The Orthopreneurs Podcast with Dr. Glenn Krieger

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From An Associate To A Partner At Kozlowski Orthodontics Apr 19, 2022

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Today on the OrthoPreneur show, we have Dr. Michael T. DePascale. He is a partner at Kozlowski Orthodontics.

Mike graduated top of his class from the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine and then went for residency at the University of Maryland Orthodontics program in 2017 before joining Kozlowski Orthodontics as an associate.

His clinical excellence and continuous improvement in understanding the business processes and practice management saw him elevated to a partner at one of the leading orthodontics practices in the country.

Kozlowski Orthodontics is well known for orthodontics efficiency, the highest quality treatment, and amazing patient experience.

Dr. Jeff Kozlowski is an internationally sought-after lecturer renowned for his unique perspective on quality orthodontic treatment results and clinical efficiency.

Joining him as a partner says all you need to know about Dr. Michael T. DePascale

He attributes his rise to a willingness to listen and learn from his mentors and those who know more than him in the profession.

In addition to Ortho, Mike is an avid fitness enthusiast. He does some pretty cool stuff and inspires orthodontists and other people to be better every day.

Tune in to hear his amazing story and be inspired!

Key Takeaways

Dr. DePascale Ortho story (04:03)
Becoming a partner at Kozlowski Orthodontics (08:07)
Advice for associate orthodontists (11:21)
Orthognathic surgery for sleep issues (17:45)
Deadlifting 500 pounds + running a 5-minute mile on the same day (27:05)
Stretch your limits over and over again (34:24)
It's all about the journey (37:58)

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/OrthoPreneu

Scale Up Or Scale Out? | 5-Minute Fridays Apr 08, 2022

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As an orthodontist or a dentist, there comes a time when you give serious thought to scaling your practice.

But what nobody really talks about is what scalability actually means. Understanding what we need to do for our practices to get them bigger and more effective is key.

Now, there are two types of scalability:

Scaling up
Scaling out

In this episode, I take you through the process of scaling and what it entails by using practical examples of what we have done in our practice and when you should consider doing them.

The question for you today is, where are you right now in your practice, in terms of scaling up or scaling out, relative to where you want to be?

To learn more about scalability, join Dr. Ben Fishbien, Amanda Floyd, and Dr. Sarah Howle For the "Orthodontic Practice Management and Marketing for Growth and Scalability" Course in April 2022 at the OrthoPreneur University.

Key Takeaways

- What scalability entails (00:33)

- The 2 types of scalability (00:52)

- When you should consider scaling (02:30)

- Practical examples of when to scale (03:01)

- Are you ready to scale? (04:41)

Additional Resources
🔹 Register for Dr. Ben Fishbein's course here: https://orthopreneurs.com/practice-management-and-marketing-for-growth
🔹 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

One-On-One Meetings: How This Tool Increases Productivity Fivefold Apr 05, 2022

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Let’s face it. HR is one of those issues that we would rather not deal with as orthodontists.

Finding and keeping a good talented team affordably is quite the challenge. Matters are not helped with the Great Resignation, which has turned out to be the Great Hop.

It’s not all doom and gloom, though. There are a few tricks we can use to get the best out of our team.

That’s why I have invited Paul Edwards, CEO, and Founder of CEDR Solutions, the leading provider of expert HR support for private dental and medical practices. (this is his second time on the podcast)

He takes us through some of the things we should be doing in our practices to motivate our team.

One key takeaway from him is the power of one-one-meetings. Data shows that it increases productivity by up to five times.

But how do you do them effectively?

Take a listen and learn from the HR expert what is working in the modern workplace and what’s not.

Key Takeaways

- The Great Resignation to The Great Hop (07:20)

-Intentional Hiring- How to do it (11:16)

- Every time a hire fails; look at yourself (17:15)

- How to keep your staff from jumping ship (19:33)

- The power of one-on-one meetings with your team (20:56)

- One-on-ones vs. informal check-ins (22:23)

- Being the best cheerleader for your team (23:06)

- The FIRR Framework for corrective conversations (32:56)

- How to document your one-on-ones with the team (34:28)
Additional Resources
🔹 Join the Free private Base Camp Facebook group and connect with other business owners, managers, and HR experts: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HRBaseCamp
🔹 https://www.cedrsolutions.com/manager-one-on-one-meetings-with-employees/
🔹 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

Marketing For Growth And Stability | 5-Minute Fridays Apr 01, 2022

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Today’s episode is in honor of the incredible Dr. Ben Fishbein and Amanda Floyd, who are speaking at the OrthoPreneur University on April 1st.

