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Sep 19, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 124

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

 

Key Takeaways:

● Introduction 

● On Being the Smartest Person in the Room 

● Evaluate Where You Are 

     ○ Hire for Your Weaknesses 

     ○ Reevaluate Motives 

     ○ Hold Yourself Accountable

     ○ Desire Growth  

     ○ Be Discerning About Who You Spend Time With 

     ○ Seek Happiness

     ○ Value Progress 

● How to Get People to Like You 

● Victim VS. Victor

● Advice From the Smartest Guy in the Room 

 

 

Tweetable:

What's My Best Use NOW?

Happy Friends Make You Happier

Sep 5, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 122

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Dr. August de Oliveira

 

Key Takeaways:

● Introduction

● 3D Printing Models

     - Aligners

     - Analogs/Restoration

● 3D Printing Parties

● OBJ & Bellus 3D

● Open Sourcing in Dentistry

● Resolution & Precision

● Sprint Ray Pro & Asiga Max

● Resins

● Same Day Dentistry

     - Digital Dentistry

● Eliminating Milling?

● PMMA/Zirconia

● Use in Implant Cases

● Upcoming Printing Parties

     - 3D Printing Party: December 13-15 Eagan, Minnesota

     - November 7-9 Phoenix, AZ

 

References:

3D Printing Party

Guided Implant Course

 

 

Tweetable:

3D Printing Party

Aug 29, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 122

Host: Dr. Peter Boulden  @ DEO Summit

Key Takeaways:

  •  Introduction
  • What is Blockchain?

                 -Disintermediation

  •  What is Bitcoin?

                 -Scarcity

                 -Decentralization

                 -Transparency

                 -Anti-inflationary

                 -Information Revolution

  • FANG Stocks/Cryptocurrency
  • How Blockchain Affects Dentistry

                -Health records

                -Peer-to-Peer, Consumer, & Professional Lending

                -Securitized tokens

                -Advertising & Marketing

  • Q&A with Dr. Boulden      

References:

7 Ways that Blockchain Cryptocurrencies Will Disrupt the Industry

Tweetable:

Best Performing Asset Class, Bar None, Over the Last 10 Years

Putting the World's Money in Perspective

 

Aug 22, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 121

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: @BloodyToothGuy

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Introduction
  • Post-Training: Oral Surgery
    • Trends in the Industry
    • Differing Skillsets
    • Shift in Oral Surgery
  • Human Connection & Communication
  • DSO's
  • Marketing & Brand Awareness
  • Self-Awareness of Skillset
    • Hiring for Your Inadequacies
    • Well-Trained Specialists Within Practice
  • Post-Op Calls
  • Imitation is Flattery
  • Oral Care Focus/Awareness in the Media
  • Spodak + Boulden = BFFs
  • BTG Anonymity 

 

References:

Bulletproof Dental Practice book

 

Tweetable:

Making Dentistry Cool Again

Clinical Acumen Not Equal to Success

You Own the Result of Your Communication

Imitation is Flattery

Hater Mentality Never Leads to Success 

Aug 8, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 120

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Dr. Trey

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Introduction
  • Set the Right Goals
    • Specify & Believe to Achieve
  • Marketing
    • Internal & External Conversion
    • Scripting/Scaffolding
    • Focus on Each Patient
  • No Shows=Same Day Dentistry
  • Developing Your Own Skills
    • Creating Value in Yourself
    • Be AUTHENTICALLY YOU 
    • Gaining Data/Insight on Yourself
    • Finding Your "Why"
  • Hiring/On-boarding

 

References:

Bulletproof Dental Practice book

 

Tweetable:

Same Day Dentistry Can Change the Game

Leadership Never Ends

 

Jul 31, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 119

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

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Key Takeaways:

  • Introduction
  • Audit Your Support Circle: Proximity is Power
  • "Life happens FOR us, not TO us."
  • The antidote to anxiety and stress is massive action.

References:

Bulletproof Dental Summit 2019

 

Tweetable:

Proximity is Power

 

Jun 6, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 118

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Weston Lunsford

 

Key Takeaways:

 

  • Introduction
  • Top Metrics To Move The Needle
  • Dental Intel
    • Net Patient Growth
  • Measuring Success
    • Pearson’s Law
  • What Are You Proactively Doing?
  • Weston’s Top 3 Metrics
    • Average Production Per Visit
    • Hygiene Re-Appointment Percentage
    • Treatment Acceptance Percentage
  • Production Per Visit
    • Net Production Divided Patient Visits
    • North Of $500
  • Hygiene Re-Appointment Percentage
    • Costs Per Acquisition
    • In-Active Patients
    • Net Attrition - Less Than 8%
    • Strive For 85%
    • Patient Selecting
  • Treatment Acceptance Percentage
    • Restorative Care
    • Checking By Teams
  • Focusing On Rewarding Action

