Collaboration Over Conflict: A New Model for Dental Success

I want to start today by talking about something that almost every dentist and practice owner I know has experienced at some point in their career.

Frustration.

Frustration with insurance companies.
 Frustration with contracts.
 Frustration with reimbursement.
 Frustration with feeling unheard.

And when that frustration boils over, most dentists are told one of two things:

“You signed a contract.”
Or… “Just drop insurance.”

I’ve heard that response from state associations.
 I’ve heard it from leaders in the dental industry.
 I’ve heard it from colleagues.

And I struggle with it — not because it’s always wrong, but because it has become the default answer, and default answers don’t solve systemic problems.