The Orthopreneurs Podcast with Dr. Glenn Krieger

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The Future of Orthodontics w/ Dr. Sima Yakoby Epstein Founder and CEO of OrthoNu Aug 30, 2022

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Dr. Sima Yakoby Epstein is a first-generation American whose family always believed in the American dream.

Playing tennis was one way she thought would bring her closer to the American dream, but it took her to good schools, where she started the journey to become an orthodontist and an entrepreneur.

Currently, she is the founder & CEO of OrthoNu. OrthoNu is the pioneer in the advancement of oral healthcare and self-care professional tools for Orthodontic Patients.

She explains how the different products developed by OrthoNu help patients with the oral challenges/emergencies they face in their ortho journey and also help free orthodontists' time by reducing emergency visits.

But probably the most impactful innovation they are working on is the diagnostic testing tool that uses saliva to help with the early detection of numerous diseases.

She has partnered with the University of Pennsylvania on clinical research to create oral healthcare solutions that start at the ortho office but transcend into other medical fields.

Tune in to this episode to learn more about OrthoNu products and what we can expect from them as they redefine orthodontic care.

Key Takeaways

Meet Dr. Sima Yakoby Epstein (00:00)

How Dr. Sima became an orthodontist (03:51)

The goal of OrthoNu (08:15)

OrthoNu self-care professional tools (10:32)

The role of preventive medicine in orthodontics (15:20)

Using saliva to diagnose diseases early on (18:04)

The future of orthodontics (23:29)

What’s in the ortho goodie bag (24:52)

Additional Resources
🔹Check out OrthoNu here: https://orthonu.com/
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneur

How to Be a Better Leader in Your Practice | 5-Minute Friday Aug 26, 2022

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Today, we'll talk about being a good leader and a manager in your practice.

What type of a leader are you? Are you a micromanager who wants everything done their way, or do you consider yourself to be only a doctor and let your team do things their way?

Both these approaches are extremes.

The key is finding some balance in your management style where you set the direction in your practice but also allow your team to be part of the decision-making.

Tune in to this 5-Minute episode to learn how your management style impacts your practice and how to keep evaluating if it's working or not.

Key Takeaways

- What kind of manager are you? (00:34)

- The risk of being a micromanager (01:25)

- How to identify if your style is working (01:58)

- Involving your team more in decision-making (02:42)

- Do this one thing at your next team meeting (03:19)

- You don't have all the answers (04:39)

Additional Resources
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneur

You Entitled Little Punk! w/ Dr. Sheldon Salins Aug 23, 2022

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If you have ever received a 1-star Google or Yelp review, chances are that you got so mad at it and even considered how you could possibly remove it.

Joining me today on the OrthoPreneur Podcast is Dr. Sheldon Salins. He practices in the Bay Area of California.

He shares his Orthodontic Journey and his experience hiring his office staff in the location he practices. You can only imagine how tough it can get with the competition for people from the tech companies which seem to have unlimited money.
But other than this, we talk about online reviews. Dr. Salins will be one of our amazing speakers at the upcoming OrthoPreneurs Summit in September.
He gives us a sneak peek of his presentation on the potential of online reviews to boost your revenues. Online reviews can become your most significant referral system when done right.
However, you'll occasionally get that angry one-star review from a disgruntled patient. Actually, not having all 5-star reviews is a good thing!
Tune in to learn why and the correct way to go about asking for reviews.

Key Takeaways

- Dr. Salins' journey to becoming an orthodontist (00:57)

- The hiring situation in California (08:03)

- How Gen Z spending habits affect your practice (14:53)

- Using LightForce customized bracket system (16:31)

- Take a break from your practice (21:16)

- How to create time for yourself (28:17)

- How OrthoPreneurs Summit has changed Ortho meetings (36:09)
Additional Resources
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneur

What’s Your OTHER Career? | 5-Minute Friday Aug 19, 2022

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Have you taken some time to think about your other career?

Numerous studies show that millennials, who form the bulk of orthodontists today, are not wired to stick to one career throughout their lifetime.
That means you’ll most likely want to change your career at some point. You may want to transition to being more of a teacher, using your wisdom to collate information and giving in to others.
If you only focus on being a better and better clinician, it might lead to a more miserable end-of-life existence.
No matter what age you are right now, you need to start giving some thought to what else you love doing as it will inform your next career.