They will be speaking about marketing your orthodontic practice effectively for growth.

There are a lot of ways you can market your practice. You can do social media, SEO, Facebook ads, Google AdWords, Instagram ads.

You can also do GP referrals, community outreach programs, sports, events, etc.

Some practices go all in with one of these, while others try a more balanced approach to spread their marketing dollars effectively.

Your approach will be informed by what you want for your practice.

Listen to this episode to learn more about all the marketing options out there and their pros and cons.

Key Takeaways

- Marketing scalability course with Dr. Ben Fishbein (00:27)

- A balanced marketing approach (02:03)

- How to spread the marketing $$$ effectively (02:46)

- Finding and marketing to your niche (03:53)

- What % of your collections should go to marketing (04:14)
Additional Resources
🔹 Register for Dr. Ben Fishbein's course here: https://orthopreneurs.com/practice-management-and-marketing-for-growth
🔹 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

Take Action on your Pending List Mar 29, 2022

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As orthodontists, we know that it takes a lot to build and grow a successful practice that provides us with the financial freedom and work-life balance we are all looking for.

In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Ann Marie Gorczyca from Antioch, California. She is a practicing orthodontist of 32 years. In addition, she has authored 4 books on dental practice management. These are the books she wished she had early on in her career.

She shares some of her vast wealth of knowledge on how we can better manage our practices to increase income, reduce expenses and maximize profits.

💡The bottom line is how profitable your practice is.

One important tip that Dr. Gorczyca insists on is the orthodontist's role in clearing up the pending list by making follow-up calls. It doesn’t matter how long ago a patient came in for an exam; there is no downside to following up.

Tune in to tap into Dr. Gorczyca’s decades of experience in dental practice management to maximize profits in your practice!

Key Takeaways

- Introduction to Dr. Ann Marie Gorczyca (00:49)

- 6 aspects of orthodontic practice management (01:25)

- Work-life balance (05:15)

- Treatment coordination- the engine of your practice (11:43)

- The single important characteristic of a fantastic TC (14:51)

- Make that Follow up call after two days (16:49)

- Role of the orthodontist in managing finances (32:04)
Additional Resources
🔹 Get Dr. Ann Marie Gorczyca Books on Amazon
🔹 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

How To Achieve The Ideal Oblique Smile Profile | Five Minute Fridays Mar 25, 2022

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In line with this month's theme of esthetic dentistry, today, we talk about the huge importance of the oblique smile.

As orthodontists, we don't pay as much attention to that smile as we should, or at least many of us don't, despite talking a big game to our patients.

Even though the straight-on profile is very helpful and the front face image, the oblique smile is what makes a case stand out.

As orthodontists, we should be thinking beyond moving teeth, we should be thinking full esthetics. And the oblique smile plays a huge role in this.

Luckily, we've got one of the greatest teachers of our generation, Dr. David Sarver, for this month's Course at the OrthoPreneur University.

He loves talking about the oblique smile and will be teaching Interdisciplinary Smile Projection Techniques That Will Change Your Practice Forever!

Tune in 🎧 to learn more!

Key Takeaways

- The importance of the oblique smile (00:28)

- Clinical images vs. real-life smile (02:29)

- Smile projection (03:44)

- Think beyond moving teeth, think esthetics (04:43)
Additional Resources
🔹 Register for Dr. David Sarver's course Here: https://orthopreneurs.com/2021-smile-projection
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneurs

Closing Anterior Open Bites Predictably w/ Dr. Nicole Scheffler Mar 22, 2022

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In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Nicole Scheffler. She is one of the amazing speakers lined up for the Orthopreneur Summit in September.

Dr. Nicole Scheffler received her dental and orthodontic training from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. She practices full-time in Boone, North Carolina.

She lectures a lot on closing anterior open bites all over the country and the world.

