517: The Modern Comprehensive Mindset - Dr. Christian Coachman - a podcast by ACT Dental

The Modern Comprehensive Mindset

Episode #517 with Dr. Christian Coachman

In today’s competitive world of dentistry, you need to think comprehensively. But what does it mean to have a modern comprehensive mindset? To explain what it truly means and how it can reinvent your practice, Kirk Behrendt brings back Dr. Christian Coachman, pioneer of the Digital Smile Design methodology and founder of Digital Smile Design. Today, there is no room to be an average dentist! To learn how to differentiate yourself and become a “three-star Michelin dentist”, listen to Episode 517 of The Best Practices Show!

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Main Takeaways:

Stop practicing biased dentistry.

Understand the two pillars of DSD.

Everything starts with mindset and vision.

Great planning is what leads to great outcomes.

Create small plans that you can follow through with.

Comprehensive dentistry can only exist with teamwork.

Stay humble and always embrace your beginner’s mindset.

Quotes:

“[The modern comprehensive mindset is important] because the future of dentistry belongs to the comprehensive thinkers. We know dentistry is becoming more and more competitive. Things are changing drastically, everybody says, and that's true. We are going through a disruption in dentistry. Consumer behavior is changing. Solutions for clinical execution are changing. And the corporate dental world is changing. So, dentists need to basically understand that there will be no room for average practice owners. Either you're going to become extremely special and different, or corporate dentists will take over whatever you do.” (7:21—8:17)

“What I call the three-star Michelin restaurant idea, the three-star Michelin dental office idea, is exactly like in the restaurant business. In the past 20, 30, 40 years, we had all these neighborhood family restaurants that were pretty good, and people would go and eat there. They're mainly gone since chains of restaurants that in the past were just cheap, bad food learned how to do very, very good, fancy food as well with a nice ambiance, nice environment, nice experience. And it took over that whole middle part of the industry, leaving only space for the Michelin chefs to keep their freedom and keep their individuality and keep their business going. So, as a practice owner, I believe that you need to make a choice. Do you want to become a Michelin-star dentist, or do you want to just work for a corporation? And there's no right or wrong, but that's what I see.” (8:17—9:27)

“To become this unique, special place,

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