The Path to Fee-For-Service

Guest: Dr. Stacey Hall Host: Dr. Shannon Johnson Release Date: September 2020 Join Dr. Stacey Hall as she shares with us a roadmap of how to convert an insurance based practice to a fee-for-service model. Dr. Hall will outline the challenges she faced along the way of eliminating insurance to create the practice of her […]

Developing a Successful Transition Plan

Guest: Ari Forgosh D.M.D. and Karl Glassman D.D.S. Release Date: October 2019 Practice transition is a topic most dentists will have to deal with at least twice in their career (as a buyer and as a seller). There is a right way and a wrong way to bring in and/or be an associate, even if […]

Banish Broken Appointments, Eliminate Cancellations & Last Minute Changes

Guest: Larry Guzzardo Release Date: June 28, 2018 Broken and cancelled appointments are an expensive drain on your practice. Stop losing money, wasting time spent changing appointments, and the frustration created by “filling holes”. Learning to overcome this handicap you’ll enjoy less stress and everyone will have more fun! From this webinar:  1. Develop verbal skills to […]

How to Expect Case Acceptance for Complex Care without Losing Patients to Sticker Shock

Guest: Dr. Paul homoly Release Date: March 2019 The goal of this webinar is to discuss the three essential concepts that eliminate overwhelming patients and watching them walk out your door never to return (caused by poorly structured and overly complex treatment presentations). The three concepts are: Readiness: Discovering the scope of care patients are ready for […]

Transitioning from Small Town to Urban Area

Transition from Small Town to Urban Dental Practice

Guest: Dr. Laura Wittenauer Dr. Laura Wittenauer discusses how to manage a transition from a small town practice to a large urban area based on her experience as a Dawson trained dentist.

Transitioning a Legacy Practice

Transitioning a Legacy Practice

Guest: Dr. Rajeev Upadya Release Date: November 2013 Dr. Upadya purchased an existing practice in urban New Jersey while beginning his journey as a Dawson Academy student. This webinar will help you understand how to navigate issues like: PPO participation Helping patients understand complete dentistry Changes in treatment recommendations Fee increases Staff transitions Other issues associated with […]

Implementing Complete Care -A 12 Step Program

Implementing Complete Dental Care

Guest: Dr. Michael Verber Release Date: August 2014 In this webinar Dr. Michael Verber will discuss “Transitioning to a Complete Care Practice… A 12 Step Program.” Dr. Verber practices with his father and associates in Camp Hill, PA, just outside Harrisburg, PA. Michael is a 2003 graduate of Temple University College of Dentistry and practices general dentistry […]

How to ADOPT, APPLY, ADAPT Complete Care into a Practice

How to ADOPT, APPLY, ADAPT Complete Care into a Practice

Guest: Dr. Peter Dawson Release Date: January 2014 In this webinar hear how Dr. Dawson helped a doctor struggling to implement what he learned at The Dawson Academy into an established practice at the same time weathering a downturn in the economy. His story along with Dr. Dawson’s wisdom will help you on your own journey to adopt the timeless principles […]

Systems Define You

Defining Systems for your Dental Practice

Guest: Dr. Ian Buckle Release Date: May 2013 Dr. Buckle and I will be discussing his transition from the English public health dentistry program to a complete care practice. This webinar will discuss how the systems we choose to practice within define us as dentists. While the U.S. system is fee for service and 3rd party payer co-dependent, […]

Making the Dawson Philosophy Work in Any Location

Making the Dawson Philosophy Work Internationally

Guest: Dr. Dorota Stankowska, Dr. Perry Stankowski, Dr. Lenny Hess Release Date: May 2015 Dr. Dorota Stankowska (from Poznan, Poland) began taking the Dawson courses 7 years ago. She completed the core curriculum in less than a year with her husband, Dr. Perry Stankowski, sacrificing both time and money to do so. They immediately began implementing the concepts into […]

Transitioning a Complete Care Practice to Retirement with Dr. Steve Miller

Dental Retirment

Guest: Dr. Steve Miller Release Date: June 2016 Dr. Steve Miller from Asheville, North Carolina, will discuss Transitioning a Complete Care Practice to Retirement. Dr. Miller has executed one of the best planned practice transfers possible. He has agreed to share with us: The steps he took to prepare the practice and team for his retirement Pitfalls to avoid […]

Put Your Practice in the Top 10%

Top 10% Dental Practice

Guest: Dr. Steve Hoard Release Date: August 2016 Many of us had our first introduction to the Dawson Academy by attending the “How to Put Your Practice in the Top Ten Percent” course with Dr. Dawson and Joan Forrest many years ago. While the material is still very evident in our curriculum, that course in that format […]

Scholar Study Club

For Dawson Scholars Graduates

The Dawson Academy is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.

ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the provider or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at ADA.org/CERP.

Request More info

Pick your location