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  • How to Grow Your Practice with Patient Financing

    October 7, 2026 · 44 min

    Dental patient financing is in nearly every practice, and Gary Takacs says very few offices use it to grow. On The Thriving Dentist Show, Gary and Naren Arulrajah compare dentistry with the car market, where 83% of new cars are financed…

  • Offshore Dental Practice Team Members, A Solution or a Folly?

    September 30, 2026 · 44 min

    Should your practice hire offshore dental team members? Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah take the question on. Gary's 2018 test put a trained remote team member on his phones when the office was missing close to 30% of calls during business…

  • Is a Partnership the Right Practice Model for You?

    September 23, 2026 · 42 min

    Is a dental practice partnership the right practice model for you? Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah cover the benefits of the partnership model, from lower associate turnover to a 3-day doctor week. They also explain how to vet a potential…

  • Should You Run Google Ads? When Paid Search Beats Waiting on SEO

    September 16, 2026 · 37 min

    Should you run Google Ads for your dental practice? Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah settle paid search vs organic SEO: why ad patients cost 5 to 10 times more, the four cases where Google Ads make sense, the 15% cap on ad management fees…

  • Work-Life Balance vs. Work-Life Integration

    September 9, 2026 · 38 min

    Two thirds of dentists in the largest private dental Facebook group said they would not advise their own son or daughter to become a dentist. Gary Takacs reads that as a work-life balance problem and argues balance may be the wrong goal…

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  • 5 Specific Scheduling Recommendations for a Thriving Practice!

    September 2, 2026 · 42 min

    Dental practice scheduling is the difference between a $2,000 day and a $7,000 day in the same eight hours. One solo dentist saw 41 patients and finished feeling like he'd been run over by a Mack truck. Gary Takacs gives five specific…

  • Dental IT, Cybersecurity & HIPAA Essentials with Dr. Lorne Lavine

    August 26, 2026 · 52 min

    Dental practice cybersecurity is a patient-retention problem, not an IT problem. Health and Human Services counts a ransomware infection as a reportable breach, and Dr. Lorne Lavine has watched practices lose a quarter of their patients…

  • Startup vs Acquisition, Which Path Actually Wins?

    August 19, 2026 · 41 min

    Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah on the startup vs acquisition decision that shapes a dental career. The three situations where a startup actually makes sense, and why most dentists do not qualify for any of them. A real coaching client who…

  • The Strategic Planning Episode

    August 12, 2026 · 48 min

    Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah on the one question that separates thriving dental practices from stuck ones: if your practice was as good as it could be, what would that look like? Three real coaching case studies — Invisalign starts from…

  • Is Your Marketing Actually Working? The Few Numbers Every Owner Should Watch

    August 5, 2026 · 43 min

    Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah on the five marketing numbers every dental practice should track and most do not. The two-chasms model. The conversion grading scale: A is 70%, national average is 33%, failing is below 50%. A coaching…

  • How to Make Your Hygiene Exams as Effective as Possible!

    July 29, 2026 · 45 min

    In 2025, 60% of all high-value cases across Gary Takacs's coaching client base came directly out of the hygiene exam. This episode covers the full system: intraoral camera protocol, verbal pass-off, the personal detail that makes patients…

  • How to Become THE Practice for the Dentistry You Love

    July 22, 2026 · 46 min

    Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah on the one strategic move that separates the happiest dental practices from the rest: the signature service. How to choose it by following your heart rather than market data, build it through lab-fee cases…

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About the show

The Thriving Dentist Show by Gary Takacs guides dental practice owners and dentists in creating a profitable practice with financial independence while delivering hallmark-level quality of care. Gary's lively discussions run the gamut from eye-opening lessons for you to become successful.