The My Practice My Business Dental Podcast
Welcome to The My Practice My Business Dental Podcast. I'm Dr. Rob Thorup, Clinical Director at MPMB. In our podcast shows we help dentists profit and thrive with excerpts from The Clinical Business of Dentistry Training here at MPMB.This podcast is dedicated to helping dentists and their teams reclaim forgotten profitability in dentistry, and to learn business skills specifically designed for dental practices. We look forward to your subscription, and we hope you let your colleagues know about our podcast. For more information on our GUARANTEED training, please visit us at www.mypracticemybusiness.com and surf our website pages. Our mission statement is simple: We increase the monthly net revenue of dental practices with our key methods, tools, and training utilizing every day, need-based dentistry, even with PPO plans. And we teach you how to do it ethically, legally, and morally, adhering to contracts and state laws, so you can be paid fairly for the services you provide.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 24 minutes
- Episodes
- 166
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Conflict in the Dental Office
As if being a dentist isn't stressful enough, we also get to deal with the second highest cause of stress in the workplace, that of blending together the people who work for us. In this…
Direct Operating Costs and Profitability: how our best thought leaders continue to miss the mark...
Direct operating costs are to be viewed on an hourly rate. Knowing this number is mission critical in setting your fee-for-service fees, and determining if a particular dental insurance…
Are You Ready for the Next Attack on Your Dental Business?
In this podcast you will hear about discussions I've had with colleagues on things they have learned from the Covid-19 pandemic. They discussed with me things they are grateful they did…
Did an Oral Surgeon Really Say That?
Stop making up excuses for not offering ridge preservation on every adult extraction. It should be your patient's choice, not yours. Oral Surgeons, of all dental colleagues, should know…
Are You Training Your Patients, or are your Patients Training You?
It's time to start training your patients, if you haven't already, that dentistry isn't free.
Free Dentistry Syndrome: is it the Dentist, Front Office, or Both?
Not charging for the amazing dental services you provide hurts you Doc, and your dental team.
Why is Change so Difficult to Achieve?
Learning new skills, going through new trainings, purchasing new technology all requires change. Maximizing those skills, trainings, and technology requires implementation. In this podc…
What? No Up-Front Cost for MPMB Training? We are Giving Back...
During this tough time for most dental practices, we wanted to give back. We have gone virtual with our training, and there are no up-front costs. We don't make money unless you make mo…
Our Best Thought Leaders in Dentistry Suffer from the Status-Quo
After reading several publications in the dental industry with regards to increasing production within our dental practices and mastering insurance protocols, it's safe to say the statu…
Task Managers vs. Task Thinkers
It's amazing how we have become, or have limited ourselves, into being "task managers". What makes a "task thinker"? Someone who is usually educated, either with lots of formal educatio…
Our Thoughts and Prayers are with All of You
This is without a doubt one of the toughest times I've seen in our Nation. Lots of shaming and bullying going on with dental networking groups within our state, dentists just trying to …
An Office Manager's Validation
An office manager on day two of our training said to me, "I went home and told my husband that I knew I wasn't crazy. I knew there had to be a better way to present treatment, and actua…
Business 101 for Dental Hygienists
This past week there were several comments about the wages being offered new dental hygienists in the State of Utah. They couldn't believe many docs were offering a starting salary of $…
What Does a Dental Business Look Like?
Today we give you seven talking points of what your dental business should look like. Obviously, this isn't a complete list, but it is one that consumers look at. Remember, consumers ar…
Team Development in our Nation's Capital
Dental Eyes Were Opened at the Bellingham Washington Seminar
All of you need to know our Clinical Business of Dentistry Introductory Seminar is always being updated. We continue to place new information in our presentations as we go. However, I k…
Please, Save the Jawbone!
Why are there so many dentists not offering ridge preservation to their patients who need surgical extractions, or any extraction for that matter...baby teeth not included. If only you …
Preventing Fraud and Embezzlement in your Dental Practice
Our thought leadership here at My Practice My Business is in protecting the office manager and all team members, in addition to the dentist owner, when it comes to fraud and embezzlemen…
The Business Cycle of Direct and Indirect Pulp Caps
Dental insurance companies, most of them, simply do not cover direct and indirect pulp capping. They state in their rules and regulations that dentists are to bundle them with the "glob…
Who Pays For Dentistry?
Everyone thinks that whatever the contracted rate with a patients insurance company states is what they can charge. Nothing could be further from the truth when it comes to more expensi…