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Learn the secret sauce of a power-packed dentist–manager duo—boost profitability, spark team synergy, and wow your patients.
Approved for 1 CEU, AADOM is an AGD PACE Approved Provider (can be used towards AADOM Designations)
Get ready to discover what happens when the unstoppable duo—dentist and office manager—join forces to ignite practice growth and inspire team excellence. In this lively, interactive session, you’ll learn high-impact communication tactics, visionary leadership approaches, and next-level strategies to harmonize clinical expertise and administrative savvy. Walk away with the tools and insights to reshape your practice culture, elevate patient experiences, and supercharge productivity—proving that when the front and back office unite, the possibilities are limitless.
Course Learning Objectives:
- Strengthen Collaboration - Identify and implement high-impact communication tactics that foster seamless teamwork between clinical and administrative roles.
- Elevate Leadership - Apply visionary leadership approaches that unite the dentist and office manager, creating an inspiring, goal-driven environment.
- Boost Practice Culture - Utilize proven strategies to reshape and energize the practice culture, encouraging engagement, loyalty, and excellence across the team.
- Enhance Patient Experience - Develop tactics for delivering consistently exceptional patient care by synchronizing front-office processes with clinical expertise.
- Maximize Productivity - Employ innovative tools and frameworks to streamline operations, optimize workflows, and propel practice growth.
Dr. Daniel Butterman
Spear Education
Daniel Butterman, DDS, Chief Dental Officer at Spear Education. Practicing in Centennial, Colorado, since 1994, Dr. Butterman brings an extensive background in clinical dentistry, educational leadership, professional collaboration, and unwavering dedication. He has lectured globally for more than ten years and served as faculty chair at CDOCS since 2023. In his new role, Dr. Butterman will enhance educational pathways, maintain the highest standards of instruction, and mentor the next generation of dentists.
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Discover a proven system to regain control of your time, your patient flow, and your front desk communication.
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Expert dental management knowledge from AADOM Distinction holders. 30 minutes of "cut to the chase" content for immediate and impactful education, ideas, and support for dental managers and administrators.
Approved for .5 CEU, AADOM is an AGD Pace Approved Provider (can be used towards AADOM Designations)
Is your schedule running you instead of the other way around? Join us for a free, live-streamed webinar with Ashley Sempf, MAADOM, and discover a proven system to regain control of your time, your patient flow, and your front desk communication.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
- Streamline your recall and treatment plan systems
- Master patient phone calls with confidence and professionalism
- Implement Rock Block scheduling to boost efficiency and reduce stress
Ashley Sempf, MAADOM
Ashley Sempf has a deep passion for healthcare and dentistry. She graduated with a degree in Registered Nursing and currently serves as the Chief Operations Officer for two dental practices in Wisconsin. With over 20 years of experience in the field, she has found great fulfillment in her career in dentistry and looks forward to many more years in the profession.
She is a lifetime member of the American Association of Dental Office Management (AADOM) and holds a Mastership Distinction, which she received in 2024.
Ashley is happily married to her wonderful husband, Rodney, and they have three beautiful children and two adorable grandchildren. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and spending quality time with her family.
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Discover how to elevate your routine monthly meetings into impactful quarterly retreats that foster leadership development and drive meaningful progress for your team.
Approved for 1 CEU, AADOM is an AGD PACE Approved Provider (can be used towards AADOM Designations)
In this dynamic webinar, you'll discover how to elevate your routine monthly meetings into impactful quarterly retreats that foster leadership development and drive meaningful progress for your team. By applying F.L.I.P. – Fueling Leadership, Inspiring Progress – and harnessing the power of edutainment, you’ll discover how to create meetings that not only engage but inspire across all generations.
Whether you're addressing leadership challenges, boosting team engagement, or bridging the generational gap in your practice, this webinar provides practical tools, strategies, and ideas to make your meetings fun, memorable, and results-driven.
Key Takeaways:
- Ignite Leadership through Edutainment Learn how to address leadership challenges in your practice by using interactive methods that inspire your team to take ownership, overcome obstacles, and drive success across all generations.
