All-Star Dental Academy Founder and CEO Alex Nottingham JD MBA, All-Star's Head Instructor, Larry Guzzardo, All-Star's VP of Coaching and HR specialist Robyn Reis, and Eric Vickery, All-Star's KPI Coach discuss issues surrounding the Coronavirus and the dental...
Dr. Joseph Michelli – How a Mastermind can Help a Dental Practice Compete
One of the biggest perceived challenges for an independent dental practice is how to be more competitive... a dental mastermind can help. Larger dental organizations utilize an approach to business that can easily overpower an independent practice with aggressive...
Dental Business Mastermind: Personal and Professional Success
Titanium Dental Mastermind Click here to learn more Entrepreneur: noun - one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise. Often, the typical practice-owning dentist doesn’t see him or herself as an entrepreneur. But given the...
Dental Inner Circle: The Top 5 Benefits of a Mastermind
A “dental inner circle” is a group of individuals that come together to support you and provide objective feedback on a variety of subjects. Often, a mastermind group functions as a dental inner circle. Mastermind groups are a lesser-known tool of most successful...
The Power of the Dental Mastermind
Napoleon Hill conceived of the idea of a “mastermind” in his book Think and Grow Rich. He defined the “Mastermind Principle” as the effect of like-minded people working together toward a definite purpose; where the value of the whole is greater than the individual...
Convenience, Personalization & Personal Care with Dr. Joseph Michelli
One of the constants for All-Star Dental Academy is the promotion of a service-based approach to the patient experience. One of the champions of service and experience in the modern business environment is Dr. Joseph Michelli. Dr. Michelli recently joined Alex...
Case Acceptance Black Hole: Where Your Dental Dollars Disappear
Many dentists believe that all their revenue problems lie with case acceptance. But there is an interesting financial reality that parallels the patient journey from first contact through case presentation, case acceptance, treatment and follow-up. Essentially, there...
Dental Treatment Acceptance: Why Patients say NO
Understanding why patients say "no" to a treatment plan is the first step in getting them to say YES. Dental treatment acceptance is a critical step in the patient experience, but it's important to know that with the proper set-up, presenting a treatment plan will be...
Banish Broken Appointments!
A critically important challenge for a dental practice is banishing broken appointments. There is nothing more insidious than a patient failing to show up. When you combine the time and energy spent preparing for the appointment with the inability to recover the lost...
Dental Receptionist Training – Trial by Fire?
I finally got around to writing a blog post that reflects my experience with dental receptionist training – the good and the bad. Setting the Stage So, to provide some context, Alex Nottingham is my husband and founder and CEO of All-Star. I am the co-founder and VP...
Top 5 Mistakes Dentists Make with Dental Team Training
Do you ever get push-back from your team about doing the things you ask them of them? The idea that you would get resistance from your team seems crazy since you are the boss, right? Does your team outright ignore your directions, or stare back blankly as if they will...
Dental Front Office – Why Can’t I Find Good Team Members for My Dental Practice?
Day in and day out, I speak with dentists, dental front desk, dental practice managers, consultants, supply reps, and others who are either on our program or are considering enrollment for their offices or clients or colleagues. Many of these people face the same...