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What Dentists Should Consider Before Starting Their Own Practice

By Art Wiederman and Dr. Christopher Green On Feb 22, 2023

In this episode of The Art of Dental Finance and Management podcast, Art speaks with Dr. Christopher Green, cofounder of The Practice Launchpad. Art and Dr. Green discuss what dentists should consider before starting their own practice, whether opening their first practice, or expanding an existing practice to multiple locations. It’s important for dentists to carefully analyze the opportunities, challenges, and potential pitfalls before endeavoring on practice ownership.

Reach out to Art if you have any questions regarding dental finance and management for your dental practice. More information about the Eide Bailly dental team can be found at www.eidebailly.com/dentist.

Art Wiederman, CPA

Serving dental professionals for 35 years, Art Wiederman, CPA, is director of dental practices for Eide Bailly, one of the nation’s leading CPA firms. With special expertise in dental practice metrics and benchmarks, he oversees a variety of services, including accounting, tax and financial planning, retirement planning, and financial practice management. In addition to his podcast, Wiederman lectures nationally on dental accounting and financial management. He can be reached at awiederman@eidebailly.com.

Dr. Christopher Green

Dr. Christopher Green is a 3rd generation dentist and between his dad, grandpa, uncles, cousins the Green’s have a collective 175 years + of dental experience in the family. In 2018 Dr.Green opened a 6 op practice from scratch that has rapidly grown to 22 employees. He also enjoys working on The Practice Launchpad - a new practice owner side project with Dr. Taher Dhoon & Dr. Mark Costes that is dedicated to saving fellow dentists time, money, and frustration on their journey towards dental practice ownership. In his free time he enjoys exploring the Colorado Rockies with his wife Jenna, Daughter Rowyn, Son Cameron, and dog Murphy.

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