The TechDental Podcast
The TechDental Podcast
Podcast Description
The TechDental Podcast is your go-to podcast for scaling smarter, more profitable dental practices using technology, financial insight, and operational strategy. Hosted by Dr. Randeep Singh Gill, founder of DentalCFO, this weekly show delivers practical, no-fluff conversations with the industry’s sharpest minds, from AI software founders to multi-site practice operators and dental finance pros.
Whether you're running 3 practices or pushing past 20, you'll get real-world advice on everything from practice valuations and cash flow to diagnostic AI, staffing systems, and growth automation. No theory. No sales pitches. Just tactical insights for dentists and dental CFOs who want to modernise, streamline, and scale.
If you’re ready to lead a smarter, tech-forward dental business, this is the podcast for you.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
This podcast focuses on themes such as leveraging AI technology, enhancing operational efficiency, and maximizing financial performance within dental practices. Key episode examples include discussions on AI agents in practice operations, the ROI of 3D scanning for patient communication, and the integration of digital tools for treatment acceptance, covering various topics like practice valuations, cash flow management, and staffing efficiencies.
The TechDental Podcast is where dentistry meets disruption.
Hosted by Dr Randeep Singh Gill, this weekly show dives into how AI, automation and emerging technologies are reshaping clinical workflows, patient experience, diagnostics, business models and the economics of practice ownership.
Each episode features unfiltered conversations with the people building the future of the profession including AI founders, multi-site operators, dental group executives, technologists, investors and innovators who are redefining what a modern dental business looks like.
No theory. No corporate fluff. No surface-level chat.
You will hear real-world insights on:
How AI is transforming diagnostics, patient journeys and consent
The rise of autonomous and semi-autonomous dental workflows
Profit models, valuations and financial strategy in an AI-driven market
Digital transformation inside independent practices and DSOs
Scaling clinical operations with automation and data
The new skillsets dental leaders need in the cognitive age
The impact of emerging tech on staffing, recruitment and team culture
How to future-proof your practice in the era of exponential change
Whether you are running a single site, scaling a group or building technology in the dental space, this podcast gives you the clarity, frameworks and strategic edge needed to stay ahead of the curve.
If you want to understand how AI will redefine dentistry and how to lead confidently into the next decade of disruption, you are in the right place.
Why Dental Education Is Broken And How AI Will Fix It
Dental education was not designed for the world clinicians are operating in today.
Clinical complexity has increased.
Digital workflows are now standard.
Patient expectations are higher than ever.
Yet the way dentists are trained has not evolved at the same pace.
In this episode of The TechDental Podcast, host Dr Randeep Singh Gill sits down with Dr Vishal Sharma, Director of Clinical Education and Operations at Spear Education, to unpack why dentistry has a structural education problem — and how AI, hybrid learning, and competency-based systems are reshaping the future of clinical training.
This is a deep, operator-level conversation for founders, executives, and clinical leaders thinking about scale, consistency, and risk.
Key Topics Covered
- Why dental education hasn’t kept pace with clinical and technological complexity
- The post-pandemic skills gap facing early-career dentists
- Why traditional CPD and one-off courses fail at scale
- The limits of siloed, discipline-based training
- Hybrid and decentralised learning models explained
- How AI enables objective, numerical skill assessment
- Competency-based progression vs hours-based education
- Why skill variance is a hidden risk when scaling dentistry
- How DSOs can design role-based, standardised learning pathways
- The future of immersive learning, AI, and VR in dental education
Key Insights from the Conversation
Dentistry does not have a motivation problem.
It has a systems problem.
As Dr Vishal Sharma explains, clinicians are graduating with less hands-on repetition, entering practices with higher expectations, and facing increasing complexity without structured pathways to build confidence and competence.
AI does not replace education.
It addresses the structural limitations education has struggled with at scale.
By enabling objective skill measurement, decentralised practice with remote feedback, and progression based on demonstrated capability, AI-driven education systems improve predictability — the foundation of safe, scalable dentistry.
Who This Episode Is For
- Dental founders and group owners
- DSO executives and clinical directors
- Education leaders and innovators
- Dentists navigating advanced workflows and AI adoption
- Investors and operators interested in scalable clinical systems
Connect & Learn More
Host
Dr Randeep Singh Gill
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-randeep-singh-gill-576580357/
Website: https://www.techdental.com
Email: [email protected]
Guest
Dr Vishal Sharma
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-vishal-sharma-78527543/
Company
Spear Education
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spear-education
About The TechDental Podcast
The TechDental Podcast is the strategic intelligence platform for leaders shaping the future of dentistry through AI, data, and systems thinking.
Each episode goes beyond tools and trends to explore how operating models, education, and decision-making are evolving in the cognitive age of dentistry.
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