Problem: A strong P&L will yield the financials you need for growth. But how do you know what constitutes a healthy P&L?

Solution: Benchmark your financials against the P&Ls of successful dental practices, groups, and DSOs and understand what to strive for to grow your business.

What You’ll Walk Away With:

• Strategic benchmarking: align financials with industry benchmarks for growth insights
• Cost optimization: use benchmarks to identify overhead cost-saving opportunities
• Revenue enhancement: optimize pricing, services, & marketing to boost revenue streams
• Operational excellence: find areas to enhance productivity, increase collections, & more
• Growth strategies: leverage benchmarking for sustainable & profitable expansion

Problem: How do you ensure your associates are being as productive as possible and not hindering your growth or efficiency?

Solution:  Implement the systems, and KPIs, successful dental companies employ to keep associates consistently productive and engaged, as well as boost retention.

What You’ll Walk Away With:

• Systems to properly manage & lead associates, keeping them productive, efficient & happy
• Training processes to ensure associates reflect your patient care approach & company culture
• KPIs & metrics to not only keep associates accountable but also engaged
• An overview of associate compensation and equity strategies that encourage productivity
• Skills development & training suggestions for clinical & professional associate development

Summit is about making connections too! Arguably some of the most important conversations and networking are at the end of the day, relaxing and enjoying the amenities. Make new friends, connect with like-minded colleagues, get insight from subject matter experts, and be inspired by leaders, all while having a lot of fun and enjoying your favorite beverage at Friday evening’s cocktail party.

“The discussions and insights shared have been truly enlightening. It's incredible to witness the passion and dedication of these visionary individuals as they shape the future of #dentistry.” — Jack Bayramyan D.D.S., Founder, Optimize Practice Services

“It's a great event. It's fun, there's good energy, and you'll definitely take good information home.” — Lindsay Svatos, Human Resources Manager, Burch Dental Partners

“This doesn't feel like a business conference. And maybe it's because it's a lot of smaller groups and more entrepreneurial. But there's something about the energy here that's great. Everybody's networking, chatting each other up… I'm learning a lot by listening to a lot of different people.” — Paul Gruensfelder, Vice President of Marketing, Select Dental Management LLC

Problem: To grow your dental company you need funds - are there “low-hanging fruit” strategies you can employ to increase your revenue?

Solution: Implement proven methods used by successfully growing dental companies to maximize insurance reimbursements and collections.

What You’ll Walk Away With:

• Master negotiation tactics to secure higher reimbursement rates from insurers
  
• Streamline your billing & effective follow-up procedures for success
• Optimize insurance contracts with accurate coding techniques for better results
• Implement patient-friendly payment options to enhance financial collections & satisfaction
• Utilize performance metrics as a compass for ongoing practice improvement

Problem: You can’t grow without bringing on more staff and associates but how do you hire the right team - productive, proactive, and engaged employees. It is tougher than ever before.

Solution: Take a chapter from the country’s fastest growing dental companies - leverage the latest hiring trends and employ tactics to build a solid team for growth.

What You’ll Walk Away With:

• Strategic hiring approach: hire intentionally rather than just “filling holes”
• Creative tactics to attract A+ talent for crucial positions associates, hygienists, & more
• Develop a unique & appealing recruitment brand to bring in top candidates
• Craft job ads with AI that “stop the scroll” & bring in candidates looking for more than “just a job”
• Simple retention “rules” to create workplace environment that inspires long-term commitment

DEO Summit’s content-rich sessions are full of inspiration and solutions for your dental company's growth challenges.

DEO carefully plans the Summit agenda to address timely issues and offer proven strategies for successful business growth on topics like hiring/retention, associates, systems, financing, and more!

"I’m very grateful, I don’t know that there’s anything else like this. I feel like there’s even more value here than I can even pull in." — Dr. Joshua M. Renken, CEO, Renken Dentistry

Plus you’ll hear an incredible keynote speaker. Our keynotes are the most successful business trailblazers in group dentistry. They have paved the way for the growth of DSOs, disrupting and innovating the dentistry business model, and offering better and higher quality patient care.

“DEO put on an amazing conference where innovation and disruption took center stage! The event was a powerhouse of inspiration, filled with brilliant minds who are changing the game.” — Sheena Hinson, Founder, Executive Advisor & Coach, Uplevel Practice Solution.

Problem: To scale you must boost both revenue and patient flow, but how can you achieve this WITHOUT breaking the bank?

Solution: Gain formulas perfected by leading dental entrepreneurs for front-to-end treatment and maximizing patient flow opportunities, plus other revenue-boosting strategies.

What You’ll Walk Away With:

• Tactics to improve and optimize your patients' experience
• Ways to increase case acceptance that maximize revenue
• Secrets to market creatively, organically, and at no or low cost
• Tools to enhance online visibility, local SEO, and foster positive patient reviews
• Systems to help your team do more with less (leverage tech) & keep patients coming in
  

Problem: You want to grow your business…. but how can you be confident you are on track to achieve your vision and thriving, making the most profit and impact possible and time to spend how you want?

Solution: Grow the right way - by growing yourself, your team, and your business in that order: DEO has an action plan to accomplish this and help you stay confident.

What You’ll Walk Away With:

• Align your business & personal visions - they may merge but sometimes diverge
• Prioritize key areas to focus on to boost profit, make an impact & have more time
• Identify gaps for improvement & those that are ripe for growth
• Soft skills to level up your leadership, be more confident & thrive
• Empower your team, get vision buy-in & stay in momentum to build an unshakable business
  

Day 2 of Summit offers just as much value. Enjoy more sessions full of inspiration and innovative solutions tailored to address the current growth challenges faced by your dental company. Gain tried and true tactics for achieving your growth goals, increasing your profit, making more of an impact, and freeing up your time to spend how you want!

“You find yourself with people that have both the questions and the solutions that you need - and something that you might’ve searched for, for a long time, all of a sudden is right there in front of you, and that is, quite frankly, priceless!" — Dr. Suresh Gorel, DDS, Founder, Progressive Implantology & Periodontics

You’ll be energized by another keynote speaker, a successful entrepreneurial trailblazer in the business world. The DEO team invites keynotes who are truly visionary leaders, disrupting and innovating traditional business models, having shattered old paradigms, and inspiring entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams and push the envelope of what can be achieved.

“The future of our industry is bright but as Peter Sheahan made clear in his inspiring speech - we need to get comfortable with challenging the status quo and show others what’s possible. That got my wheels spinning.” — Caitlin Maehr, Director of Operations, Areo Dental Group

At the close of Summit, you’ll be energized and ready to take on your challenges!

You’ll walk away with proven strategies and the next steps to take your dental company to the next level come Monday morning. You’ll be armed with solutions to:
- Maximize your profitability and control expenses effectively
- Overcome pressing challenges (economic hurdles and more) with certainty
- Establish optimal systems and KPIs to foster accountable and high-performing teams
- Attract, develop, and retain exceptional employees while cultivating a positive work environment
- And more!
…. All to generate more profit, make more impact, have more time to spend how you want, and achieve your vision!

Plus, you can rest easy and continue the fun with all the Gaylord and central Florida has to offer! Plan ahead and end Summit with a vacation - have fun with your team or family, visit local theme parks, and more.

If you haven't been to a DEO Summit you really need to give it a shot. It's worth the investment, it's worth your time, and in my mind, there isn't a better organization to be a part of if you're thinking about creating better systems, creating better culture, and creating a better you. — Teresa Salem, DMD, CEO/Dentist at Pearl Dental Associates