Whenever you talk to a dentist about what they can do to improve their practice, you always hear things like drive more growth by adding new patients, improve your overall departments, etc. But you rarely ever hear a dentist talk about empowering their dental assistants. On this episode of “The Art of Dental Finance and Management with Art Wiederman, CPA” Art visits with the founder of Dental Assistant Nation, Kevin Henry. Kevin talks about why Dentists do not spend more time empowering their Dental assistants, why it is so important for them to feel important in the practice, and why they can make or break a treatment plan proposed by the Dentist. Kevin gives advice on what questions to ask a prospective employee applying for a job as a dental assistant, what type of a training program a Dental office should have for a new Dental assistant, what resources there are to find out what procedures Dental Assistants can and cannot perform in a particular state, and how and why it is important for the Dental Assistant to get involved in the office’s digital workflow (i.e. CAD CAM, Digital Printing, Digital Scanning, etc.). It is very important for our listeners to pay more attention to the Dental Assistants in their offices as they are a key component of the Dentist’s success.

About the Guests

Kevin Henry

Kevin Henry is the founder of Dental Assistant Nation. He’s a national speaker on the topic of how dental assistants can improve the bottom line of their dental practice. He’s also the current editor in chief of Dr.Bicuspid.com.

About the Host  

Art Wiederman, CPA  

Director of Dental Practices  

Art specializes in serving dental practices. He oversees a variety of services including accounting, tax compliance and planning, financial planning, retirement planning, and financial practice management consulting. Art’s expertise is not only in taxation issues for dentists, but also in his knowledge of dental practice metrics and benchmarks. Art has the ability to look at a dentist’s statements and identify profit holes in their practice.