Dental A Team Podcast

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Dental practice coaching with operational teeth.

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Dental A Team Podcast is high-energy practice management for dental owners and teams who need cleaner systems, stronger communication, and better operating habits. Episodes move quickly from real office friction to concrete fixes around scheduling, KPIs, hygiene alignment, accountability, AI, and profitability.

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About Dental A Team Podcast

Dental A Team Podcast focuses on the real operating mess inside dental practices. Not theory. The show spends its time on the habits, systems, conversations, and numbers that decide whether a practice feels smooth or constantly strained. Kira Dent brings a perspective shaped by working across many dental office roles, including dental assistant, treatment coordinator, scheduler, biller, office manager, regional manager, and practice owner. That range gives the show its main advantage: it can talk to doctors and team members without treating either side as the whole story. Episodes often begin with a practical question. Where is the invisible friction? Which numbers actually matter? Is the owner acting like the CEO the practice needs? What would accountability look like if every person in the room agreed to be held to one clear thing? The answers are usually behavioral before they are strategic. Listen to phone calls, review scheduling habits, clarify expectations, read body language, repair communication, and make the system predictable enough that success stops feeling like a guess. The show also brings in broader business themes, but keeps them tied to dental work. AI and automation appear as efficiency tools. KPIs appear as owner literacy. Hygiene alignment appears as a relationship and workflow issue, not just a production target. Accountability appears as a culture skill built through small commitments, direct follow-up, and better communication around conflict. Dana’s appearances add a looser team dynamic, with banter that often turns into hard-nosed coaching about leadership, hygiene, vision, and accountability. Guest episodes and borrowed interviews expand the room further, including conversations about practice profitability and outside interviews discussing AI, efficiency, leadership, systems, culture, and scaling. The pacing is quick and enthusiastic, with repeated examples used to make the takeaway unmistakable. It is not quiet management content. It is practice coaching with momentum, built for people who need to run a better dental business while still surviving the day in front of them.

Made for: Dental practice owners, office managers, hygienists, front-office teams, and consultants who want practical systems for smoother days and stronger performance. It also fits business-minded listeners interested in dental-specific leadership and operations.

What sets it apart: The show stands out by translating broad business ideas into specific dental-office behaviors: scheduling, hygiene alignment, accountability, KPIs, and team communication. Its strength is the mix of owner-level strategy and office reality.

In their own words

This podcast is here to give dentists and all dental office team members, in EVERY position, TACTICAL and PRACTICAL TIPS to:- Be more efficient- Have more fun- Improve doctor and team communications- Eliminate frustration- And make your life easier!Jump in! We are thrilled you have decided to LEVEL UP and be part of the DENTAL A TEAM!New episodes every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Dental A Team Podcast turns dental-office management into specific decisions about schedules, leadership, finances and patient flow.

Dental A Team Podcast treats a dental practice as a working system whose weak points can be spotted, measured and changed. Kira Dent draws on experience across clinical support, scheduling, billing, office management and practice ownership, then keeps conversations close to the…

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One episode later, your dental huddle becomes a dress rehearsal instead of a roll call.

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a dental schedule shaped around patient flow, not room-to-room improvisation
Kira Dent's push to give each role one outcome that actually matters

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practice friction auditsKPIs and profitabilitydoctor and hygiene alignmentteam accountabilityAI and automationleadership and CEO mindsetpractice culturecommunication habits

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Has Your Practice Undergone the Invisible Friction Audit?Apr 9, 2026

A dental-practice audit that traces culture problems through the schedule's daily promises.

Invisible friction becomes concrete in this single-episode review: the unreliable schedule, missed lunches, late finishes, and gradual drain on team energy.

Creating the Perfect Gatekeeper to Your PracticeMar 19, 2026

One clear outcome per role, or the schedule starts making the rules.

The episode frames a dental practice as something that can be measured by giving each role one main outcome or KPI. It keeps the focus on the front office, the scheduler, the treatment coordinator, and the doctors, with expectations anchored to concrete targets such as a full…

Scale Your Dental Practice AND Reduce OverheadMar 18, 2026

A practical look at overhead as a growth decision, not a vanity metric.

This episode stays with the math of a growing dental practice: when overhead should ease, when it may rise by design, and why a clean percentage is not always the right goal while the team is still being built.

If You Want to Change the World, Have a Morning HuddleMar 17, 2026

A practical case for turning the morning huddle into a real plan for the day.