- Boost Engagement and Bridge the Generational Gap Discover how to create a collaborative, cross-generational team environment using edutainment to increase engagement, morale, and retention, while tackling generational differences head-on.
- Foster Team Collaboration Use themed retreats, storytelling, and team-building activities to foster collaboration, strengthen team bonds, and boost productivity by addressing common pain points in your practice.
- Design High-Energy Meetings Gain practical strategies to design meeting agendas that blend leadership development, team-building activities, and interactive learning to maintain energy and focus on progress.
- Actionable Tools for Immediate Implementation Walk away with real-life examples and actionable tips you can immediately apply to your meetings, from interactive games to leadership storytelling techniques.
Action Items:
- Create a High-Energy Agenda Plan a meeting that combines education, entertainment, and team-building activities, featuring inspiring guest speakers, to ignite passion, foster collaboration, and drive progress across all generations.
- Design Your Next Meeting with Edutainment Elements Incorporate an interactive game or activity into your agenda that encourages participation from all generations, keeping your team engaged and making learning fun for everyone!
- Set Clear Leadership Goals Identify solutions for practice challenges, bridge the generational gap, and enhance communication and collaboration through targeted leadership goals and team-building activities.
If you're ready to break free from traditional, uninspiring meetings and bridge the generational gap in your practice, this webinar will show you how to Flip the Script and elevate your leadership and team performance. With F.L.I.P., you’ll turn routine meetings into exciting, productive experiences that fuel growth, collaboration, and success!
Christi Bintliff
Owner
Leap 2 Solutions
Christi Bintliff is a visionary coach and owner of LEAP2 Solutions, based in Raleigh-Durham, NC, and Treasurer of the Academy of Dental Management Consultants. With over 30 years of experience as a dental operations director, coach, speaker, and published writer, Christi specializes in leadership, practice management, and strategic planning.
Christi’s LEAP Methodology helps vision-driven leaders bridge generational gaps, align teams, and foster collaboration for sustainable growth. Her innovative themed retreats combine experiential learning and team building to elevate morale and drive unity across diverse teams.
While rooted in dentistry, Christi’s expertise extends to businesses across industries, empowering organizations to embrace change, enhance performance, and thrive together.
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Uncover the most underutilized billing opportunities in neurodiverse patient care.
Approved for 1 CEU, AADOM is an AGD PACE Approved Provider (can be used towards AADOM Designations)
Supporting neurodiverse and sensitive patients requires additional time, techniques, and documentation—but are you capturing the full value of these services? This session is designed for dental office managers, practice owners, and front office teams to uncover the most underutilized billing opportunities in neurodiverse patient care.
Learn how to:
• Bill for behavioral management techniques (D9920) to ensure proper reimbursement for extra time and effort.
• Utilize desensitization visits (D9997) to improve patient experience while securing payment.
• Navigate insurance policies for sedation, general anesthesia, and additional time-based coding to prevent lost revenue.Take the guesswork out of coding and ensure your practice is fairly compensated while providing the best possible care for neurodiverse patients!
Course Learning Objectives:
• Accurately document and bill for behavioral management techniques (D9920) to support neurodiverse patients while ensuring reimbursement.
• Leverage desensitization visits (D9997) effectively to help patients acclimate to the dental office and reduce anxiety while ensuring these visits are appropriately billed.
• Navigate insurance coverage for sedation, general anesthesia, and extended time-based charges to avoid denied claims and lost revenue.Estela Vargas
Founder and CEO
Remote Sourcing
Estela Vargas, Founder and CEO of Remote Sourcing, brings clinical expertise and business acumen to dentistry. With a surgical dental hygienist and practice administration background, she has integrated her vast experience to shape the industry's future. Estela masters coding dental claims, advancing the profession and advocating for transformative change. Join Estela for visionary leadership insights and how she's reshaping the dental landscape.
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Discover how to take control of growth and profitability by prioritizing patient loyalty in your office.