 

References:

 

Bulletproof Dental Summit 2019

 

Dental Intelligence Community

 

weston@dentalintel.com



Tweetable:

 

What You Measure Inherently Increases

 

May 30, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 117

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Dr. Christopher Phelps

 

Key Takeaways:

 

  • Introduction
  • Dr. Phelps’s Story
  • Dr. Cialdini’s Methodology
    • Consistency Principle
    • Commitment
    • Public Knowledge
  • Developing New Models For Dentistry
    • Mobile Practices
  • Case Acceptance
    • Sales, Skills & Ethics
    • Understanding Decision Making
    • Focusing The Patient
  • Proactive Or Reactive
    • Tailoring Your Presentation
    • Finding Commonalities
    • Confidence
    • Choices
  • Modelling Who You Are & Who You Are Meeting
    • Knowing The Options
    • Pro’s & Con’s
  • Problem > Consequence > Solution
    • Carefully Asking Questions

 

References:

 

Bulletproof Dental Summit 2019

 

The Phelps Institute

 

Dr. Robert Cialdini

 

Guide Them To Yes

 

Tweetable:

You never want to ask a yes or no question to a leading question that was meant to start a dialogue.

May 23, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 116

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Introduction
  • What Kind Of Influencer Are You?
  • Social Media
  • Instagram
  • Who Do You Want To Be?
  • Knowing What You Want
  • Focusing On The End Game
  • Evaluating Your Time
  • Time Per Hour
  • Return On Investment
  • Selling Dentistry
  • Getting Someone To Say Yes
  • Growth & The Path In Mind
  • Philanthrocapital Mindset
  • Courses & Programmes
  • Business Systems
  • Successful Practices

References:

 

Bulletproof Dental Summit 2019

 

Muse App

 

Tweetable:

 

You Don’t Know, What You Don’t Know

 

I Show People The Beautiful Sausage, Not How It's Made - Dr. Boulden

May 16, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 115

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Jason Price

 

Key Takeaways:

 

  • Bulletproof Dental Summit 2019
  • Introduction To Jason
  • Jason’s Background
    • Dental Real Estate
  • Common Mistakes In Leasing
    • Economic Factors Over Risk Factors
    • Exit Plan
    • Personal Guarantees
  • Lease vs Buy
    • Loans
    • Controlling Your Real Estate
    • Sales Tax
  • The Planning Process
    • 2 Years Before
    • Comprehensive
  • Real Estate & Dentistry
    • Staying In Your Lane
    • Designing Your Practice
    • Equity
  • Interest & Assets
  • Changes In The Future For Dental Offices
    • Multiple Locations
    • Larger Locations

 

References:

 

Bulletproof Dental Summit 2019

 

Crown Tenant Advisors

 

Tweetable:

 

I Like Dentist’s To Have Control Of Where Their Economic Engine Is - Jason Price

May 10, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 114

Hosts: Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Tommy Breedlove

 

Key Takeaways:

 

  • Introduction
  • Dentist 
    • The Fear Factor
  • Tommy’s Journey
    • The Highs & Lows
    • Fears & Insecurities
  • Mastery Over Your Thoughts
    • Building Your Heart & Mental Muscles
  • Humiliation
  • Envy
    • Social Media
    • Instagram
  • Yes or No
  • Gratitude
  • 5 Minute Journal
  • Celebrating What You Have Done
  • Everything Happening for Reason
    • Tragedies
    • Faith

 

References:

 

Choose Goodness Now

 

tommy@tommybreedlove.com

Tweetable:

 

‘One No Is Worth One Thousand Yeses’

May 2, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 113

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Dr. Michael Pikos

Key Takeaways:

  • Introduction
  • The Pikos Institute
    • Specialist vs GP
    • Developing The Hybrid Surgeon
  • Retirement
    • What Is Your Purpose?
    • What Is Your Legacy?
  • Dr. Pikos’s Effect On Patients
    • Impacting On a Personal Level
  • The Future Of Dentistry
    • The Digital Impact
    • Bone Cement
  • Specialty
    • Commitment
    • Implementation
    • Learning
  • Sharing Knowledge
    • Paying It Forward
  • Embracing The Challenges
  • Oral Surgery
    • Improvements In Speciality Training

 

References:

 

Pikos Institute

 

Partners In Synergy

 

Pikos Symposium

 

Tweetable:

 

You Are One Case Away From Never Practicing Again

 

Folks Wanna Go To Heaven, But They Don’t Want To Die

Apr 25, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 112

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Dr. Lynn Flowers

 

