaaS founders and investors on scaling to $10M-plus ARR.
Guy Raz traces founders' origin stories and fields live advice-line calls from entrepreneurs.
Alex Blumberg interviews guests like Megan Phelps-Roper and Shane McAnally about failure and reinvention.
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A former Navy dentist shares lessons from his experience on a warship about building effective teams with clear roles and missions, applying them to dental practice management.
This episode focuses on strategies for increasing the enterprise value of a dental practice by maximizing its financial worth as an asset.
This episode features an interview with Michael Filosi discussing his recent successful sale of his practice and the transition process after exiting day-to-day operations.
This episode features an interview with sales expert Abbie White, discussing how to apply effective sales strategies to dental practices to achieve high ROI and growth.
This episode discusses how dentists can achieve practice success by focusing on personal growth, self-leadership, and avoiding negative mindsets and excuses.
This episode explores how dental practice owners can build trust in their teams through systematic verification methods rather than micromanagement, drawing parallels to historical leadership principles.
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Optometrist Luke Mathers shares his journey from founding Specsavers in Australia to dealing with extreme workplace stress and the importance of recovery.
This episode provides guidance for dental practice owners on successfully hiring and retaining clinicians to build a thriving lifestyle practice.
This episode explores how dental practices can leverage customer loyalty to turn repeat visits into referrals, featuring insights from Rob Markey, co-creator of the Net Promoter Score.
This episode explores how dental practices can adapt to rapidly changing customer expectations and technology to become easier to do business with and retain patients long-term.
The host discusses the importance of taking breaks and conducting a forward-focused year-end review for dentists to reflect on 2025 and prepare strategically for 2026.
This episode introduces a four-part 'moat framework' to help dental practice owners protect their businesses from economic downturns by building strong financial defenses like cash reserves.
This episode discusses how practice owners, particularly dentists, can retain more patients and achieve reliable profits without increasing marketing spending by addressing issues like fair compensation and consistent patient flow.
This episode discusses how practice owners can balance creating both financial returns and personal time in their businesses, moving beyond the traditional trade-off between money and time.
This episode identifies three key gaps that prevent dental practices from growing and scaling successfully, starting with the knowledge gap in business skills like marketing and leadership.
This episode explores how dentists can identify opportunities and position themselves for success amidst ongoing technological and industry disruptions like AI and economic changes.
This episode discusses three critical mistakes dentists make when scaling their practices and how to avoid them to prevent financial and operational chaos.
Shep Hyken discusses why exceptional customer experience is rare despite its acknowledged importance, drawing insights from his work with major brands and applying them to dentistry.
This episode discusses how business owners can create automatic financial systems to achieve their goals despite increasing government taxes and compliance burdens, using a horse racing analogy to illustrate the challenges.
This episode segment discusses how successful people handle failure by adopting a 'goldfish mentality' to quickly move past setbacks and improve focus for future success.
This episode discusses shifting from rigid policy-based to principle-based decision making in dental practices to empower teams and improve outcomes.
This episode features an interview with entrepreneur Alan Manly discussing the evolving perception of entrepreneurship, his personal definition of what makes an entrepreneur, and insights from his career journey.
This episode uses gardening as a metaphor to explain how creating the right cultural environment in a team or business is essential for growth and success.
This episode of the Savvy Dentist podcast provides guidance for dental practice owners on how to terminate an employee's contract kindly and professionally while preserving their self-esteem.
This episode explores how a dentist's identity shapes their ability to grow and scale their practice, emphasizing that self-perception drives behavior and results.
This episode features an interview with Matt Formston, a two-time world champion and Paralympian with less than 5% vision, exploring his journey from losing sight at age five to achieving remarkable success in sports and life.
This episode features an interview with Norliza Pavlakos exploring her personal journey from a privileged but painful childhood to her current impactful work in mindset and personal development.
This episode features an interview with shark attack survivor Brett Connellan, who shares his story of physical and mental recovery to illustrate principles of resilience applicable to business.
This episode shares the story of Bob and Mary, dental practice owners who sought help to scale their two-chair practice from $30,000 monthly income to $1 million annually to achieve personal financial goals.
This episode discusses three main reasons why dental associates become unproductive and offers strategies for practice owners to address these issues.
This episode discusses shifting from traditional metrics-focused practice management to building deep connections and loyalty through tribes, inspired by Seth Godin, to transform patients into passionate advocates.
Elite performance gets a lot less shiny up close.
Disorder gets a fair shake here.
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Dr Jesse Green discusses the pitfalls of relying on talent in dental practices, advocating for building systems and capability instead.
At 91, Bob Ansett is still speaking, still sharp, and still useful for owners who want more than war stories.
Dr Jesse Green explains three essential leadership conversations for dental practice owners: the appreciation applicator, the necessary conversation, and the decisive release.
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Dr Jesse Green interviews author Andrea Waltz about overcoming the fear of rejection in business and life.
AI is already in dentistry.
This episode features an interview with Lachie Smart, the youngest person to fly around the world solo, discussing how his aviation adventure and the concept of 'end game thinking' can be applied to business leadership during chaotic times.
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