How to Open a Dental Office...or Orthodontic Office

I love opening up offices and wanted to share my passion with you all. There is so much involved in opening an office but here are my top 3 things I think are important when opening a Dental Office

1. Mentality: This is probably the most odd but the most important. You need to have a positive mindset and realize you are in for a long journey. Always expand your mind with great books like E Myth Revisited and continue to get better.

2. Location, Location, Location: If you don't have a great spot it will be so hard to succeed. Get a dental broker you can relate to and trust they will guide you to making the correct decision. There are so many factors to think about so having someone guide you is paramount.

3. Timing: This can potentially make or break you. If you do not time your build out, equipment, architecture etc properly you may not have time to recover.

Thrive Dental and Orthodontics
10935 Rolater Rd #100
Frisco, TX, 75035

[JAP]

Really helpful video, I just started college and I want to be a Ortho and strive to achieve for greatness, I want to be able to open dental offices and help people have an amazing confident smile.

[ariannavaladez]

I am SO grateful to have found your channel! I am a freshman in college and I want to be an orthodontist! I started that dream and I started setting those goals when I first got braces and I loved it, I loved the confidence, i was so happy to go every few weeks, and I loved the environment! I am going to start shadowing to get a 2nd feel on it also, and I do want to own my own practice! Thank you!! Will definitely be following your foot steps!

[cybernetica]

I remember praying to God for a good and close dental office a few years ago. That’s when your location in Sachse was getting built, if I don’t mistaken it was during the pandemic. But until 2023 is when I realized it was done and I went and make an appointment. I love it, your office and your staff is really nice. I praise God and then I told my family. Now we take my son, my mother-in-law, and even my daughter in law and my son are going now. Everyone in my family like your office. I still need to take 3 more members of my family. I’m spreading the word about your office, don’t change keep the good work!
Thank you!

[proimpressionsmarketing]

Hello, Dr. Nate! Your insights into opening a dental practice are invaluable!

[julianserrano]

Keep these videos up please!! I literally wish to follow in your footsteps!! I only have one question: How long did it take you to create your brand? As in, did you work for another corporation for a few years, or jumped right in? What is your opinion on experience in the office and the variables related to this? Thank you!!

[Dabtrain]

I would like the more specifics! Thanks.

[adenikeakapo]

Would love to hear more on all of these topics! Thank you!

[DanWagnerGuitar]

Hey Dr. Nate, love the vids!

I’m curious, how do you get equipment, specifically floss and tootbrushes? How much should you pay for these type of items ideally?

[n.w]

What a great video! I'd love to see vids about marketing, finances ect...
keep doing what you love!

[CAB]

I am currently in the process of interviewing for dental schools, hopefully I will be accepted in a month from now, but I think the idea of opening my own office is both my biggest excitement and stressor. I would love to hear more details about the whole process really. I worry about getting patients after opening an office, especially if I have student loan payments on top of everything else, I feel that I cannot afford to only see one or two patients a day. How do you recommend gaining patients in a new office. Along with that, would you recommend staring a new practice, or buying an old one. like I mentioned I stress about gaining new patients, so I lean towards buying an old one, but I would be interested to hear your thoughts. Thank you!

[styxxny]

I have been in the dental field building dental offices and selling dental equipment and repairing dental equipment for 36 years. We have built hundreds of offices. I am the president of a Dental Equipment/Repair company. Now a dentist friend and myself are in the process of opening up my first dental office. Our goal is to have atleast 5 offices opened in the next five years. Thank you so much for your video. Any other information would be a great help. Good luck with your bussness.

[cowwman]

Hi Dr. Coughlin. I'm currently interviewing at dental schools and hope to enroll next year. I also work at a private practice as an office manager and dental assistant, so I have some knowledge regarding the ins and outs of how a practice is run. Can you make a video about the typical list of people that a soon-to-be private practice owner should have on call? For example you mentioned a broker and lawyer. A more comprehensive list of professionals would be very helpful. Finally, what are some must-read books that helped you in your career? Thank you for making these videos, they're very insightful!

[marisolrojas]

My daughter is a patient of yours in Richardson location we happy with you🥰

[evaneaton]

You mentioned you had read books about opening practices before you had opened yours. Do you have any recommendations on what books or articles to read to educate myself on opening my own practices?

[diogoroldao]

Hello Dr. Nate. Thx for this video. Do you have any video about the average initial office patience grown, and akso about the software thst runs the clinic and also about the integration with the insurance companies?

[bloom]

Hi doc, i'm glad to found your channel, super helpfull, wish you could make another part how to start dental office for every perspective like you said on this video. Maybe you could categorize it as part one and respectively.
I'm currently still learning while open up my dental office. And yapp that's true it's stressfull but try to not be, cuz i know what's my plan is, just confused on where do i search for equipment, which one is better and many others. I'm a perfectionist maybe that's one reason why this is stressfull. I'm exciting to watch other video doc, thank you 🙏😊

[osamakhalid]

could you please make a video on opening a dental surgery in the United States as a foreign dentist, whose main goal is to hire dentists to work in his surgery. (Dental Entrepreneur)

[khaliyahdavis]

Hello Dr Nate! I just wanted to know, how are you able to own 6 different offices? How did you keep that going?

[jamesdrolet]

im thinking of becoming an orthodontist is it smart to become an associate until you have enough income and experience to open a orthodontic office

[brandonpatinolugo]

Do you think opening a office in a small town would work?