Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
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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.
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Howard Speaks: What is the best way for a dentist to lower their lab bill?
January 12, 2023 22:10 - 48 seconds - 1.12 MBHoward Speaks: How do you find a dentist?
January 12, 2023 16:08 - 1 minute - 1.45 MBHoward Speaks: Dentists need to figure out their demand destruction from pricing
January 11, 2023 23:51 - 1 minute - 1.85 MBIs it better to have a higher total case price by adding up each individual tooth and gum procedure in a full mouth rehabilitation? Or… is it better to set one price for the total case that is lower in price? At what price does demand stop? At what price do you break even? What would be the optimum price to collect the most total revenue.
Howard Speaks: Howard Speaks: Dr. Howard Farran discusses going out of network with Delta Dental with dental office manager expert Maria Medina
September 28, 2022 22:32 - 9 minutes - 8.75 MBHoward Speaks: Dentist Howard Farran discusses treatment plan presentations with expert world-class closer Maria Medina
September 28, 2022 22:30 - 4 minutes - 3.79 MB1645 Dr. Edward Zuckerberg on P.gingivalis and Overall Health : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
September 14, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBDr. Zuckerberg is a 1978 graduate of NYUCD and owned his own practices in Brooklyn and Dobbs Ferry, NY from 1979-2013 before moving to California. Dr.Z was an early tech adopter, placing his first PC in his home based office in 1986 and pioneering technologies such as intraoral cameras in the 80s, air abrasion, lasers and digital radiography in the 90s and created a paperless office and utilized CAD/CAM technology twenty years ago well before they were mainstream. His early adoption caught t...
Ask Howard #14 How important is the patient experience?
August 23, 2022 19:03 - 2 minutes - 3.73 MBDr. Howard Farran discusses the patient experience and just how important communication is. Join the community at www.dentaltown.com
Ask Howard #13 What advice do you have for dentists seeking an associateship?
August 23, 2022 19:01 - 8 minutes - 12.3 MBDr. Howard Farran discusses what to look for when considering where to work during your associateship. Join the community at www.dentaltown.com
Ask Howard #12 Hygiene Profits and Associateships
August 16, 2022 15:40 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MBDr. Howard Farran discusses hygiene profits and things to consider when looking at associateships. Join the community at www.dentaltown.com
Ask Howard #11 How has inflation affected dentistry?
August 11, 2022 20:28Howard answers takes a look at recent inflation hikes and how the dental indsutry is handling it. Join the community at www.dentaltown.com
Ask Howard #10 When is it time to retire?
June 08, 2022 16:35 - 10 minutes - 24 MBHoward answers "When do you know it is time to retire?" Join the community at www.dentaltown.com
Ask Howard #9 What tips do you have for work life balance?
May 31, 2022 16:16 - 13 minutes - 31 MBHoward answers "What tips do you have for work life balance?" Join the community at www.dentaltown.com
Ask Howard #8 How do you know when its time to start your own practice?
May 19, 2022 18:46 - 10 minutes - 18.7 MBHoward answers "How do you know when it's time to start your own practice and how did you manage having children and being a practice owner?" Join the community at www.dentaltown.com
Ask Howard #7 What is something you wished you learned sooner?
May 16, 2022 16:21 - 43 seconds - 1.32 MBHoward answers the question "What is something you wished you had learned sooner in your dental career?" Join the community at www.dentaltown.com
1644 Advice for First-Time Practice Buyers with Dr. Nolan Patel : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
May 16, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBNolan Patel is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. He started off working in private practice part time for his mentor and part time at a DSO. At the beginning of 2021 he switched full time to the DSO and has recently started looking into practice ownership. To stay up to date with dentistry he attends Spears CE courses and in his free time you can find him checking out local bars and restaurants in Chicago. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.d...
Ask Howard #6 Prophy Exam
May 03, 2022 15:36 - 2 minutes - 5.07 MBHoward answers the question "sometimes patients don’t want exam with the prophy for whatever reason. Can you submit exam code with the prophy if dr. doesn't see patient? What is the legal status around this? Join the community at www.dentaltown.com
Ask Howard #5 New graduate pediatrics tips
April 25, 2022 17:23 - 9 minutes - 17.1 MBDr. Howard Farran gives a new graduate some advice on working with pediatric patients. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com
Ask Howard #4 Practice Ownership, What's Often Overlooked?
April 20, 2022 15:42 - 13 minutes - 24.2 MBOn this episode, Dr. Farran answers the question "What would you say is the most important part of owning a practice, but often gets overlooked."