Back in the year 2000, when nobody was doing TADS in the US, Dr. Nicole went to Belgium to learn how they were placing TADS and how the patient experience was. She came back and approached ORMCO, and that’s how VectorTAS came about.

Nicole recommends closing open bites with TADS in conjunction with an open bite splint to intrude the posterior because it’s just as stable as jaw surgery.

We also talk about creating a vibrant office culture where staff want to come to work. This is important as we all know getting and keeping dental assistants who are the right fit is key to the success of your practice.

Tune in!

Key Takeaways

- Dr. Nicole Scheffler’s background (01:38)

- The pedo-ortho relationship (06:48)

- How Dr. Nicole got into open bites (10:30)

- Orthognathic surgery (14:31)

- The etiologies for an open anterior bite (16:14)

- Closing open bites with aligners or TADS? (20:27)

- How to find good assistants for your practice (22:53)

- Advanced Dental Assisting Academy (24:33)

Additional Resources
🔹 Op Smiles: https://www.opsmiles.com/
🔹 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

Fundamental Concepts In Smile Design| Five Minute Fridays Mar 18, 2022

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Today, I want us to talk about something very few people in orthodontics speak about. We rarely even get to hear about it in ortho residencies.

But it's an excellent opportunity to bring it up as we get closer to Dr. David Sarver's 4.5 CE Credit Course at the Orthopreneur University.

We are talking about embrasures and their role in designing the perfect smile. Incisal and gingival embrasures will either break or make your case. 💯

If you are looking to get better outcomes and make your practice stand out, then this is definitely something you should be interested in.

Tune In! 🎧

Key Takeaways

- Incisal embrasures (01:11)

- Why you should be reshaping teeth in all your cases (01:58)

- Gingival embrasures (03:11)

- Gingival contouring (04:33)

- What's in Dr. Sarver's Course at the Orthopreneur University (06:13)
Additional Resources
🔹 Register for Dr. David Sarver's course Here: https://orthopreneurs.com/2021-smile-projection
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneurs

Interdisciplinary Smile Projection For Lifetime Esthetics | Five Minute Fridays Mar 11, 2022

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As we get ready for Dr. David Sarver's course at the Orthoprenuer University, I have brought on the legend himself to give us just a small snippet of his 4.5 CE Credit Course Titled Interdisciplinary Smile Projection for Lifetime Esthetics.

Dr. Sarver teaches us how to see things differently by using a face-first approach to treatment planning.

This gives us a global picture of how facial esthetics works and how we can incorporate it into our orthodontic treatment.

The lateral view/oblique is particularly important in achieving the best smile projection for our patients.

Tune in to this episode as Dr. David Sarver teaches us how to see the smile in a whole new way.

Key Takeaways

Upcoming Dr. David Sarver's course at Orthoprenuer University (00:51)
What is Smile Projection (01:21)
Why the lateral view of a smile is so important (04:21)
How orthodontists can turn good cases into exceptional cases (05:59)

Additional Resources
🔹 Register for Dr. David Sarver's course Here: https://orthopreneurs.com/2021-smile-projection
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneurs

Aesthetic Finishing In Orthodontics | 5- Minute Fridays Mar 04, 2022

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The overwhelming majority of orthodontists hate restorative dentistry. This is odd because, as an orthodontist, you probably have better hand skills and a better understanding of restorative dentistry than many restorative dentists.

As part of our treatment planning, we need to consider restorative dentistry work to finish cases appropriately.

In this and the coming episodes of 5 minute Fridays, we'll talk about restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, and the macro and micro aesthetics of what we do. This is the stuff that will truly set your practice apart.

Listen in to learn more on macro and micro aesthetics as we gear towards Dr. David Sarver’s course at the Orthoprenuer University.

Key Takeaways

How restorative dentistry will set you apart as an orthodontist (00:32)

Prosthetic orthodontics (02:40)

The representation of photos relative to real-life (04:03)

Why you need to pay more attention to macro and micro aesthetics (05:53)
Additional Resources
🔹 Register for Dr. David Sarver's course Here: https://orthopreneurs.com/university
🔹 For more information, visit: https://orthopreneurs.com/
🔹 Join our FREE Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrthoPreneurs

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