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The Dental CEO Podcast

The Dental CEO Podcast

Scott Leune 67 Episodes Jul 20, 2026

The Dental CEO Podcast, hosted by Dr. Scott Leune, applies business strategies from top entrepreneurs and CEOs to dental practice ownership. Each episode features candid conversations with leaders from various industries, uncovering strategies and insights relevant to dentists. Topics include scaling operations, maximizing profitability, and achieving sustainable growth. The podcast aims to empower dentists to lead and manage their practices effectively.

Episodes

The AI-Enabled Virtual Team: How Copilots Are Transforming Dental Practice Support
The AI-Enabled Virtual Team: How Copilots Are Transforming Dental Practice Support Jul 20, 2026 2680 Virtual administrative teams are already helping thousands of dental practices handle insurance verification, billing, claims, and phones, and now AI copilots are layering on top of that support to speed up claim resubmissions, improve call conversion, and lift overall work quality without adding any burden to your onsite team. This episode breaks down how task-specific AI copilots rewrit
Why Your Associate Isn't Producing (And How to Fix It)
Why Your Associate Isn't Producing (And How to Fix It) Jul 13, 2026 2115 Why do some associate dentists produce five times more than others seeing the exact same number of patients? In this episode of The Dental CEO Podcast, Scott Leune breaks down the four numbers that actually drive associate production, exam volume, diagnostic percentage, treatment plan size, and case acceptance, and shares the national averages versus top-performer benchmarks for each. He
Where Your Profit Is Hiding: Scott Analyzes Actual P&Ls
Where Your Profit Is Hiding: Scott Analyzes Actual P&Ls Jul 6, 2026 2439 In this solo episode of The Dental CEO Podcast, Scott Leune reads three real profit and loss statements line by line and shows you exactly where practice profit hides. Watch a "respectable" 1.8-million-dollar practice find roughly 160,000 dollars in EBITDA and nearly a million in sale value, and a two-practice owner uncover about 650,000 dollars a year in cash flow and 4.2 million in equi
How Selling to a DSO Costs Dentists Millions (Scott Breaks Down a Real Offer)
How Selling to a DSO Costs Dentists Millions (Scott Breaks Down a Real Offer) Jun 29, 2026 2690 A dentist got an unsolicited $9.8M offer to sell his practice — and on paper it looked incredible. So why is walking away the smarter move? Scott Leune breaks down the real offer line by line and runs the actual math, exposing the traps most dentists never see: the cash up front, the "rollover equity," the multi-year stay requirement that quietly erases years of owner profit, and the "hop
The Husband-and-Wife Dentists Reinventing Themselves at 61
The Husband-and-Wife Dentists Reinventing Themselves at 61 Jun 22, 2026 3193 After 33 years of marriage and 33 years practicing side by side in 700 square feet, Dr. Elisa Mello and Dr. Ramin Tabib could have coasted to the finish line. Instead, at 61, they bet on themselves again and moved into a 2,500 square foot space built around a brand they just trademarked: The Smile Code. Scott Leune sits down with the New York City couple to talk about holding the line on
Don't Take Startup Advice from a Lucky Dentist
Don't Take Startup Advice from a Lucky Dentist Jun 15, 2026 2440 There is a lot of bad location advice in dentistry. A dentist goes on a podcast, says demographics do not matter because they opened in a weak market and made it work, and suddenly "build it and they'll come" sounds like a strategy. It is not. It is luck, and as Scott Leune puts it, a blind man can hit a home run, but that does not mean the rest of us should swing blindfolded. On this epi
222 Patients in Month One: Inside a Dental Startup That's Booked Out Two Months
222 Patients in Month One: Inside a Dental Startup That's Booked Out Two Months Jun 8, 2026 3192 Two married dentists. One startup. 222 new patients in their first full month. On this episode of The Dental CEO Podcast, Dr. Scott Leune sits down with Drs. Alex Hill and Kristina Slavik of Hill Dental Studio to break down exactly how they built the demand, why they're already booked out two months, and what Scott says they need to do right now to handle the success before it crushes the
Dental CEO Podcast #66 - Your Website Is No Longer Your Biggest Marketing Asset
Dental CEO Podcast #66 - Your Website Is No Longer Your Biggest Marketing Asset Jun 1, 2026 2423 In this episode of The Dental CEO Podcast, Scott Leune is joined by Bill Donato, Founder of DentalMarketing.com, to break down why your website is no longer the biggest driver of new patient calls. As patient search habits change, Google My Business, local search visibility, reviews, hyperlocal content, and real-time search queries are becoming more important than ever. Scott and Bill exp
Dental CEO Podcast #65 - The Instagram Post Heard Round the World...of Dentistry
Dental CEO Podcast #65 - The Instagram Post Heard Round the World...of Dentistry May 25, 2026 1215 A single Instagram post from Dr. Scott Leune sparked major conversation across the dental world, raising a question many dentists are thinking but few are saying out loud: is becoming a dentist still financially worth it? In this episode of The Dental CEO Podcast, Scott breaks down the post, the backlash, and the numbers behind the debate, including income, debt, delayed earning years, an
Dental CEO Podcast #64 - The Future of Dentistry
Dental CEO Podcast #64 - The Future of Dentistry May 18, 2026 1793 In this episode of The Dental CEO Podcast, Dr. Scott Leune breaks down how dentistry is moving toward a new practice model built around automation, simplified staffing, patient hosts, presentation stations, and more efficient systems. He explains why traditional front office roles may become less necessary, how clinical team members could take on a more complete patient experience role, a
Dental CEO Podcast #63 - PPO Fees Are Killing Private Dentistry
Dental CEO Podcast #63 - PPO Fees Are Killing Private Dentistry May 11, 2026 2545 PPO plans are putting intense financial pressure on private dental practices through low reimbursements, high write-offs, stagnant fees, and rising operating costs. In this episode of The Dental CEO Podcast, Scott Leune sits down with Natalie Soda of PPO Profits to expose how shared networks and hidden fee schedules can force dentists to produce more while collecting less. They also discu
Dental CEO Podcast #62 - What It’s Like Building a Startup Right Out of Dental School
Dental CEO Podcast #62 - What It’s Like Building a Startup Right Out of Dental School May 4, 2026 2826 What does it actually look like to go straight from dental school into building your own practice? In this episode, Scott Leune sits down with Dr. Emily Magee just five weeks into opening her startup to walk through her journey from associate to owner. She shares how she made the decision to start early, secured financing, built out her office, and what the first few weeks of ownership re

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