{"podcast":{"title":"Dental A Team Podcast","slug":"dental-a-team-podcast-899344","podcast_index_feed_id":899344,"rss_url":"https://dentalateam.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://dentalateam.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/9/c/f/d9cf480e746e3fa616c3140a3186d450/dental-a-team-podcast-logo.png","author":"Kiera Dent","episode_count":1167,"summary":"This podcast is here to give dentists and all dental office team members, in EVERY position, TACTICAL and PRACTICAL TIPS to: - Be more efficient - Have more fun - Improve doctor and team communications - Eliminate frustration - And make your life easier! Jump in! We are thrilled you have decided to LEVEL UP and be part of the DENTAL A TEAM! New episodes every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T20:21:21.646608+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-a-team-podcast-899344"},"episode":{"title":"#1,168: To Scale or Simplify, That is the Question.","slug":"1-168-to-scale-or-simplify-that-is-the-question","published_at":"2026-06-25T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-a-team-podcast-899344/1-168-to-scale-or-simplify-that-is-the-question","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-a-team-podcast-899344","url":"https://dentalateam.libsyn.com/1168-to-scale-or-simplify-that-is-the-question","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/dentalateam/Eps_1668_To_scale_or_simplify_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=1103258","summary":"Ever feel like your office doesn't fit the standard benchmarks for growth? In this episode, Kiera and Dana riff on how to know whether going big or tightening the screws is the best way forward for your practice — including specific questions to ask yourself so you can get started on change today. Episode resources: Subscribe to The Dental A-Team podcast Schedule a Practice Assessment Leave us a review Transcript: Kiera Dent- Dental A Team (00:00) Hello, Dental A Team listeners. This is Kiera and today's a lucky day. I get Dana on the podcast with me. Dana, she is Donuts with Dana. She's been my ride or die for so freaking long. I love this woman so much. And fun fact, I didn't quite prep her 100 % for this podcast and yet she still shows up for a podcast with me. So Dana, how you doing today? DAT-Dana (00:20) Doing pretty good. Listen, any podcast with you is a good time. So if I get time with Kiera, I'm showing up. Kiera Dent- Dental A Team (00:25) Well, I appreciate it because selfishly I needed to throw a few podcasts in the morning before a coaching call day. And I was like, ⁓ doing them solo. I'd rather have a consultant. So I just looked across the calendars and was like, which consultants are free and like threw them on people's calendars. And then Dana was like, I didn't even know that this was a podcast. So, but Dana, I equally feel the same. Like if I can snag you for a podcast, like let's roll girl. Let's have a good time. Dana. You're Dainty to a point, but you're also Dynamite Dana. And we just had a client who's looking to work with you. And I told them like, Dana, you don't take on new clients. Like it is a very rare season. Like you happen to have a few clients that just like you've grown them enough. They're too new level that they're not staying with…","meta_description":"Ever feel like your office doesn't fit the standard benchmarks for growth? In this episode, Kiera and Dana riff on how to know whether going big or tighte…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1351,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dental-a-team-podcast-899344/episodes/1-168-to-scale-or-simplify-that-is-the-question/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-a-team-podcast-899344/1-168-to-scale-or-simplify-that-is-the-question.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}