Influential Dental
Influential Dental
Podcast Description
The Influential Dental Podcast by the American Dental Institute is your space to connect, learn, and grow with fellow dental professionals. We dive into real conversations about the things that matter to you—whether it’s the latest technical advancements, marketing strategies to grow your practice, or ways to navigate career growth and personal well-being.
It’s all about building a community where we can all grow together. Join us if you’re looking for insights to improve your clinical skills, tips to expand your practice, or simply some motivation to keep elevating your care.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on a variety of critical themes in dentistry including technical advancements, marketing strategies, and personal well-being. Episodes highlight topics such as overcoming burnout, innovating dental practices, leadership lessons, and the intersection between engineering and implant success, with notable examples like Dr. Sam Shamardi discussing hidden challenges in dentistry and Dr. Mark Costes sharing his journey through rejections to success.

The Influential Dental Podcast by the American Dental Institute is your space to connect, learn, and grow with fellow dental professionals. We dive into real conversations about the things that matter to you—whether it’s the latest technical advancements, marketing strategies to grow your practice, or ways to navigate career growth and personal well-being.
It’s all about building a community where we can all grow together. Join us if you’re looking for insights to improve your clinical skills, tips to expand your practice, or simply some motivation to keep elevating your care.
In this episode of Influential Conversations, Robert Woolley of HuFriedyGroup joins us for a conversation about leadership, culture, innovation, and the future of dentistry.
Robert shares how his experiences across different countries, companies, and cultures have shaped the way he approaches leadership today. From building diverse teams and creating a values-centered work environment to moving beyond products and focusing on solutions that improve patient care, the conversation explores what meaningful leadership can look like in the dental industry.
He also reflects on work-life integration, the importance of surrounding yourself with people who bring different strengths to the table, and why the opportunities ahead in dentistry are only beginning.
This episode marks the beginning of Influential Conversations, a new series of short conversations with leaders, educators, and professionals helping shape the dental industry.
Recorded live at Dykema, this is a short conversation with plenty to think about for anyone working to grow as a leader, clinician, or professional in dentistry.

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