Approved for 1 CEU, AADOM is an AGD PACE Approved Provider (can be used towards AADOM Designations)
Running a dental practice isn’t easy—especially with stagnant PPO reimbursements, rising costs, staffing challenges, and unpredictable patient volume. But savvy Office Managers are finding a way forward by making patient loyalty a key strategy for success. Discover how to take control of growth and profitability by prioritizing patient loyalty in your office.
Course Learning Objectives:
- Discover the five drivers of patient loyalty
- Evaluate your practice’s patient loyalty with a scorecard assessment
- Understand how patient loyalty translates to increased performance and revenue
- Learn how to use a membership to keep your schedules full with loyal and profitable cash-pay patients
Brad James
Director of SMB Markets
Kleer and Membersy
Brad James is an accomplished leader in the dental industry, serving as the director of SMB markets at Kleer and Membersy. Committed to making access to dental care both easy and profitable, Brad plays a pivotal role in empowering dental teams to implement strategies that unlock growth.
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The hygiene department is a powerhouse within your practice, but many dental office managers struggle to fully unlock its potential.
Approved for 1 CEU, AADOM is an AGD PACE Approved Provider (can be used towards AADOM Designations)
The hygiene department is a powerhouse within your practice, but many dental office managers struggle to fully unlock its potential. Now is the time to take control and transform your hygiene systems into a driving force for improved patient care and increased profitability.
This course, tailored specifically for dental office managers, offers actionable steps to optimize the performance of your hygiene department. Tiffany Wuebben, RDH, shares proven strategies to align the hygiene team's operations with your practice’s mission and goals. Gain insight into strategies to maximize patient retention, build capacity, and streamline care protocols that lead to exceptional clinical outcomes.
You will learn how to enhance patient-practice relationships through effective communication, proactive scheduling methods, and team alignment. Explore ways to leverage hygiene metrics to track performance, increase case acceptance, and improve overall practice profitability. By the end of this course, you’ll have the tools and insights to develop a high-performing hygiene department that contributes to both patient wellness and long-term financial success.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to position the hygiene department as a key profit center within the practice to support patient care and drive growth.
- Learn actionable strategies to achieve a hygiene schedule with consistent patient retention, including 100% reappointment and effective recall systems.
- Discover techniques for dental office managers to foster collaboration between providers, hygienists, and patients, creating seamless care protocols that lead to better outcomes.
- Identify essential hygiene performance metrics and how to use them to make data-driven decisions that increase both care quality and operational efficiency.
- Explore valuable adjunctive hygiene services that not only improve patient care but also significantly enhance the profitability of the hygiene department.
Tiffany Wuebben
RDH
The Hygienepreneur
Tiffany Wuebben, RDH, empowers dentists to optimize their hygiene departments' performance and profitability through innovative training and workshops. As a consultant and speaker, she transforms dental hygiene departments with a focus on actionable strategies that achieve groundbreaking results and renewed team engagement.
Tiffany is an integrator and practice growth specialist, expertly weaving together strategies that enhance practice performance and foster sustainable expansion. She is committed to empowering teams to spearhead and invigorate company culture, enhancing productivity by nurturing both professional and personal development. Her focus on enhancing leadership skills and communication enables teams to excel in today's competitive landscape.
Tiffany is also the co-author of the newly released Culture Catalyst: Your Competitive Edge for Unleashing Unprecedented Company Growth & Fostering High-Performing, Engaged Teams. This influential book provides actionable insights into creating thriving workplace environments that support growth and engagement on every level.
As a professional speaker, Tiffany shares insights on leveraging hospitality and customer service for business success. Her book, Hygienepreneur: The Dental Hygienist’s Guide to Achieving Career Success & Personal Transformation, outlines strategies for creating a thriving practice, with the hygiene department serving as the central driving force.
With over 30 years of experience, Tiffany excels in enhancing patient care and boosting practice performance and profits. Her unwavering dedication to innovation in dentistry and team-centric leadership continues to inspire dental professionals nationwide.
