The Thriving Dentist Show

Should You Run Google Ads? When Paid Search Beats Waiting on SEO

Should you run Google Ads for your dental practice? Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah settle paid search vs organic SEO: why ad patients cost 5 to 10 times more, the four cases where Google Ads make sen...

2026-09-16

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Work-Life Balance vs. Work-Life Integration

Two thirds of dentists in the largest private dental Facebook group said they would not advise their own son or daughter to become a dentist. Gary Takacs reads that as a work-life balance problem and ...

2026-09-09

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5 Specific Scheduling Recommendations for a Thriving Practice!

Dental practice scheduling is the difference between a $2,000 day and a $7,000 day in the same eight hours. One solo dentist saw 41 patients and finished feeling like he'd been run over by a Mack truc...

2026-09-02

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Dental IT, Cybersecurity & HIPAA Essentials with Dr. Lorne Lavine

Dental practice cybersecurity is a patient-retention problem, not an IT problem. Health and Human Services counts a ransomware infection as a reportable breach, and Dr. Lorne Lavine has watched practi...

2026-08-26

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Startup vs Acquisition, Which Path Actually Wins?

Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah on the startup vs acquisition decision that shapes a dental career. The three situations where a startup actually makes sense, and why most dentists do not qualify for ...

2026-08-19

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The Strategic Planning Episode

Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah on the one question that separates thriving dental practices from stuck ones: if your practice was as good as it could be, what would that look like? Three real coachin...

2026-08-12

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Is Your Marketing Actually Working? The Few Numbers Every Owner Should Watch

Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah on the five marketing numbers every dental practice should track and most do not. The two-chasms model. The conversion grading scale: A is 70%, national average is 33%,...

2026-08-05

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How to Make Your Hygiene Exams as Effective as Possible!

In 2025, 60% of all high-value cases across Gary Takacs's coaching client base came directly out of the hygiene exam. This episode covers the full system: intraoral camera protocol, verbal pass-off, t...

2026-07-29

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How to Become THE Practice for the Dentistry You Love

Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah on the one strategic move that separates the happiest dental practices from the rest: the signature service. How to choose it by following your heart rather than market...

2026-07-22

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5 Specific Steps to Take Before You Resign from a Single PPO Plan

Gary Takacs has coached dental practices in all 50 states through PPO resignation - and has seen what happens when it is done without preparation. One practice lost half its revenue. This episode is t...

2026-07-15

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How to Build a Practice Growth Plan That Actually Works All Year

Most dental practice growth plans fail by January 10th. Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah explain exactly why, and exactly what to do about it. Four specific rocks, individual champions, a three-meeting...

2026-07-08

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The Role of your Admin Team in a Thriving Practice

Most dental marketing advice focuses on getting the phone to ring. This episode covers what happens next. Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah break down the admin team traits that drive dental practice gr...

2026-07-01

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Increasing Treatment Acceptance!

Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah on the most requested topic from Thriving Dentist listeners: how to increase treatment acceptance. Three benchmarks, four common mistakes, the family member technique, ...

2026-06-24

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Find the Marketing Gap That Will Increase Your New Patient Flow — A 30-Minute Dental Competitor Audit

Want to know how your dental practice really stacks up against your local competition? Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah walk you through a 30-minute dental competitor audit you can run yourself, coveri...

2026-06-17

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How to Make Every Year Your New Best Year!

Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah reveal how to make every year your new best year, from the four reasons growth matters to the exact strategies that take a plateaued practice to record production. You ...

2026-06-10

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How to Serve Patients Who Put Off a Visit to the Dentist Because of Fear

42% of Americans put off the dentist indefinitely because of fear and most of them are already in your market. In this episode, Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah unpack one of dentistry's biggest untapp...

2026-06-03

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Important Details to Consider when Adding an Associate Dentist

Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah on the complete guide to hiring an associate dentist: why the DDS is not a hiring filter, the 54% indifference statistic, Gary's four-area screening framework, the #1 m...

2026-05-27

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An Effective System to Respond to After Hours Inquiries from Potential New Patients and for New Patient Calls that go to Voice Mail

Most dental practices lose new patients the moment a call goes unanswered - and most don't know it's happening. In this episode of The Thriving Dentist Show, Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah break down...

2026-05-20

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How to Determine an Appropriate Fee Schedule

Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah dig into why dentists underprice their work, how the UCR percentile system sets fee ceilings in your zip code, what insurance companies actually pay (and where they dow...

2026-05-13

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Dos and Don'ts in the World of AI Search and Zero-Click Search

Gary Takacs and Naren Arulrajah on how to stay visible and trusted in the new AI search era. ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Bing AI are already recommending dental practices and the signals they use...

2026-05-06

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