Ask Howard #3 Inflation
April 18, 2022 16:09 - 21 minutes - 39.2 MBDr. Howard Farran looks into how inflation affected dentists in the 1980's, and if he would have done anything different looking back. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com
Ask Howard #2 Operatory Production
April 13, 2022 12:53 - 4 minutes - 7.43 MBDr. Howard Farran helps a dentist looking into how much production they should be expecting from increasing their number of operatories. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com
Ask Howard #1 Hygiene Compensation
April 11, 2022 15:06 - 10 minutes - 18.4 MBHow do you compensate hygienists for additional cleaning? Dr. Howard Farran takes community questions and gives you his uncensored take on everything dentistry related. Reply to these videos, or use the hashtag #askhoward on Twitter or Facebook to submit a question for Howard. Join the community on Dentaltown at https://www.dentaltown.com
1643 Dr. David Rice on Igniting Your Passion for Dentistry : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
April 11, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBAs seen on the Doctors, founder of the nation’s largest new dentist and student community, Dr. David R. Rice travels the world speaking, writing and connecting today’s top young dentists with tomorrow’s most successful dental practices. In addition to igniteDDS, David is Chief Editor of DentistryIQ and leads a team-centered, restorative and implant practice in East Amherst, NY. With 28 years of practice in the books, he’s trained at The Pankey Institute, The Dawson Academy, Spear and most pr...
1642 Chase Your Dreams and Start Your Practice with Dr. Fesaha Gebrehiwot : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
April 04, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBDr. Gebrehiwot was born in Eritrea, East Africa. He won a diversity visa lottery to come to the United States and arrived here without any family or friends or any sense of direction. When he arrived, he worked odd jobs while starting with English for Second Language Speakers at Phoenix Community college. After graduation he was fortunate to get a job with Motorola as a Product engineer. Working for Motorola provided health and dental insurance, which allowed him to go to the dentist for the...
Howard Speaks: Howard Farran DDS, Scott Perkins DDS, & Jake Wolf DDS in El Paso, Texas.
March 15, 2022 16:53 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBHoward Speaks: Howard Farran DDS discusses same day dentistry with efficiency legend Scott Perkins DDS, & logistics guru Jake Wolf DDS in El Paso, Texas.
March 14, 2022 12:00 - 6 minutes - 5.61 MBHoward Speaks: Howard Farran DDS with dental logistics guru Jake Wolf DDS and his Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA) Tanya
March 11, 2022 15:28 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBHoward Speaks: Howard Farran DDS with efficiency legend Scott Perkins DDS, dental assistant EFDA Tanya & logistics guru Jake Wolf DDS in El Paso, Texas.
March 10, 2022 16:41 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBHoward Speaks: Dr. Liz Shelton in Beeville, Texas on adding sleep apnea treatment for her patients.
March 03, 2022 18:25 - 6 minutes - 5.55 MBHoward Speaks: Grandpa Howie says if the food has a label on it, don’t eat it.
February 28, 2022 16:06 - 2 minutes - 1.97 MBHoward Speaks: Try using a longer leash to attract and retain the best talented employees
February 25, 2022 15:35 - 1 minute - 1.78 MBTry using a longer leash to attract and retain the most talented people that reflects your company’s mission and values which includes building an employee-focused culture. You build your patient base with word of mouth referrals, the same holds true with attracting new talented employees and why they should be involved in the recruiting process. We have several mother / daughter employees who claim working together all day is the best part of our benefits package.
Howard Speaks: Listen to treatment plan expert Amy share tips on leading the patient to schedule for treatment and turn a cancelation into rescheduling an appointment.
December 28, 2021 23:27 - 2 minutes - 2.5 MBHoward Speaks: Dr. Tater Tot shares his Tips On Temps (TOT)
December 20, 2021 22:51 - 3 minutes - 2.97 MBHoward Speaks: I saw a tornado once. It really blew me away.
December 16, 2021 21:14 - 3 minutes - 3.01 MBHowards Speaks: How do you prevent corruption, embezzlement, and fraud in your dental office business?
December 09, 2021 18:28 - 2 minutes - 2.43 MBHoward Speaks: Your Treatment Plans Must Last At Least Five Years
November 09, 2021 16:57 - 1 minute - 1.35 MBYour treatment plans must last at least five years. Patches will come back to bite you, especially on the elderly who usually outlive everyone’s expectations.
Howard Speaks with Scott Bradshaw and Miles Cone DMD, CDT on how GC has changed the dental industry over the past 100 years
September 30, 2021 15:43 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBHoward Speaks: Dentists could learn a lot from Costco
September 27, 2021 16:09 - 2 minutes - 2.13 MBDentists could learn a lot from Sol Price (1916-2009), the founder of Price Club in 1963, which became Costco, which pioneered the membership, absolute pricing authority, warehouse store retail model. The membership model is currently one of the hottest trends in retail. A store that tries to be all things to all people will end up being nothing to anyone. A retailer reflecting honesty, credibility, and a definite direction that can be understood by its customers and vendors will have a good...
Howard Speaks: In baseball and HR, three strikes and you’re out.
September 24, 2021 20:39 - 1 minute - 1.83 MBIn baseball and HR, three strikes and you’re out. So, if you fire someone and they’re surprised, you need to reexamine your ability to manage and lead your team. Sometimes no matter how many times you tell someone they’re not performing and meeting expectations, they just don't get it. However, more times than not, managers and leaders want to avoid confrontation and they don't ever address the issues with someone and instead avoid the person. That's being a horrible leader or manager. Let’s...
