Is This More Important Than Being a Good Clinician? Interview with Renowned Periodontist and Author Michael Sonick, DMD
The Patient First Podcast with Dr. Bryan Laskin
Release Date: 03/11/2025
Kwikly Dental Staffing’s Head of Growth Explains How to Find High-Quality Temp Workers
The Patient First Podcast with Dr. Bryan Laskin
In this current climate of healthcare worker shortages, many dental practice owners struggle to find and retain the talent they need to sustain efficient operations while delivering high-caliber care to their patients. As a result, most dentists understandably feel they can’t afford to be picky when it comes to hiring temp workers. Fortunately, the highly rated Kwikly Dental Staffing takes care of the vetting for you so you can rest easy knowing that you’ll get high-quality workers right when you need them. In this episode of The Patient First Podcast, I interview Kwikly’s Head of...
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An Interview with OG Dental Marketing Specialist Nancy Lashley Sullivan
The Patient First Podcast with Dr. Bryan Laskin
I always say that the two greatest charlatans in dentistry (after dental insurance companies, of course) are marketers and consultants. But this one marketing consultant breaks the mold. In fact, she’s the one who set the bar in the first place. Nancy Lashley Sullivan began her rich and storied career 25 years ago when “dental marketing” wasn’t yet a concept. While the landscape of marketing in dentistry has changed over the years, Nancy’s approach has remained solidly grounded in authenticity. Her success has earned her the well-deserved title of “Dental Marketing Specialist.”...
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What Dentists Need to Know About the Broken American Healthcare System—an Interview with Frank Lobb
The Patient First Podcast with Dr. Bryan Laskin
The third-party payer system for healthcare in the United States isn’t as broken as you think…it’s much, much worse. Although virtually every American citizen has had to contend with the needlessly yet deliberately complex circus of healthcare insurance, few have dug down as deep as author Frank Lobb to uncover the truth of how the system works. In this episode of The Patient First Podcast, Frank and I discuss the chronic illness afflicting the American Healthcare System and exchange insights from our unique perspectives and experiences. As Frank explains in this interview—and details...
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Is This More Important Than Being a Good Clinician? Interview with Renowned Periodontist and Author Michael Sonick, DMD
The Patient First Podcast with Dr. Bryan Laskin
More important than being a skilled clinician is being a caring one. Dr. Michael Sonick is an internationally renowned periodontist who has learned this through personal experience, as both a patient himself and as a very successful practitioner. And what’s really interesting is how technology like Toothapps® can actually support dentists in experiencing the benefits of being caring, people-centric providers. Instead of de-personalizing care, technology saves time for busy dentists and specialists who can, in turn, spend more time showing personal interest and hospitality to their patients....
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Talking Teledentistry at Yankee Dental Congress with Melissa K. Turner, BASDH, RDHEP, EFD
The Patient First Podcast with Dr. Bryan Laskin
Although the concept of “teledentistry” has taken off in recent years, many dentists are still in the dark about its potential and the surprisingly simple ways they can begin implementing it. At this year’s Yankee Dental Congress, I sat down with the dynamic dental personality Melissa K. Turner to talk about the benefits of teledentistry and what she is doing to help more practices and patients benefit from it. In this episode of The Patient First Podcast, you’ll get some insider tips from Melissa herself and learn about the opportunities she is creating for more voices in dentistry to...
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DSO Leader Explains How Toothapps® Is Helping Them Deliver Successful Patient Outcomes
The Patient First Podcast with Dr. Bryan Laskin
Toothapps® is solving problems and bridging gaps in communication and in the continuum of care in dentistry. In fact, it’s developing new ways to do this so rapidly, even current users of the Toothapps software are surprised to learn about what it can do. In this interview with Corey Hastings, DDS, MS, MBA and Owner and Operator of Blue Sage Management Group, you’ll learn how Toothapps is helping his team execute his vision for dental care and deliver successful outcomes to patients. I’m Dr. Bryan Laskin—dentist, author, CEO of Toothapps, engineer of Connected Dentistry® and...
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Copper Penny Consulting CEO Amy Wood Exposes the Level of Data Security Risk That Dental Practices Are Facing
The Patient First Podcast with Dr. Bryan Laskin
HIPAA training and talk about data security might not be the most exciting topics in dentistry, but they could lead to more excitement than you want, if you neglect them. In this episode of The Patient First Podcast, Copper Penny Consulting CEO Amy Wood shares her own horrifying true story of what can happen when a dental patient’s personal information makes it out onto the Internet. She explains how this experience drove her to fight for the protection of dental patients and practices everywhere, and led to the founding of Copper Penny Consulting. We debate whether digital records are...
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Predictions for Dentistry in 2025—An Interview with Dave Pryor of Planet DDS
The Patient First Podcast with Dr. Bryan Laskin
It’s that time of year again where I share my predictions for 2025 regarding Connected DentistryⓇ, and this time, I’m going bolder than ever before. I had Dave Pryor of Planet DDS join me in the studio for this episode of The Patient First Podcast where we had a great time exchanging and debating ideas about trends in 2024 and trends we can expect in 2025. We discuss medical-dental integration, AI, interoperability, software pricing and much more. We also hint at how the company ToothappsⓇ is going to play a pivotal role in the rapid-fire evolution of oral healthcare over the...
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Payments—How Dentistry 3.0 Supports Faster Payment for Dental Practices
The Patient First Podcast with Dr. Bryan Laskin
We expect advances in clinical dentistry to make our jobs easier on us and to make outcomes more satisfactory to patients. Why shouldn’t we expect similar advances in other areas, like payment processing? Faster and more convenient payment methods are not only easier on patients—they’re easier on your team and on your practice’s bank balance. In this episode of The Patient First Podcast, I give a high-level overview of what Dentistry 3.0 means for dentistry and, more specifically, what it means for payments in dental practices. I’m Dr. Bryan Laskin—dentist, entrepreneur, author and...
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The Surprising Advantages of Expanded Practice Hygiene and Teledentistry—Interview with Lisa Balint, MPH, EPDH
The Patient First Podcast with Dr. Bryan Laskin
info_outlineMore important than being a skilled clinician is being a caring one. Dr. Michael Sonick is an internationally renowned periodontist who has learned this through personal experience, as both a patient himself and as a very successful practitioner.
And what’s really interesting is how technology like Toothapps® can actually support dentists in experiencing the benefits of being caring, people-centric providers.
Instead of de-personalizing care, technology saves time for busy dentists and specialists who can, in turn, spend more time showing personal interest and hospitality to their patients.
You’re in for a real treat with this episode of The Patient First Podcast in which Dr. Sonick shares one gem after another that can help practices build solid teams and loyal patient bases. We talk culture versus strategy, AI, how to choose team leaders, and much more in this captivating interview.
I’m Dr. Bryan Laskin—a fellow author and dentist who believes in patient-first care, and an engineer of solutions that support it.
Connect with Dr. Sonick: MichaelSonick.com
Read Dr. Sonick’s book: Treating People, Not Patients
Watch more tips from Dr. Sonick on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/+@michaelsonick
Explore how Toothapps® solutions can give you more time to spend with people, aka, your patients: Toothapps.com