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What the...EFDA? Utilize an EFDA in Your Practice, Presented by: Stacey Singleton, CDA, EFDA, DAADOM
Elevate your dental practice with our dynamic course on utilizing and implementing an Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA).
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Expert dental management knowledge from AADOM Distinction holders. 30 minutes of "cut to the chase" content for immediate and impactful education, ideas, and support for dental managers and administrators.
Approved for .5 CEU, AADOM is an AGD Pace Approved Provider (can be used towards AADOM Designations)
Elevate your dental practice with our dynamic course on utilizing and implementing an Expanded Function Dental Assistant (EFDA). As the dental landscape evolves, integrating an EFDA can significantly enhance patient care, improve workflow efficiency, and optimize team performance. This course provides dental professionals with essential knowledge and practical strategies for effectively incorporating EFDAs into their practices. Through hands-on training, collaborative discussions, and real-life scenarios, you'll gain the tools necessary to maximize the potential of your EFDA, ensuring a seamless transition that benefits both your team and your patients.
Key Objectives for Implementing & Utilizing an EFDA in a Dental Practice:
- Maximize Revenue Through Expanded Services: Understand how to effectively leverage the expanded skill set of EFDAs to offer additional services, thereby increasing production numbers and enhancing overall profitability.
- Optimize Dental Coding and Billing Practices: Learn to accurately code procedures performed by EFDAs, ensuring proper billing and reimbursement while minimizing errors that could lead to revenue loss.
- Implement Scheduling Structures: Develop a comprehensive scheduling structure that recognizes the contributions of EFDAs, promoting procedure timing, likes/dislikes of providers, recognizing strengths & weaknesses for the daily office workflow, ensuring a seamless productive day that keeps the team morale up.
By focusing on these objectives, your practice can enhance profitability and improve operational efficiency
Stacey Singleton, CDA, EFDA, DAADOM
Dental Practice Administrator Harborside Dental and York County Pediatric Dentistry. Stacey resides in southern Maine with her family. She has been in the dental field since 1997. She is a Certified and Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary. She also holds her Business Administration Management Degree from Hesser College and received her Fellowship, Masters & Diplomate with the Academy of Dental Office Management. Stacey has been certified by the National Oral & Maxillofacial Anesthesia Board and is an active member with AADOM where she is President of the Maine Dental Leadership Coalition. Stacey is also a Dental Adjunct Professor at YCCC where she teaches dental programs. She enjoys volunteering within the local community and has a passion for the dental industry where she has been awarded numerous recognitions in office culture and management. She was awarded Dental Office Manager of Distinction in 2023 and was Dental Assistant of the year runner-up in 2016. She has had the opportunity to have published articles, speaking engagements, and consulting guidance with other dental practices. “Find your passion and stay true to its course.”
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Did you know a new version of PCI DSS is rolling out in March 2025? Don’t get caught off guard! In this webinar, we will discuss how you can avoid fines and make sure your practice is prepared.
Approved for 1 CEU, AADOM is an AGD PACE Approved Provider (can be used towards AADOM Designations)
This webinar will cover what every dental manager needs to know about ensuring their practice PCI maintains compliance after 4.0 rolls out in March 2025; plus, how to stay liability-free, and adherent to HIPAA security standards. This is especially important now, as PCI fines skyrocket, to ensure your office is protected from a financially debilitating data breach. And unlike businesses outside of medicine, you need to adhere to both PCI and HIPAA requirements.
Course Learning Objectives:
- Understand PCI (payment card industry) compliance
- Examine where PCI overlaps—and differs—from the HIPAA Security Rule
- Review the new requirements under PCI DSS 4.0
- Discuss how to ensure compliance and check your practice’s current status
- Assess your practice’s liability and what to ask your IT providers
Cheryl McKenna
A 24-year veteran of the merchant services industry, Cheryl McKenna helps dental Office Managers find profit within their patient payment systems. Quantifying those bottom-line contributions sets up that manager for raises, bonuses, and exciting line items on a resume: the tools needed for career advancement and personal financial gains.
Cheryl refuses to have a boring workday and tries to make everyone she encounters smile, laugh, or both. She teaches and consults on all aspects of electronic payments, systems, and how to save money to increase profits.