Key Takeaways:

 

  • Biohacks
    • Longevity
    • Intermittent Fasting
  • Metformin
    • Anti-Cancer
  • Bulletproof Coffee
  • Nicotinamide mononucleotide
    • NMN
  • Nutrition
    • Fasting Mimicking  
  • Looking To The Future
    • Genetic Profile
    • Changes In Food
    • Drug Responses
  • Spirituality
  • Flowers Medical
    • Consultation
    • Creating A Plan
    • Joining The Practice

 

References:

 

Flowers Medical

 

Joe Rogan Podcast - NMN

 

Tweetable:

 

Cancer Loves Sugar

Apr 18, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 111

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

 

Bulletproof Summer Summit 2019

Apr 11, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 110

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Dr. Lynn Flowers

 

Key Takeaways:

 

  • Introduction
  • Difference between integrated medicine & traditional medicine
    • Natural & holistic approach
    • More comprehensive  
  • Similarities to the dental model
    • Treating healthy clients
  • Top things people should be looking at that are not being tracked in traditional medicals
    • Inflammation
    • Fibrinogen
    • Cognitive function
  • The importance of Vitamin D
  • Hormone replacement therapy
    • Testosterone
  • Cholesterol
  • Mercury 
    • Depression
    • Functional medicine 
  • Activity & healthy 
  • Health & wellness medicines 
  • Resting heart rates & health  
    • Cardiovascular conditioning 
    • Heart rate variability

 

References:

 

Flower Medical Group

 

Tweetable:

 

Inflammation is the source of all illness

Apr 4, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 109

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Dr. Bruce Baird

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Practice profitability
  • Third party financing
  • Insurance
    • Financing
    • Overheads
  • Collections
    • Abella
  • Softwares
    • Plug-ins
  • Dr. Baird’s drive & purpose
  • Bulletproof Summer Summit

 

References:

 

Productive Dental Academy

 

Abella

 

Bulletproof Summer Summit

Tweetable:

How many lives do we have? I just want this one to have meaning - Dr. Bair

 

Mar 28, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 108

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Dr. Bruce Baird

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Introduction
  • Increasing Productivity
    • What are you doing per patient on a day to day basis
    • Comprehensive exams
  • Recommendations from Dr. Baird
    • Reading as much as possible
  • The trifecta of being a great dentist
    • Good hand skills
    • Get people to like you
    • Seeing the problem, diagnosis.
  • Dr. Baird’s processes
    • Giving solutions to problems
    • Building rapport with every customer
  • Patient care
  • Making dentistry affordable
    • Compassionate finance 

 

References:

 

Dr. Christopher Phelps

 

Productive Dental Academy

 

Tweetable:

 

It’s not about money, It’s ALWAYS about relationships

Mar 21, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 107

Host: Dr. Craig Spodak

Guest: Dr. Michael DiTolla

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Introduction
  • Interviewing Richard Branson
    • Virgin Airlines
  • Events & Speaking
  • Being ‘The Average Dentist’
    • Dental School
  • Glidewell Laboratory
    • Remake rates
    • Helping dentists improve
    • Teaching preparation
    • Low clinical confidence
  • Dr. DiTolla’s experience in private practices
  • Live Dental Seminars
    • Clinical video 
    • Mobile seminars 
  • Root canals 
    • Root Cause - Movie 
  • Invisalign
  • Dental impressions
  • Dr DiTolla's future plans 

 

References:

 

Glidewell Laboratory

 

Reverse Preparation

Tweetable:

 

It’s not about you, it’s about your patient.

 

A crown & bridge impression is merely a reflection of the dentist's integrity, nothing more, nothing less - Dr Bill Strupp

Mar 14, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 106

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Chris Tuff

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Key Takeaways:

 

  • Introduction
  • Chris’s Journey
    • The Millennial Whisperer
  • Millennials
    • Connection & compassion
    • Generational traits
  • Rewards & recognition
    • 70/30 Rule
    • Sitting in your care rule
  • Helping identify individual purpose
    • Inspirational Leadership
    • Autonomy
    • Transparency
  • Practical Profit Focused Playbook
    • Generational differences
  • 2009 Financial Recession
  • The boss is the patient 
  • Relationships within work 
    • Tokens of appreciation
  • Creating human-to-human connections

 

References:

 

The Millennial Whisperer

 

The Millennial Whisperer - Amazon 

 

FREE Leadership Assessment

 

Tweetable:

 

You’ve Got To Be a Painkiller, Not a Vitamin

The Boss is the Patient 

 

Mar 7, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 105

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Jacob Puhl

 

Key Takeaways:

 