Tune in to this 5-Minute Friday to learn more.

Key Takeaways

- Fluid intelligence vs. crystallized intelligence (00:34)

- What else do you love doing (02:06)

- You may find yourself wanting to get out of orthodontics (03:05)

- If you only focus on becoming a better clinician, you will be unhappy later (04:54)
Additional Resources
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneur

This Is How You Become A Better Orthodontist w/ Dr. Jeff Lee Aug 16, 2022

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Today on the show, we have one of the warmest, nicest people in our profession. Dr. Jeff Lee has this genuine desire to help others who might need his help and also do well by his patients.

He wants to see our profession move in the right direction, and surely, he is playing his role in achieving this.

In this episode, he shares his journey of becoming an orthodontist. Initially, he wanted to be an endodontist, but all this changed in the third year of dental school when an ex-marine tried to punch his face midway through a root canal procedure. Crazy story there…

He went on to Seton Hill for residency and, upon graduating, realized how much more he still needed to learn to become a better orthodontist.

Tune in to this episode as Dr. Jeff Lee shares his story, with some important lessons young orthodontists and even older ones can take from it.

Key Takeaways

- How Dr. Lee became an orthodontist (00:59)

- How to be a better orthodontist after residency (08:19)

- Why we all need CE (10:42)

- Dealing with self-doubt as a clinician (18:23)

- Do your best - make the patient happy (21:36)

- The role of social media in treatment (25:51)

- The Kardashian effect on orthodontics (27:45)

- Advice for new practice buyers (30:35)
Additional Resources
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneur

What's Holding You Back? | 5-Minute Friday Aug 12, 2022

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I have some simple questions for you today….

Is there something you want to have in your life right now? What's holding you back?

You guessed it… it's YOU.

There's absolutely nothing, without any excuses, that should stand between you and whatever you want in life.

It might be something in your practice, a hobby, spending more time with your kids, going back to school, more free time, lower stress…I mean, the list is endless.

What are you waiting for to implement something that gets you closer to your dreams, something that makes you happier? What's more important that makes you wait?

Listen to this 5 Minute episode for one secret I have learned over the years to get things done!

Key Takeaways

- Defining what you want (00:35)

- What are you waiting for? (01:10)

- What's holding you back? (03:12)

- Do those difficult things you've been putting off (04:42)

- The only person standing in the way is you (05:57)
Additional Resources
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneur

How a Virtual Assistant Can Change YOUR Life w/ Melissa Smith Aug 09, 2022

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Having a VA is one of those things you don’t know you need until you get one and realize what you’ve been missing.

Having some tasks taken out of your plate not only saves you time but can improve your quality of life significantly. It allows you to focus on what you love doing and, in the process, even earn more.

Those 1 or 2 hours a VA helps take off your daily schedule adds up fast. It might be the difference between spending more time with your family, getting adequate sleep, or finding time to work out.

A virtual assistant is a highly-skilled, knowledgeable, and experienced person who chooses to work remotely. They are not your regular high school graduate looking to make a few dollars.

Personally, I have greatly benefited from having a VA handle some of my tasks that would otherwise take a lot of my time.

In this episode, I am joined by Melissa Smith, a Virtual Assistant Matchmaker who has helped me and others find VAs who are a good fit.

If you don’t know what exactly a VA does, how to get one, what to look out for, and how to onboard one into your life, then this episode is for you.

Tune in!

Key Takeaways

- Meet Melissa Smith (01:01)

- What a Virtual Assistant does (06:39)

- The real test and mark of a VA (10:55)

- How to onboard a VA (16:52)

- How much to pay a Virtual Assistant (22:57)

- Best practices to ensure your VA succeeds long term (33:35)
Additional Resources
🔹 Hire the Right Virtual Assistant: How the Right VA Will Make Your Life Easier, Create Time, and Make You More Money by Melissa Smith
🔹 Register for OP Summit 2022 here: https://opsummit2022.com/
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneur

I'm NOT Going Down Without a FIGHT | 5-Minute Friday Aug 05, 2022

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There's something empowering about facing something tough and refusing to go down without a fight. Doing everything in your power to make sure you win the storm.

