Dr. Dan Auprix sees patients just two hours a day, and his practice is on track for $6.8 million.
In 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%.
The 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.
You’ll learn:
- How cutting supply costs from 12% to under 4% took just one month and one simple rule
- Why most practice owners have no idea how many calls they’re missing
- How preventive hygiene and hybrid hygienist pay turned hygiene into a profit center
- Why paying your team more can actually lower your overhead
If you’re stuck in the operatory with no time to grow your business, this episode is your blueprint for leading like a CEO.
In this episode:
- 03:54 From associate to two-practice owner
- 06:02 Buying a $450K practice
- 09:27 The 2-hour schedule that changed everything
- 11:54 Inside Dan’s 14-hour clinical week
- 15:47 How he cut overhead from 57% to 42%
- 17:06 Slashing supply costs from 12% to under 4%
- 20:12 Turning hygiene into a profit center
- 21:01 Fixing the phones and tracking missed calls
- 22:33 Why paying your team more pays off
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What is The Dental CEO Podcast?
Welcome to the Dental CEO® Podcast — where Dr. Scott Leune applies proven business strategies from leading entrepreneurs and CEOs to the complexities of dental practice ownership.
In each episode, Dr. Leune dives into candid conversations with leaders from industries far beyond the operatory, uncovering strategies, struggles, and breakthroughs that align with the challenges dentists face every day.
From scaling operations to maximizing profitability, these discussions reveal the financial frameworks and operational insights that empower dentists to lead with precision, manage with efficiency, and achieve sustainable growth as the CEO of their practice.