Our Dental Practice Coaches are Here to Help You
Owning a dental practice requires mastering two completely different skill sets: clinical expertise and business management. While dental school prepared you to treat patients, it likely left you unprepared for the financial complexities, leadership challenges, and operational demands of practice ownership.
Dental Coach USA fills this critical gap through specialized dental business coaching that transforms dentists into successful practice owners. Bob Affleck and Jayden Bell have dedicated over three decades to developing proven systems for practice growth, helping dentists achieve financial success while maintaining the patient satisfaction standards that build lasting practices.
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Meet The Team
Bob Affleck brings over 30 years of dental industry expertise as the founder and principal dental business coach of Dental Coach USA. His career evolution from practice finance specialist to management consultant, practice broker, and finally educator gives him unique insights into every aspect of practice ownership. Bob created the renowned “Dental MBA Business Series” and co-hosts the popular “Dentistry for the Millennials Pathway to Practice Ownership” podcast, sharing his knowledge at 40+ dental society events annually. Jayden Bell serves as a key team member and primary consultation contact, recognized as a trailblazer in the dental industry.
Together with James DeLuca, our Head Coach of Practice Management and Operations, they bring collective decades of specialized expertise to every client relationship, ensuring you receive personalized attention and access to top-tier specialists throughout your journey.
Bob Affleck
Co-Founder & CSO
With over 40+ years of experience in the dental industry, Bob has helped thousands of dentists become confident practice owners. A former practice finance specialist, consultant, and even broker, Bob now serves as a trusted advisor and educator. Through national speaking engagements, industry podcasts, and his acclaimed “Dental MBA Business Series,” he’s on a mission to close the gap between clinical training and business ownership. For Bob, the most rewarding part of this journey is building relationships and helping dentists build legacies.
Jayden Bell
Co-Founder & CEO
Jayden is the driving force behind Dental Coach USA’s modern approach to dental practice coaching. Known for his strategic mindset and client-first attitude, Jayden has coached dentists across the country through acquisitions, transitions, and growth with a proven step-by-step system. He brings clarity to complex decisions and makes sure every client has the tools and support they need to succeed. From one-on-one coaching to hosting live events like the “Dental MBA Business Series,” Jayden’s leadership continues to shape the next generation of successful practice owners.
Our Mission
Bob Affleck and Jayden Bell founded Dental Coach USA with a singular mission: to serve as your unwavering partner throughout every stage of your dental career. As your trusted dental business coach, we’re committed to providing unbiased guidance with zero conflicts of interest, ensuring every recommendation serves solely your best interests.
We understand that acquiring and running a successful practice involves much more than dentistry—it requires strategic financial management, effective leadership skills, and proven systems for practice growth. Our mission extends beyond the initial acquisition to include comprehensive support during your crucial first years of ownership, helping you optimize operations and achieve the patient satisfaction levels that drive long-term success.
Dental Buyer Coaching
Buying a dental practice shouldn’t leave you feeling alone in a complex maze of decisions and paperwork. From the moment you dream of ownership, we surround you with industry experts who understand exactly what it takes to find your perfect practice. Our comprehensive approach tackles everything from securing the best financing rates to identifying hidden strengths and weaknesses during due diligence.
Starting with an in-depth planning session, our dental business coach helps you define your philosophy, vision, and goals before assembling your team of specialists. The scary transition from employee to “The Boss” becomes manageable when you have dedicated coaches handling credentialing, marketing your story brand, and teaching you essential practice systems. While most new owners lose 10% of their monthly revenue during transitions, Dental Coach USA focuses on turning that potential loss into record-breaking growth from day one.
Dental Practice Management Coaching
Running a thriving dental practice requires more than clinical expertise—it demands strategic leadership and operational mastery. Our meticulous due diligence process scrutinizes every aspect of your practice, from patient journey mapping to profitability analysis, revealing hidden opportunities for immediate improvement. Through dynamic financial planning and state-of-the-art forecasting tools, you’ll witness the direct impact of your decisions in real-time.
What sets our approach apart is hands-on collaboration with your team, especially your office manager, to refine conversion techniques and boost revenue growth. Dental Coach USA transforms complex practice management challenges into systematic wins through elite training modules that teach DSO secrets and proven patient conversion strategies. Your dedicated dental business coach embeds sustainable best practices into daily operations, making future scaling effortless and profitable.