Make no mistake, you are going to go through many storms in your life and in your career.

Sometimes, things will go terribly wrong in your practice. Maybe a client complains, no one accepts treatment, a great team member leaves, etc. These things will happen, and you know what, you'll ride the storm and come out fine.

On the other hand, sometimes things go along very well, those great days when everything goes beautifully. But don't make the mistake of thinking that this will always be the case.

We all have these ups and downs, positives and negatives, all the time. The key is to learn how to embrace the storm and help those around you survive it with you.

Tune in to this 5-minute episode to learn how to embrace the storms we face at the current moment and survive them.

Key Takeaways

- Things are never as good or as bad as they seem (00:29)

- We're in a storm. Life will get tougher for a while (01:34)

- I'm not going down without a fight (04:04)

- Don't let things push you around (04:38)
Additional Resources
🔹 Register for OP Summit 2022 here: https://opsummit2022.com/
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneurs

De Novo Practices and Creating a Side Business w/ Dr. Susan Podray Aug 02, 2022

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Dr. Susan Podray is not only a good orthodontist but also a dyed-in-the-wool entrepreneur. She has a 6-location practice in Georgia besides investing in commercial real estate and also running a side business with her kids.

Just like my own journey, she didn't become an orthodontist straight away. She first practiced as a general dentist briefly, then went back to school to become an orthodontist just like her father. Her brother is also an orthodontist. (The apple doesn't fall far from the tree)

As you'll be hearing in this episode, Dr. Susan and I have even more things in common. We are both partners at Smile Doctors. We discuss how our practices have become more efficient after joining the OSO. She has even gone ahead and opened a new practice while partnered with Smile Doctors.

You'll definitely find her unique perspectives on many issues helpful, including starting a de novo practice compared with buying an existing practice and creating more income streams into your life as you get older.

Listen in!

Key Takeaways

- General dentistry to Ortho (04:44)

- Develop your personal brand (11:17)

- Starting a new practice while partnered with an OSO (18:27)

- Becoming more efficient after joining an OSO (21:02)

- Buying a practice vs. starting a new one (25:08)

- Finding balance in life (38:41)

- Running a side business (45:05)

- Creating more income streams as you get older (50:47)
Additional Resources
🔹 Register for OP Summit 2022 here: https://opsummit2022.com/
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneurs

An Amazing Career Journey w/ Dr. Chris Bonebreak Jackson Jul 26, 2022

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Dr. Chris Bonebreak Jackson grew up in an orthodontic family. Her father was the town orthodontist in Clarksville, Maryland. She'd spend a lot of time in the practice helping out with her twin brother, who went to dental school and became an orthodontist straight away.

She went to MIT to study Mechanical Engineering and found her way to Wall Street to work as a high-yield bond trader with Goldman Sachs.

The thrill and buzz of Wall Street didn't last long, after 5 years, she longed for something different. She missed working with her hands and helping people in a tangible way.

Around this time, she attended an Ortho convention with her family in Boston, only to be inspired by all the Ortho tech on display.

She decided to take a new career path and went to Harvard Dental School and UNC Chapel Hill for her Ortho residency.

She practiced Ortho for a while and is now headed to Massachusetts to work as the Director of Clinical Affairs at LightForce.

Hers is an amazing story where everything she has done, from mechanical engineering, to finance to practicing Ortho, has aligned perfectly to bring her to her present position.

Tune in to hear Dr. Chris Bonebreak Jackson's amazing story, how she's pulled it off, and her next big potential career move.

Key Takeaways

- Dr. Chris Bonebreak Jackson's amazing career journey (01:41)

- Changing careers and going to dental school (08:07)

- Time investment for a career change (12:57)

- The different stages of life we go through (15:15)

- Overcoming Sunk Cost bias (14:48)

- Life is too short but long enough to try different things (17:10)

- Working as an Associate without a contract (21:53)

- No matter what you are doing, learn something new (30:04)
Additional Resources
🔹 Register for OP Summit 2022 here: https://opsummit2022.com/
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneurs

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