Industry Trends

Anne Duffy on What It Takes to Keep Great Women in Dentistry
In this episode of The Dental Economist Show, host CRO Mike Huffaker of Planet DDS speaks with Anne Duffy, founder and CEO of DeW Life (Dental Entrepreneur Woman). They talk...
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Dr. Sara Mahmood on Building a Founder-Led Dental Group
In this episode of The Dental Economist Show, host CRO Mike Huffaker of Planet DDS speaks with Dr. Sara Mahmood, founder of Brush365, about building a multi-location dental group on...
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Influential Dental on Mindset Habits That Separate the Top 1% in Dentistry
What does it take to build meaningful influence, lead high-performing teams, and create a career that does not come at the expense of fulfillment? In this episode of The Dental...
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Kyle Welch on Private Equity, Valuations, and the DSO Deal Market
Why has the DSO deal market stalled even as demand for dental care remains strong? In this episode of The Dental Economist Show, host CRO Mike Huffaker of Planet DDS...
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Special Edition: Colorado Ruling Every DSO in America Should Be Watching
What happens when a state dental board introduces rules that could fundamentally change how DSOs support dental practices? In this special breaking-news episode of The Dental Economist Show, host CRO...
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The 2026 Mid-Year Dental Industry Outlook: Presented Live
Missed Dykema 2026? Watch our CRO, Mike Huffaker, share the findings from the 2026 Mid-Year Dental Industry Outlook live during the Dykema DSO Conference. Watch his session on demand as...
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Planet DDS Presents: The New Standard
The story in dentistry for the last decade was Consolidation. Acquire. Scale. Figure out the infrastructure later. For most groups, later has arrived, and the gaps are showing up in...
2026 Mid-Year Dental Industry Outlook
Halfway through 2026, the questions that defined the last decade of dentistry have changed. The race to add locations has given way to a harder one: running what has already...
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