Leslie Espinola on Why Most Dental Practices Fail for Business Not Clinical Reasons
With thirty-five years in the industry, Leslie Espinola has seen dental practices thrive and fail from every angle. In this episode of The Dental Economist Show, host CRO Mike Huffaker of Planet DDS sits down with Leslie—fractional COO, executive coach at the Dental Entrepreneur Organization (DEO), and founder of High Peak Dental Advisors—to unpack why most dental practices fail for business reasons, not clinical ones.
From the org chart structures that break down at scale, to the accountability gaps dentists never learned in school, to the ROI of clinical voice technology, Espinola brings boots-on-the-ground wisdom earned from dental assisting all the way to the C-suite. This is the conversation every dental practice owner needs to hear before opening their next location.
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