Dental All-Stars - Dentistry Podcast
Dental All-Stars - Dentistry Business Podcast is for dentists looking to improve their profitability and mindset. Topics include management, leadership, marketing, scheduling, phone skills, hiring & hr, to name just a few. Enjoy easy-to-digest, high-quality audio interviews with Dentistry's Top Experts, including Larry Guzzardo, Eric Vickery, Robyn Reis, Alex & Heather Nottingham, and more!
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Episodes
433 episodes
Discover the Magic Within - Part 1
In this episode, Eric Vickery interviews Alex Nottingham, JD, MBA, to explore his book My Uncle the Magician and the powerful idea that perception shapes reality. Through personal struggles and mentorship, Alex shares how shifting mind...
Objections vs Rejection
Shelly VanEpps and Alex Nottingham JD MBA discuss how patient objections aren’t rejection but opportunities to connect. By addressing concerns like cost, time, fear, and trust with empathy and strong communication, dental teams can improve case...
Culture Conversations
Robyn Reis, Director of All-Star’s Hiring Service, and Alex Nottingham JD MBA explore building intentional workplace culture in dental practices, emphasizing “culture by design,” behavior-based expectations, and effective communication to align...
Fan Favorite | Profits Production & Growth
In this fan-favorite episode, Larry Guzzardo and Alex Nottingham, JD, MBA discuss challenges like insurance pressure, rising costs, and burnout, emphasizing team development, training, and ownership to achieve long-term success and better work-...
The Know it All
Alex Nottingham JD MBA and Heather Nottingham explore how to handle “know-it-all” team members and patients. It highlights the role of fear and ego, the importance of a growth mindset, and how leaders can foster a culture of learning through em...
Integrator vs Implementer
Shelly VanEpps and Alex Nottingham JD MBA discuss integrators vs implementers in dental teams, why you don’t need a “unicorn” hire, and how understanding personalities, communication, and leadership helps build a strong, effective team that exe...
Fan Favorite | Boost Your Phone Skills
Learn the GREAT Call Process—a simple 5-step framework to improve dental phone skills and turn callers into patients. Discover how “Share the Sizzle” helps teams highlight what makes their practice unique, build rapport, and create an all-star ...
The 4 Pillars of Practice Growth - Part 2
The secret to real practice growth isn’t just clinical skill—it’s leadership, systems, and communication. In this episode of the Dental All-Stars Podcast, we break down how strong mindset, clear expectations, and systemized communication...
The 4 Pillars of Practice Growth - Part 1
In this first episode, Alex Nottingham, Shelly VanEpps, and Eric Vickery discuss the first two pillars of growth—culture and leadership—highlighting the importance of clarity, trust, emotional intelligence, and intentional core values as the fo...
2026 AI & Marketing Forecast
Patrick Chavoustie of Omni Premier Marketing and Alex Nottingham JD MBA break down the 2026 dental marketing forecast. From AI search and rising ad costs to reviews, local SEO, and phone conversions—learn how dental practices can turn every pat...
2026 Investing Forecast
Markets swung wildly in 2025 as AI stocks surged and gold rallied. Financial advisors, Barron and Julian Natelli with Oppenheimer unpack volatility, recession odds, and smart diversification. Their core advice: balance risk and reward, think lo...
Fan Favorite | Dental Block Schedule Training
This fan-favorite episode features Larry Guzzardo and Alex Nottingham, JD, MBA discussing how pre-blocking your schedule increases productivity, improves assistant utilization, and keeps your day on track—plus when to hold or release time and h...
The Phone Butterfly Effect
Heather Nottingham and Alex Nottingham JD MBA discuss how one phone call impacts everything in a dental practice—from marketing ROI and show rates to case acceptance, referrals, and revenue. Small improvements in phone skills create massive, co...
Fitness & Health Myths That Are Holding Dentists Back
What if happiness wasn’t something you waited for—and fitness didn’t have to be extreme? Alex Nottingham is joined by Dr. Uche Odiatu for a real, refreshing conversation on fitness myths, longevity, and energy for dentists. Simple habits, big p...
Fan Favorite | Dental Receptionist Training
In this fan favorite episode, Heather Nottingham and Alex Nottingham JD MBA discuss how lack of onboarding, weak phone skills, and transactional service cost practices patients and revenue—and why strong systems, customer service, and value-bas...
AI in Hiring
Robyn Reis, Director of All-Star’s Hiring Service, and Alex Nottingham JD MBA explore how AI supports hiring, onboarding, and retention while human intelligence, EQ, and relationships remain essential for better teams and smarter decisions....
Overcoming Burnout
Eric Vickery and All-Star Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, Kathleen Wyne, discuss how dental professionals face burnout when exhaustion, detachment, irritability, and brain fog don’t resolve with rest. This episode breaks down early ...
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Turbocharge Your Practice 401K
Alex Nottingham JD MBA interviews financial advisors, Barron and Julian Natelli with Oppenheimer,to break down how 401(k)s can be a powerful tax-saving, wealth-building, and retention tool for dental practices. They discuss contribution limits,...
Five Dental Phrases I'm Tired of Hearing with Dr. Richard Madow
Dr. Richard Madow challenges 5 common phrases and shows how better mindset, systems, and patient experience drive real practice growth and fulfillment.Resources:Dr. Madow N...
Fan Favorite: Dental Front Office Training
Fan Favorite Replay: In this episode, Heather Nottingham breaks down why exceptional phone skills are one of the biggest revenue protectors in a dental practice. Missed or mishandled calls cost real money, and Heather shares how consiste...
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Ladies in Leadership
Shelly VanEpps and Alex Nottingham JD MBA discuss “women in leadership” — balancing nurturing and accountability, avoiding extremes of being too soft or authoritarian, overcoming fear of conflict, and climbing the “levels of leadership” by buil...
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Creating a Unique Practice Culture
Alan Twigg of Bent Ericksen & Associates and Alex Nottingham JD MBA explore what makes your practice unique, how to attract and keep great team members, build purpose-driven culture, strengthen HR systems, and give effective feedback in a t...
