Episode 238 | Dental Unfiltered | Hygiene Models and Profitability

Podcast: Dental Unfiltered · Matthew Brown

Opublikowano: 2026-10-20

In this special crossover episode, our very own Dr. Andrew Vallo joins Dr. Blake Hamblin, Dr. Collin Myrick, and Gary Bird on My Dental Playbook for the grand finale of their 5-part Hygiene Crisis Series.Between soaring wages, staffing shortages, PPO reimbursement pressures, and climbing overhead, many practice owners have written hygiene off as a broken loss-leader. But what if the problem isn't hygiene itself, but how your practice model is designed?Together, the panel breaks down three completely different practice models—fee-for-service, PPO, multi-location, and rural—to reveal how top-performing practice owners build high-production hygiene departments that drive pred...