Buying a Dental Practice: The 8-Step Coaching Process
Step 1: Vision & Planning Session
We begin by learning about your dream practice—where you want to live, how you want to work, and what legacy you want to build. Together, we establish your vision, mission, goals, and personal philosophy. From there, we create a tailored comprehensive action plan and introduce you to your dedicated team of coaches. You’ll never feel alone in this journey.
Step 2: Identifying the Right Practice
We help you locate practices in your ideal area that align with your vision. With our proven outreach strategy, we’ll guide you in contacting potential sellers. Once a match is found, our legal team assists with crafting your Letter of Intent (LOI).
Step 3: Practice Financing
We eliminate the guesswork in securing funding by connecting you with lenders who offer the best rates and terms. We handle communication and documentation on your behalf to ensure a smooth, stress-free lending process.
Step 4: Due Diligence & Business Evaluation
Your due diligence coach conducts a comprehensive business analysis, including financial review and operational health. This ensures you understand the strengths, weaknesses, and potential of the practice before you invest.
Step 5: Branding & Marketing Setup
Before ownership begins, you’ll work with a top-tier marketing coach to build your personal brand. This includes developing your story, creating your new website, and establishing your online presence—all ready to launch the day you take over.
Step 6: Insurance Credentialing
Navigating insurance doesn’t have to be painful. Our credentialing coach ensures you’re signed up with the right providers and negotiates optimal fees. We’ll even revisit this in a few years to re-negotiate for better rates.
Step 7: Smooth Transition Support
Taking over a practice can feel overwhelming. That’s why you’ll work with a transition coach to learn systems, manage your new team, and gain confidence in your leadership. You’ll be supported every step of the way.
Step 8: Adding Value & Growing Revenue
Most new practice owners lose 10% of monthly revenue. We flip the script. You’ll be introduced to simple, high-impact value-add services that generate immediate growth. You’ll also be enrolled in our ongoing coaching membership for continued support and access to trainings.
Buying a Dental Practice: The 8-Step Coaching Process
Step 1: Vision & Planning Session
We begin by learning about your dream practice—where you want to live, how you want to work, and what legacy you want to build. Together, we establish your vision, mission, goals, and personal philosophy. From there, we create a tailored comprehensive action plan and introduce you to your dedicated team of coaches. You’ll never feel alone in this journey.
Step 2: Identifying the Right Practice
We help you locate practices in your ideal area that align with your vision. With our proven outreach strategy, we’ll guide you in contacting potential sellers. Once a match is found, our legal team assists with crafting your Letter of Intent (LOI).
Step 3: Practice Financing
We eliminate the guesswork in securing funding by connecting you with lenders who offer the best rates and terms. We handle communication and documentation on your behalf to ensure a smooth, stress-free lending process.
Step 4: Due Diligence & Business Evaluation
Your due diligence coach conducts a comprehensive business analysis, including financial review and operational health. This ensures you understand the strengths, weaknesses, and potential of the practice before you invest.
Step 5: Branding & Marketing Setup
Before ownership begins, you’ll work with a top-tier marketing coach to build your personal brand. This includes developing your story, creating your new website, and establishing your online presence—all ready to launch the day you take over.
Step 6: Insurance Credentialing
Navigating insurance doesn’t have to be painful. Our credentialing coach ensures you’re signed up with the right providers and negotiates optimal fees. We’ll even revisit this in a few years to re-negotiate for better rates.
Step 7: Smooth Transition Support
Taking over a practice can feel overwhelming. That’s why you’ll work with a transition coach to learn systems, manage your new team, and gain confidence in your leadership. You’ll be supported every step of the way.
Step 8: Adding Value & Growing Revenue
Most new practice owners lose 10% of monthly revenue. We flip the script. You’ll be introduced to simple, high-impact value-add services that generate immediate growth. You’ll also be enrolled in our ongoing coaching membership for continued support and access to trainings.
About Our Practice Management Coaching
Our practice management coaching goes beyond traditional mentoring. By working with us, you’ll have the opportunity to develop essential leadership skills that will empower you to thrive in your dental career. We understand the intricacies of the dental industry and are dedicated to helping you achieve your goals.
