MME: Which Numbers Count? The Key Metrics for Your Private Practice | Dr. Shahin Safarian

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Are you ready to take a refreshing and practical look at the business side of your career? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Shahin Safarian, a seasoned dentist, entrepreneur, and coach who urges private sector dentists to embrace financial literacy. Shahin's insightful perspective draws a connection between understanding key financial metrics and improving both patient care and business efficiency, a concept often overlooked in the profession.

In the second half of the episode, we delve into the pressing need for innovation in dental practices. Not just the technical aspect, there's an often ignored realm of lead generation, patient engagement and operational optimization that can propel your practice to new heights. Dr. Shahin softens the intimidation factor around modernizing workflows and systems in such a traditional profession, making it sound not just attainable, but also essential.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• The importance of understanding the financial metrics of your dental practice
• How to achieve a minimum net of 30% from your practice
• The connection between financial health and patient care quality
• How to enhance lead generation and patient engagement in your practice
• The essential role of the dentist as a business owner
• The benefits of upgrading your systems and operations

Don’t let the finances of your dental practice intimidate you. Dive into this conversation with Dr. Shahin and start making informed financial decisions for your practice today!

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Episode Transcript (Auto-Generated - Please Excuse Errors)

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Michael: Hey, Shahin, so talk to us. What's one piece of advice you can give us this Monday morning?

Shahin: Well, first of all, thanks so much for having me. I appreciate the time and the opportunity. this notion we're talking private sector, we're talking practitioners that want to stay in the private sector.

So we're not talking DSOs, we're not talking DPOs, we're not talking multiple practices and. multiple associates and 25 or 30 plus employees in a single small business, in a single dental practice, small business in the private sector. What you need to focus on is you need to focus on your financial numbers.

The health of your business trumps everything else. and the more old school or, or seasoned dentists that, you know, got licensed in the eighties and the nineties, and maybe even a little bit later, Their thought process is that we need to focus on the patients and the patients come first. Well, I tend to say, yes, patients certainly have value when you're working in your business, but when you're working on your business, everything, is trumped by the health of your business.

And that comes from your financial numbers. So If you are a private dentist in the private sector, you want to focus on understanding your financial numbers. And that's really most impo