Casey Bull

Growth is one of the most common goals we hear from orthodontic and dental practice owners. More new patients, more production, more doctors, maybe even another location. On paper, growth sounds exciting. It represents years of hard work paying off and new opportunities for the future. Yet somewhere along the way, many practices begin to feel like they're working harder than ever while making less progress than expected. Communication becomes more difficult. Scheduling feels increasingly...

What the role actually means and who is doing it well. Most dental practices do not need a full-time COO. But almost all of them need what a great COO does. Someone who owns the operational infrastructure. Who is accountable for team performance, not just team training. Who installs systems that run without the doctor in the room. Who looks at production, scheduling, case flow, and culture as an integrated whole, not as separate problems with separate solutions. What Is a Fractional COO? A...

How to find the right partner and stop wasting time on the wrong one. Dental practice consulting is not a small industry. It is a crowded one. Hundreds of firms will tell you they can grow your practice, retain your team, improve your systems, and make the whole thing run without you carrying it every day. Some of them can. Most of them cannot. And sorting the difference before you sign an agreement is harder than it should be. This list is not a ranking. It is a map. We have included the...