The episode frames the morning huddle as a working design session for the dental day, not a rote pass through the schedule. The focus is on what the team can see coming: a hygiene patient with existing treatment needs, room for same-day care, x-rays or photography the doctor may…

Patient Flow Is Different in 2026. This Is What to Do about It.Mar 12, 2026

A grounded look at how dental teams can make patient flow feel coordinated from schedule to exit.

Patient flow becomes part of the patient experience here, with Kira Dent making the case that a schedule can decide whether a dental office feels calm and coordinated or strained and chaotic.

Keep Your Head On Straight With AI

A practical case for bringing dental payment systems up to the pace of patients' everyday lives.

The episode grounds a technology topic in the everyday payment friction dental practices know well. It follows patients trying to pay bills, manage appointments, or handle family scheduling after work, then links smoother payment processes to steadier accounts receivable,…

Leadership Takes Daily Practice. Here's How to Start

A practical look at how growth plans, check-ins, and visible progress can make trust easier to build.

Leadership comes through here as a daily habit, not a title handed over once and left alone. Kira Dent keeps the focus on practical ways a dental office can make trust visible: growth plans, clear expectations, doctor-led check-ins, and one-to-five self-evaluations that show…

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Episodes

Get Patients To Say YES To High-Dollar Cases

Seriously, Stop Shying Away From Accountability

Reduce Stress, Lead With More Confidence & Stop Micromanaging

Want to Shift into Growth Mode? Here's What to Do.

This Episode Is Your Wakeup Call

#goals: Personal AND Professional

Find Confidence in Your Financials By Doing This

From Practice Operator to CEO — What You Need to Know

It's Time For a Test

Tax Strategies You Simply MUST Know Before April 15

From Chaos to Consistency: Steps For Owners to Succeed

Design Your Practice Vision Like a CEO

The Oft-Forgot KPIs of Service

Practice Autopsy: From Stagnant to Producing in 6 Weeks

Do You Know the Most Important Numbers?

Dental CEOs 101

Proof That You Need to Know Your Numbers

Dentists, Here's How to Successfully Wear Your CEO Pants

The Best Way to Measure Your Practice's Progress Is… (Drumroll, Please)

Here's What You're Not Delegating (That You Really, Really Need To)

What It Takes to Obtain Financial Freedom

The Only Checklist You Need For 2026

Leadership Takes Daily Practice. Here's How to Start

The ~Magical~ Goal-Projection Calculator

You Probably Don't Think About Team Bonding Like We Do

Which Is Better: Paying Employees Based Off Production or Collections?

One Practice, One Year: Roadmap to Flourishing

Billing Tips to Make You $$$ (For Work You've Already Done)

Here's How a 5-Star Front Office Operates

Where Are You in Your Business's Life Cycle?

These Are Critical Pieces For Your Onboarding Strategy

Your Teams Want to Be Appreciated! Here's What To Do.

The Secret to Success With Perio

Vision-Driven Growth is the Panacea Your Practice Needs

Creating the Perfect Gatekeeper to Your Practice

The Science Behind a Stress-Free Practice

Achieve Work/Life Balance WITHOUT Sacrificing Production

The Ad That Will Hire Your Unicorn

The Best Present on a Day Full of Presents

Fast Track through the Pharmacy: What to Know for Easier Clearances

How to Calibrate Your Hygiene Team

The Perfect Formula for Onboarding Your Dream Team

The Missing Piece to Achieving Your Practice’s Goals

Tax Day Is Coming! How Can You Keep More of What You Make?

CEO Habits for That Next Level

Branding Your Practice with Intention and Impact

The Art of the Perfect (Dental) Partnership

Scale Your Dental Practice AND Reduce Overhead

The Right DNA For Success

Are You Misunderstanding Work-Life Balance?

How to Merge Patients (and Culture) Successfully

The Dental A-Team Podcast Evolution (Happy Birthday to Us!)

The Template You Need to Optimize Your Schedule

Is Your Practice Healthy?

This Is the Holy Grail of Dentistry

A Quick Tip to Increase Your Profit

The Right Kind of Spice for Your Practice

THIS is the Best Time to Plan Your Meetings

How to Reduce Overhead Without Cutting Team Members

Becoming Business Savvy With a Clinician-Fist Mindset

Has Your Practice Undergone the Invisible Friction Audit?

Keep Your Head On Straight With AI

Patient Flow Is Different in 2026. This Is What to Do about It.

4 Steps to 98% Collections

3 Costly Pitfalls + How To Course-Correct

Does Your Practice Have THIS Hidden Gold Mine?

How to Drop Your Overhead FAST

Finding Your ROI on ___________

Pay Attention to THIS When Purchasing an Additional Practice

Are You Looking Ahead For Your Practice?

We Need to Talk about That Bottleneck Problem