{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Dental CEO Podcast","title":"How One Dentist Cut His Clinical Hours to 14 a Week and Grew His Practice to $6.8M in Collections","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1868,"description":"Dr. Dan Auprix sees patients just two hours a day, and his practice is on track for $6.8 million.\n\nIn this episode of The Dental CEO Podcast, Dr. Scott Leune sits down with Dan, a 36-year-old dentist in Ottawa, Canada, who bought a three-operatory practice collecting $450,000 a year and grew it into a seven-operatory practice trending toward $6.8 million, while cutting his overhead from 57% to 42%.\n\nThe turning point? Cutting his clinical schedule to 14 hours a week. Dan explains why stepping out of the operatory made him more productive, and how he used the extra time to finally fix the business side of his practice.\n\nYou’ll learn:\nHow cutting supply costs from 12% to under 4% took just one month and one simple rule\nWhy most practice owners have no idea how many calls they’re missing\nHow preventive hygiene and hybrid hygienist pay turned hygiene into a profit center\nWhy paying your team more can actually lower your overhead\n\nIf you’re stuck in the operatory with no time to grow your business, this episode is your blueprint for leading like a CEO.\n\nIn this episode:\n03:54 From associate to two-practice owner\n06:02 Buying a $450K practice\n09:27 The 2-hour schedule that changed everything\n11:54 Inside Dan’s 14-hour clinical week\n15:47 How he cut overhead from 57% to 42%\n17:06 Slashing supply costs from 12% to under 4%\n20:12 Turning hygiene into a profit center\n21:01 Fixing the phones and tracking missed calls\n22:33 Why paying your team more pays off\n\nLinks:\nScott Leune Education: scottleune.com\nListen and subscribe: dentalceopodcast.com\n\nEnjoyed this episode? Subscribe and leave a review. It helps more dentists find the show.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Ytday9ALIPHaFSpy4UsctZ7dM6ZKi5BelBPnUMr8RmU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yN2Vj/NjI5MDBhZWRlMDJi/ZDU2NmVhZmVlZjky/NDZlMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}