Howard Speaks: Getting to Yes by Tracking No
September 22, 2021 18:49 - 2 minutes - 2.58 MBGetting to Yes by Tracking No means you better know your overhead and break even point for the day. The average net income for: Dental Specialists ($320,990) General Practitioners ($197,190) Dentists who owned their own practices ($244,980) Dentists who were employed at a practice ($147,950) Oral and maxillofacial surgeons $448,140 Periodontists: $330,690 Endodontists: $307,460 Pediatric Dentists: $304,280 Orthodontists: $289,190 Prosthodontists: $219,950
Howard Speaks: Does your dental team celebrate as much as your family?
September 21, 2021 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.92 MBDoes your dental team celebrate as much as your family? Do they spend more time discussing problems than celebrating victories? The whole team is greater than the sum of each team member. There’s no such thing as a self-made dentist. You’re only gonna reach your goals with the help of others - and that means having fun.
Howard Speaks: Is a bird in your hand really worth two in the bush?
September 21, 2021 00:12 - 1 minute - 1.54 MBIs a bird in your hand really worth two in the bush? Is it really better to hold onto something you already have than risk it all for a double? Did capitalism die? Why didn’t you keep your fast-food job instead of spending years and student loans for something better? Saving money for retirement is about laying out a bird now to get two or more out of the bush. Do you really want to be an associate dentist? When you decided to be a dentist back in grammar school did you envision yourself as ...
Howard Speaks: Transparency vs Opaque
September 14, 2021 21:09 - 2 minutes - 1.91 MBTransparency vs Opaque. I was wondering why successful dental leaders are transparent and not opaque until it became clear to me that if your not it’s clearly offensive. Does your dental office team know the daily breakeven point? Do they know the office overhead? Do they get to see the accounting reports for the balance sheet, statement of cashflow, and statement of income? Management transparency is the key to trust and the foundation for strong management-employee relationships to analyze...
Howard Speaks: Dentistry could learn a lot from Sanford I. Weill, the former CEO of Citigroup.
September 09, 2021 23:12 - 3 minutes - 2.9 MBDentistry 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 after examining his teeth. His major break on Wall Street came with a mundane job doing g the paperwork behind the brokers trades. Sandys success with Citigroup came from mastering the back office mundane details of Wall Street trading, banking, insurance, and finance creating value from the knowledge and details of accounting, record ke...
Howard Speaks: Let’s get back to the pre-pandemic mindset.
September 07, 2021 16:05 - 2 minutes - 1.98 MBLet’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 dental office. What do champion dentists do more of that their colleagues don’t?
Howard Speaks: Dentists could hit a Hank Aaron sized grand slam
August 31, 2021 00:10 - 59 seconds - 946 KBDentists 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 locations since Harold Butler and Richard Jezak founded the first Denny’s in 1953 in Lakewood, California. Denny’s are 24/7/365 explaining why in 1988 more than 700 of their 1,221 stores didn’t even have locks. During an economic contraction being poised for growth means you’re conveniently available, with low enough overheard, to perf...
An Honest Conversation With Dr. Howard Farran Of Dentaltown About The Future Of Dentistry
August 23, 2021 19:31 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBChris Pistorius talks with Dr. Howard Farran, the founder of the incredibly popular online dental community, Dentaltown. Chris & Howard have an open and honest conversation about all things dental.
Howard Speaks: How do you manage people?
August 19, 2021 20:19 - 57 seconds - 905 KBFirst 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 like a bad manager. Get the right person who is already internally motivated, loves to work, loves their new job, who gets along with people, now you barely have to manage them and they’re making you look like a pro, because that’s how the pro’s do it. Sporting teams couldn’t manage me to be an NFL quarterback or the next ballerina. Your...
Howard Speaks: What is the best use of my dental office profit dollars?
July 16, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.39 MBWhat 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 disappeared since 2000. Economist Joseph Schumpeter called this creative destruction in 1942. Mufasa called it the circle of life in the 1994 Disney children’s movie Lion King remake of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in 1603. This is why how you allocate your capital is not only the most important business decision you’ll ever make, it’s also the m...
Howard Speaks: Dentists could learn a lot from Pizza Hut
July 15, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.39 MBDentists 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 because their sign only had room for eight letters, whereas dentistry has nine. I want to personal thank Dan Carney with a shout out for making a religion out of availability to the young entrepreneurs, always making himself available to young dreamers like me and my High School buddies listening to all of our ideas, always adding construct...
Howard Speaks: Dentists could learn a lot from Sonic Drive-In
July 14, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 2.44 MBDentists 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 technology speaker box allowing you to stay in your car to order with your food deleted by a carhop. Today Sonic has over 3,494 locations in 46 U.S. states, and is owned by Inspire Brands which also owns Arby's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Jimmy John's, Rusty Taco, Mister Donut, Dunkin' and Baskin-Robbins. The franchise fee for a single SONIC...