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The Lifestyle Practice Podcast For Dentists

The Lifestyle Practice Podcast was created to help dentists obtain their desired life, by creating uncommonly successful dental practices.

Podcast · By Justin Short, Derek Williams, Steve Van De Graaff, Matt Vogt · English · Official site

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Sep 7, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 7, 2026

    324. The Simplest Dental Team Training That Actually Works (opens the original)

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    Dr. Steve Van De Graaff hosts an episode on the single most common struggle he hears from dentists: leading and managing a team. His answer isn't a culture overhaul or an offsite — it's a training you can run in fifteen minutes and start using the same afternoon. The handoff has two rules. First, tell the patient what's coming next, so nobody sits in a chair wondering why they're waiting. Second, build up the team member taking over. "Erica's going to take care of you — she does the best cleanin

  2. Episode · Aug 31, 2026

    323. Why "Hire Slow, Fire Fast" Is Terrible Advice for Dental Practice Owners (opens the original)

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    Firing a team member is one of the most uncomfortable parts of owning a dental practice — and according to Dr. Matt Vogt, most of the advice out there makes it harder, not easier. In this episode, Matt takes apart the popular "hire slow, fire fast" cliché and shares a real coaching conversation with a client who recently acquired a practice. The client inherited a front office where four team members had no clear roles and no defined expectations — including "Kathy," an employee who'd been shuff

  3. Episode · Aug 24, 2026

    322. How I Paid Off $300K in Dental School Loans in One Year (The Full Breakdown) (opens the original)

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    Dr. Derek Williams paid off $300,000 in dental school student loans within twelve months of graduating — then got accused of faking it. In this episode, he addresses every criticism head-on and walks through exactly how it happened. Fresh out of dental school in 2016, Derek bought a practice doing $570K at 50% overhead after evaluating close to 100 practices. In his first year of ownership, he nearly doubled production to $1.3 million — not through one big move, but through hundreds of small ope

  4. Episode · Aug 17, 2026

    321. From $800K a Year to Bankrupt: What Went Wrong (opens the original)

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    In this episode, Dr. Raheel Haider breaks down the exact red flags that turned an $800K practice into a bankruptcy — sky-high rent eating into profit margins, $10,000/month in marketing that wasn't converting, a saturated market with brutal competition, and a seller he didn't trust. This is a real case study in dental practice acquisition, practice due diligence, and the numbers every dentist needs to check before buying a dental practice. If you're a dentist considering practice ownership, a de

  5. Episode · Aug 10, 2026

    320. He Bought a 3-Chair Practice With ZERO Patients on Day 2 — Now It's Doubled | Dr. Eric Palmer (opens the original)

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    Five and a half years ago, Dr. Eric Palmer bought a three-operatory dental practice about 20 minutes outside one of the most competitive dental markets in the United States. The practice had no insurance verification process, no real treatment plan presentation, and a hard credit check on every new patient. Today, that same practice has doubled its production and collections on the same three chairs, runs on a three- to four-day clinical week, and is being built out to eight operatories to suppo

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