The Startup Dentist

Stephen Trutter

Guiding you from associate to grand opening. The Startup Dentist podcast is the only podcast that helps Associate Dentists go from practice, to profit, to purpose in their journey to open their own dental practice startup. With more successful dental startups than anyone else, your host Stephen Trutter is here to share all that he, and the Ideal Practices team, have learned over the years of opening successful dental startups. To learn more visit us at: https://idealpractices.com

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The Startup Dentist

Episodes (50)

Wed Jun 10th Patient Experience: The Foundation Every Successful Startup Builds
Tue Jun 2nd PPO or Fee for Service for a Dental Startup?
May 14th How to build a dental practice that reflects your values and gives you a life you love

The Startup Dentist

Jun 10, 2026
30 minutes
41 MB

Most dental startups spend hours picking chair fabric and five minutes on culture. Then they open, patients can feel it, and the experience they meant to create gets defined for them by accident. On this episode of The Startup Dentist, Stephen Trutter breaks down what it actually takes to build a patient-centered dental practice from day one, and the one exercise he runs with every client before they sign a lease or interview a single team member. You'll hear why "nobody comes back for the flooring," how to hire for mindset instead of resume, the small shift in patient communication...

The Startup Dentist

Patient Experience: The Foundation Every Successful Startup Builds

Stephen Trutter

00:00 -29:49