Dental Unscripted
Dental Unscripted
Podcast Description
Dental Unscripted started off as "Dental Startup Unscripted" and walked dentists through the startup process. We then started a 2nd podcast "Dental Acquisitions Unscripted." NOW host Michael Dinsio, MBA joins forces with Paula Quinn, BSDH to combine both shows together into this one channel 🫶 - Dental Unscripted - This is where we educate and entertain docs with unscripted, unbiased, first hand experience on how to get into ownership and run a successful dental practice.
Together Mike & Paula bring a modern approach & perspective after serving the dental industry these past 30+ years. Together they invite guests onto the show and discuss their personal or professional experiences with everyone. We hope you will follow along on your dental practice ownership journey with Dental Unscripted!
On top of that we will be splashing in some FRESH NEW CONTENT about dental practice management - hacks, tips, and tricks. Discussing "How-To Run a Successful Dental Practice!" Maybe you've been following along on the other channels all these years... Maybe now you're a practice owner! Now you can get more great insights from Michael Dinsio & Paula Quinn here on Dental Unscripted.
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We hope to continue to build a great community of listeners like you who have followed since Start Up Unscripted and Acquisition Unscripted. Go 👉 watch 👀 on YouTube, join in on the LIVE streams to ask questions direct on the show! Hope to see you all there.❤️
Visit Next Level Consultants at www.nxlevelconsultants.com/podcast for more information.
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Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers a wide range of themes vital to dental practice ownership, including startup advice, practice acquisitions, management hacks, and career advice. Episodes feature topics like navigating the credentialing process, implementing clear aligner systems, and exploring ground marketing strategies, providing practical tips and firsthand experiences from industry experts.
The dental practice ownership podcast for dentists ready to start, buy, or grow their dental business.
Mike Dinsio, MBA and Paula Quinn, BSDH have joined forces. Now combining past shows from “Startup Unscripted” and “Dental Acquisition Unscripted” into one. They bring 30+ years of dental industry experience together with a modern approach to “the business of dentistry.”
Each episode features unscripted conversations with expert guest content. They share real life experiences, proven strategies, and actionable insights on dental practice ownership. Whether you’re new to ownership, planning a dental startup, or navigating a practice acquisition—we’ve got you covered.
CHANNEL TOPICS INCLUDE:
✓ How to start a dental practice from scratch
✓ Buying a dental practice: What you need to know
✓ Practice management hacks, tips, and tricks
✓ Dental marketing and SEO strategies that work
✓ Financial planning and profitability for practice owners
✓ Building and leading high-performing dental teams
✓ Industry trends: DSOs, technology, and the future of dentistry
Next Level Consultants is Michael and Paula’s consulting firm. Their approach to working with dentists? Customized strategies that are tailored to your unique market, team, and goals—no cookie-cutter packages. Visit: https://nxlevelconsultants.com/resources/digital-downloads/
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Join our growing community of dental practice owners and entrepreneurs. Watch LIVE on YouTube & ask questions directly. Subscribe on Apple or Spotify. New episodes weekly. No scripts. Just real talk about running a successful dental practice.
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“You’re slammed three weeks out, your team’s running full speed, and there’s still no money in the account.” Dental practice profitability drops the moment you add a fourth clinical day without the patient flow to fill it. Mike Dinsio and Paula Quinn break down the five most common reasons dental practices stay busy but never build real profit and what to change about each one.
- Why adding another clinical day almost always kills your margins instead of improving them
- The magic 1-1-1 formula and how multiple Next Level Consultants clients hit $1.5M on just three days a week
- The $150/hr vs. $500/hr mistake dentists make when they refuse to hire a hygienist
- How 121 out of 257 new patients disappeared from one practice’s schedule in a single year and what that costs
- Marketing dependency: when $60–100K in annual ad spend is masking a retention leak
- The “house broke” trap when your rent requires $2M in production and you’re doing $1M
- Why bringing on associates too early drains exactly the profit you’re trying to protect
- Block scheduling, operatory strategy, and the clinical systems that compress more production into fewer days
Perfect for practice owners, dental startups, and any dentist wondering why production looks fine but the bank account doesn’t.
Busy is a feeling. Profit is math. The gap between them is almost always a systems problem, not a volume problem.
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About the Hosts:
Michael Dinsio, MBA & Paula Quinn, BSDH – Next Level Consultants
Dental practice startups, acquisitions, and practice management consulting. https://nxlevelconsultants.com
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Topics on this podcast:
dental practice profitability, running a dental practice, dental business, dental overhead, practice management, growing a dental practice, dental practice growth, dental startup, dental practice management, dental practice finances, dental practice challenges, buying a dental practice, dental practice operations, dental practice efficiency, dental entrepreneurship
Production by © Dental Unscripted 2026
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