She is honored to have worked with hundreds of AADOM practices over the past 11 years.
Steven Pishko
Steven Pishko has over 20 years of experience working as a cost reduction consultant to healthcare-related organizations. Steve has been an essential part of the Merchant Advocate team heading up relationships and optimizing merchant pricing for the members of several large organizations, saving members over a million dollars in excessive fees.
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Learn how to communicate clearly, reframe patient expectations, and utilize AI tools to streamline insurance processes.
Approved for 1 CEU, AADOM is an AGD PACE Approved Provider (can be used towards AADOM Designations)
This course equips dental professionals with strategies to address patient concerns about insurance coverage effectively. Attendees will learn how to communicate clearly, reframe patient expectations, and utilize AI tools to streamline insurance processes. With insights into common pitfalls and practical solutions, the course aims to enhance patient satisfaction, boost productivity, and maximize practice profits.
Course Learning Objectives:
- Identify and avoid the seven critical phrases that undermine patient confidence in insurance discussions
- Utilize AI-driven tools to streamline insurance inquiries, maximize savings, and improve communication
- Implement practical strategies to overcome common insurance objections and maintain productivity despite reimbursement challenges
Steven J. Anderson
Steven J. Anderson has worked with professionals around the world to transform their practices, businesses, and their teams to “Top 10% Performance” status with innovative patient service systems that make it easier for patients to say “yes” to treatment. He has worked with some of the biggest names in dentistry to build their practices. His systems transform practices and the people in them.
Steven has been named “Dental Businessman of the Year” by Excellence in Dentistry. He is a founder of the Total Patient Service Institute (www.TotalPatientService.com), Crown Council (www.CrownCouncil.com), the Smiles for Life Foundation (www.SmilesForLife.org) that has raised nearly $50 million dollars for dental and children’s charitable projects around the world.
He is the author of numerous articles and books including: The Culture of Success – 10 Natural Laws for Creating the Place Where Everyone Wants to Work,
He is one of the most prolific entrepreneurs, authors, philanthropists, and presenters in dentistry.
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This presentation will share with you insights and strategies to be a leader in your office. Clarity, energy, productivity, and influence are some of the strategies discussed.
Approved for 1 CEU, AADOM is an AGD PACE Approved Provider (can be used towards AADOM Designations)
This presentation will share with you insights and strategies to be a leader in your office. Clarity, energy, productivity, and influence are some of the strategies we discuss.
You will learn how to set expectations with your doctor and your team, increase team engagement and KPI, serve the patients, and become irreplaceable in your office. You will walk away feeling ambitious and empowered!
Dr Emily Letran
Dr. Emily Letran is a serial entrepreneur, CEO of several multi-specialty dental practices, and private coach to many professionals. As an international speaker, she has been on TEDx and shared stages with countless business leaders including Sharon Lechter (Co-Author Rich Dad Poor Dad), Kevin Harrington (Shark Tank), Dr. Howard Farran (Dental Town), and Linda Miles (The Ultimate Mentor of Dentistry). She has been featured in several magazines, Dental Town, Global Woman, Top Doctor, The Profitable Dentist, See Beyond as well as the media, Yahoo!Finance, Forbes, USA Today, and FOX. She is a contributing writer for Dental IQ, DrBicuspid.com, and Dentistry Today. Dr Letran is the author of several books, the Founder of the non-profit Smile Champions, a Certified Kolbe Consultant, a member of Forbes Coaches Council, and the Founder of Exceptional Leverage Inc., a global coaching and consulting firm. She hosts her signature events, ACTION To WIN seminar, in several countries, and shares her expertise in personal growth and business management through her ACTION To WIN Academy programs. Dr. Letran has been knighted as a Lady of The Royal Order of Constantine the Great and Saint Helen for her work in philanthropy, inducted as a Fellow of the International College of Dentists for her contributions to the dental community, and currently enjoys practicing dentistry with her daughter in Huntington Beach and Santa Ana, CA.
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