You Don't Need Marketing, You Need To Check Your P&L

Most practice owners look at an empty chair and immediately assume they have a marketing problem, but the real issue is usually hiding in a profit and loss statement that hasn't been updated in six months. Dentists are notorious for hyper-focusing on shaving points off their clinical supply bills to save money, all while flying completely blind on the massive, wealth-draining expenses that actually dictate their take-home pay.

In this episode, Dr. Peter Boulden, Dr. Craig Spodak, and Ian de Jongh break down the true levers of practice overhead; they discuss why cutting costs is rarely the path to profitability, and why timely bookkeeping is the ultimate prerequisite for growth. Craig even drops a controversial take on why strict fee-for-service practices might consider taking insurance just to stop the bleeding.

The guys also detail how to use AI as a fractional CFO, spotting trends and cash leaks you might not see on your own.

The takeaway: stop trying to cost shrink your way to success and start mastering the math that actually runs your business.

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