  • DEO Dental Group Summit 2019
    • Dental Force
  • Dental groups
    • Scaling practices
    • Trends in DSO’s
    • Centralised call systems
  • DSO’s
    • DSO 2.0
    • Top down, bottom up
  • Outside vs Inside
  • Types of dentist
    • Being the best you can be
  • The value of the mastermind
    • Bouncing off others
    • Being the next version of yourself 
  • Risks of group dentistry & DSO expansion
  • DEO Dental Group Summit 2019
    • Guest speakers
  • Changing payment systems 

 

References:

 

DEO Dental Group Summit 2019

 

Use code "bulletproof" for $100 of registration price

 

Tweetable:

 

Be so good they can’t ignore you

Feb 28, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 104

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak & Dr. Peter Boulden

Guest: Amber Mac

 

  • Introduction
  • Amber’s background
  • Impact of AI on dentistry
    • Dental Offices
    • Search by phrase
  • Intelligent personal assistants
    • Cloud-based voice services
    • Amazon Alexa
  • AI’s effect on service industries
    • Machine learning
    • Speed & efficiency
    • Chatbots
  • Efficiency & productivity
    • Improved customer service
  • Future of technology
    • Communications
    • Video services
    • Fulfilling things that humans want
  • Changing landscapes
  • Justin Trudeau’s interview with Amber
    • Technological advances of Estonia

 

References:

Search Engine Land

Tweetable:

If You Are Not Doing It Start Now - Dr. Boulden

Feb 21, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 98

Hosts: Dr. Peter Boulden & Dr. Craig Spodak

Guest: Dr. Dustin Cohen

Key Takeaways:

  • Background on Dr. Cohen
  • Dustin’s Journey
    • Going to business school
  • Top takeaways from business school
    • Going out and marketing your business
    • Functionality of the office, great systems in place
    • Knowing your numbers
  • Leveraging influences inside his practice
  • Purchasing his practice
    • Knowing the numbers
  • Service mix of his office
    • General & cosmetic
  • Words of wisdom from his journey
    • Creative aspect of business & dentistry
  • 10 year plan 

References:

The Practice - Beverly Hills

Dr. Cohen's GQ Article

Feb 21, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 96

Hosts: Dr. Peter Boulden & Dr. Craig Spodak

Guest: Kevin Reardon

 

Key Takeaways:

 

  • Introduction to why Kevin reached out to Peter & Craig.
  • Student Loans
    • How should students approach this?
    • First year income.
    • Looking at your student loan as performing debt, buying security in your future.
  • Private practice opportunities & new graduates.
    • Ownership & making a lot of money are not exclusive with one another.
  • How to position yourself as a pseudo-specialist?
    • More access to information.
    • Technology being the great equalizer.
    • How to get from new grad to CE?
  • How to not get taken advantage of as a graduate.
    • Be careful of online forums.
  • Get your dental education from rockstar clinicians & look for business inspiration from inspirational business people.
    • Find clinical mentors & the biggest thinkers in business.
    • Create a 3 year vision.
  • Success vs failure in dentistry.
    • Valuing your time.
  • How do you take the leap and start networking with the best?
    • Start doing stuff for the right reasons.
    • Doing good has a universal law to it.
  • What is possible & what is the way to get there?
    • Being told you can’t do it

 

Tweetables:

Ownership & making a lot of money are not exclusive with one another - Peter Boulden

Feb 21, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 93

Hosts: Dr. Peter Boulden & Dr. Craig Spodak

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Introduction
  • Summit recap
  • The significance of digital marketing
  • Social media in business
    • Content
    • Organic interaction
  • Social media in 2019
    • Unique content
    • News hacking
    • Infiltrating other pages
    • Influencers
  • Providing value
    • Videos
    • Before & afters
  • Reviews
    • Yelp

References:

Titans Of Dentistry

The Bulletproof Practice

 

Feb 21, 2019

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 103

Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak

Guest: Britnie Turner

 

Key Takeaways:

 

  • Introduction
  • BVI Stronger
    • Helping after the hurricane
    • Ariel Produced
  • Friendship with Richard Branson
    • Importance of good friendships
    • Business is a creative expression of who you are
  • Date With Destiny
  • Social Media & success
  • Focusing on the everyday
  • What does the best YOU look like
  • Access to best information & people
    • The podcast
    • Surrounding your brain with the best people
  • Britnie’s struggles in business
    • Your excellence will come out eventually
    • Doing stuff for you
  • Happiness & success
  • Business as a force for change
  • Aerial Global Community

 

References:

 

Aerial Global Community

 

Date With Destiny

 

Tweetable:

 

How can you be stronger on the other side - Britnie Turner

 

If you live by peoples praise, you’ll die by their criticism

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