If you’re wondering how your dental practice compares nationally, or just want to know what the latest trends are in the sector, today’s show is a must-listen as we welcome Beth Gaddis, Editor in Chief at Planet DDS, to share insights from the company’s 2025 Dental Industry Outlook Report based on data collected from the thousands of practices it serves with software solutions. Headlining the findings is that AI and automation are impacting everything, from the patient journey to insurance verification to claims processing and more, presenting opportunities for improvement of business practices. “Being able to automate the transfer of data so that team members don't have to leave what they're doing and can keep everything within the same ecosystem allows them to be more efficient than ever before,” she tells Filling You In hosts Dr. Anushka Gaglani and Dr. Abhishek Nagaraj. The report is also loaded with valuable benchmarks of key metrics such as average cancellation rates, number of new patients per month, case acceptance rates and much more.

This highly insightful interview with Beth also covers:

• How the “Gig Economy” model is coming to dentistry
• New options for patient financing
• How her background in journalism influences her work

Mentioned in this episode:

Planet DDS

Areo Dental Group

Today on Filling You In with A-Squared, we're delighted to welcome a respected voice in dentistry to the podcast who has played a particularly important role in advancing women as leaders in the industry. Dr. Aman Kaur has done this both through her mentoring relationships and through founding Women in DSO, the fastest growing dental association with over 50 partner organizations across the globe. “It has grown because it is built around the needs and gaps women had experienced in the industry over many, many years,” she explains to hosts Dr. Anushka Gaglani and Dr. Abhishek Nagaraj. Benefits of membership include mentorship programs, wellness programs, legal assistance, and much more, and plans are underway to add elder care, pet care and other benefits that Dr. Kaur describes as “women centric.” Dr. Kaur believes supporting women in these and other ways and boosting their presence in senior roles is not only the right thing to do, but it is good for business. “We just know statistically by having more women in leadership, we will be closer to our consumers because more than 80% of financial decisions of any household are being made by women.” Turning to a broader look at the DSO industry, Dr. Kaur sees growth in joint venture models that align the interests of dentists, DSOs, and financial partners. "You've got to be sitting in the same boat, looking at the same direction, have the same goals."

In this highly informative conversation, Dr. Kaur also addresses:

• How to drive results through clinical excellence and operational discipline;
• Her perspectives on effective DSO structures and business models;
• Her take on private equity firms and their role in supporting DSOs.

Mentioned in this podcast:
Women in DSO

Areo Dental Group

To be a successful entrepreneur you need to be all-in, but that creates the risk of letting your business become your identity. Lifetime entrepreneur Steven Neuner – who has built, scaled, and exited multi-million-dollar companies – joins us on this episode of Filling You In with A-Squared to explain how to prevent that from happening and share other insights about how to be successful in business without sacrificing your life priorities. One key step is determining your purpose first and then building from there. In fact, he thinks Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs should be flipped on its head. “Most of the value creation in our personal and professional lives happens by really being intentional around purpose.” Steven helps entrepreneurs achieve new levels of freedom and growth as a strategic coach and mentor, and through his work with Superpowers, a company which matches entrepreneurs with growth-minded executive assistants, a core theme of a book he co-authored called Superpowered.

In his wisdom-packed conversation with Dr. Anushka Gaglani and Dr. Abhishek Nagaraj, Neuner also talks about:

• Common mindset traps that hold people back;
• Making sure your priorities do not compete with each other;
• Finding your superpowers.
  

Mentioned in this episode:
stevenjneuner.com

Superpowers

Areo Dental Group