{"id":439,"date":"2016-02-19T18:33:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T18:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/?p=439"},"modified":"2026-03-04T20:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:53:42","slug":"defining-size-big-vs-small-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/defining-size-big-vs-small-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining Size: Big VS Small Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let me be clear. I love \u2018big\u2019 Practices when they are done right. I am a great advocate, strategist, and creator of Associate Based Dentistry. Yet, I don\u2019t care how many ops you have, you can be \u2018small\u2019 and be big and dumb in your operational methods or you can be \u2018big\u2019 and be small and strategic in your operational methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know by now my approach is specific to the Doctors\u2019 visions and goals for themselves and their Practice. 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Learn how independent dentists are dropping PPOs, cutting their patient volume, and pushing profit margins to 50 percent using the Lifestyle Practice model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flow wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/the-four-freedoms\/\" style=\"border-radius:100px;color:#2582eb;background-color:#fff;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-size:28px;letter-spacing:2px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Escape Big Insurance: Get The Four Freedoms <br>(Free Book)<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class='evbShape bottom' data-shape='{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;svg&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;100%&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;150px&quot;,&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#fff&quot;,&quot;flip&quot;:false,&quot;invert&quot;:false}'><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not that I hate the idea of \u2018big\u2019 practices \u2013 I hate what the idea of \u2018big\u2019 practices have done to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/big-dentistry-in-small-practices-the-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Small Practice Dentist.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have, as my private clients, some of the biggest, most profitable, largest new patient number practices in the country that are all independently owned \u2013 I don\u2019t work with and never will, the corporatized dentistry or big box insurance-driven volume-based dental mills \u2013 I stand by the small business dentist 1000%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I\u2019m here to tell you why You are the future of dental care and why the Small Practice Revolution is upon us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know this because I see it, live it, and absolutely create it every single day. I can tell you this, my <a href=\"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/real-independence-for-the-independent-dentist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">independent Dentists<\/a> who would consider themselves \u2018small\u2019 are the <a href=\"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/more-profit-through-leverage-and-maximization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most profitable<\/a>, the most well balanced and they out earn any multi-doctor \u2018large\u2019 practice operator that I know, at least two to one at their peak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sure they have to do more dentistry, but they are \u2018small\u2019 Associate Models that work beautifully, profitably and are just right for many types of independent dentists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the thing, looking at hour for hour (worked, hands in the mouth) all that matters are three things: did you enjoy it \u2013 was it on your own terms \u2013 and how much money did you put in YOUR (not your practice\u2019s) bank account to further your own personal, family, and life ambitions; using your Practice as vehicle to drive you further along your own journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s my intention and I want to be blatant, transparent, direct and bold with you \u2013 I want to debunk all the stupid rumors, myths and brainwashing BS that has been spouted in every nook and cranny of our great industry since the bust in 2008, maybe even before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For nearly 10 years it has been all about how to smash the little guy or girl and conglomerate the people who have no passion or heart in dentistry to make it all about the money, all about volume, all about leveling the playing field, socializing, maybe even communizing Dentistry by letting Insurance Companies, Discount Dental Clinics, and other \u2018insider\u2019 groups take control and tell you what to do, who to do it with, and how much you can charge in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I must shout at the top of my lungs \u201cOther Dentists like you are NOT the enemy it\u2019s all of these other people, organizations, and entities that are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have even been so called allies of the industry, Groups of Dentists themselves who have risen up like some Super Pac and promised great things and then turned their back on those who made it all possible in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know what I\u2019m talking about\u2026DD\u2026ring a bell and by the way only in Dentistry would that trigger the thought of an insurance company and not something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u2019mon. You just can\u2019t trust anybody. Not their intentions and not what they promise and certainly not someone that is trying to change who you are, what you want, and why you want it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember \u2013 it is NOT about how much money you make (doing that is not hard, making money, really, pretty easy if you know what you are doing, get out of your own way, and let opportunity happen) \u2026 it\u2019s about HOW you make the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you have to give up, sacrifice, fight through, put up with, accomplish \u2013 what do you have to trade in time, energy, life, health, money \u2013 to get the return, experience, joy, peace of mind, wealth, and practice growth that you deserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is the question, the only question that matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next 2 weeks I\u2019m going to debunk every myth about \u2018small\u2019 Practices and I\u2019m going to lay the groundwork, give you the foundation, and show you the way to create, instigate and explode your practice by following my Small Practice Revolution Formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s plateau breaking, profit shattering, satisfaction fulfilling and above all else \u2013 fun; as it should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh and in case you are wondering, by small, I don\u2019t mean in money, or really even in size, I mean in operations, not complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have lifestyle models with 2 ops, 4 ops, 6 ops, 8 ops, 10+\u2026I have \u2018small\u2019 Practices doing $2, $3, $4 even $5 or $6 million dollars\u2026all because they didn\u2019t give in or give up control over the <a href=\"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/the-3-threat-types-compromising-the-integrity-and-profit-of-private-practice-dentistry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">integrity of their Practice.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They built their own little personal empires inside of a bubble where they are king or queen, where they do the Dentistry they love, where they get paid what they are worth and where they have the team that they deserve. 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