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Your First-Year Practice Growth Blueprint
Step 1: Deep Dive Assessment
We analyze your operations and patient journey to uncover exactly where your profitability stands—and where it can grow.
Step 2: Financial Forecasting
Using your custom 6-month budget and our advanced Forecast Tool, we map out how your decisions impact real-time profitability.
Step 3: Patient Experience Optimization
We evaluate your systems and uncover hidden opportunities to improve how patients move through your practice.
Step 4: Custom Growth Blueprint
You get a detailed strategy tailored specifically to your goals, practice type, and team capabilities.
Step 5: Weekly Performance Tracking
With our business planner, you’ll track progress, measure key metrics, and adapt for continuous improvement.
Step 6: DSO-Level Training Modules
You’ll learn the same conversion and operational strategies used by top-performing Dental Service Organizations.
Step 7: Manager Mentorship
We train your office manager one-on-one to sharpen their leadership and revenue-driving skills.
Step 8: Systems That Scale
We help you lock in best practices with SOPs and staff training—so you’re set for long-term success and growth.
Your First-Year Practice Growth Blueprint
Step 1: Deep Dive Assessment
We analyze your operations and patient journey to uncover exactly where your profitability stands—and where it can grow.
Step 2: Financial Forecasting
Using your custom 6-month budget and our advanced Forecast Tool, we map out how your decisions impact real-time profitability.
Step 3: Patient Experience Optimization
We evaluate your systems and uncover hidden opportunities to improve how patients move through your practice.
Step 4: Custom Growth Blueprint
You get a detailed strategy tailored specifically to your goals, practice type, and team capabilities.
Step 5: Weekly Performance Tracking
With our business planner, you’ll track progress, measure key metrics, and adapt for continuous improvement.
Step 6: DSO-Level Training Modules
You’ll learn the same conversion and operational strategies used by top-performing Dental Service Organizations.
Step 7: Manager Mentorship
We train your office manager one-on-one to sharpen their leadership and revenue-driving skills.
Step 8: Systems That Scale
We help you lock in best practices with SOPs and staff training—so you’re set for long-term success and growth.
Why Choose Us
Choosing the right dental business coach can make or break your practice ownership dreams. We’ve guided thousands of dentists through successful transitions over three decades, developing proven methodologies that eliminate common pitfalls and accelerate your path to profitability.
- Independent Consulting
- Hidden Practice Opportunities
- Complete Support
- Consistent Results
- Long-Term Commitment
Independent Consulting Without Hidden Agendas
Unlike other consultants who profit from product sales or service referrals, we maintain complete independence from all dental suppliers and service providers. This means our recommendations as your dental business coach focus exclusively on your success, not our commissions. Our financial management guidance and practice assessment recommendations are based purely on what’s best for your specific situation and goals.
Complete Support Beyond the Purchase
Most dental business coaching ends at the sale, but that’s where our real work begins. We provide complete transition planning that covers everything from team onboarding to optimizing patient satisfaction systems. Our practice assessment process identifies untapped revenue potential that previous owners often overlook, helping you maximize profitability from day one.
Consistent Results that Defy Industry Standards
Our clients consistently achieve record-breaking revenue in their first year of ownership, contradicting industry norms where new owners typically lose 10% of patients and revenue. Through strategic dental practice optimization and targeted coaching, most practices we guide achieve their highest revenue performance within 12 months of acquisition.
Long-Term Commitment to Your Success
We don’t just help you buy a practice—we ensure you succeed in running it. Our comprehensive dental business coaching includes practice evaluation, financial planning, leadership skills development, and ongoing practice management support. Many of our client relationships span 15+ years, reflecting our commitment to your long-term financial success rather than quick transactions.
Benefits of Acquiring a Dental Practice Coach
Acquiring a dental practice management coach can be a game-changer for dental professionals looking to excel in their careers. Working with a skilled coach offers numerous benefits that can positively impact your practice and overall success.
Build Your Dream Practice with an Industry-Expert Dental Business Coach!
Transform your clinical expertise into business success with proven strategies that have guided thousands of dentists to profitable practice ownership. Bob Affleck and Jayden Bell at Dental Coach USA combine decades of industry experience with unbiased guidance to ensure your transition from employee to owner exceeds expectations.
Ready to take control of your dental career and build the practice of your dreams? Contact our dental business coach today at 949-545-8287 or connect with us on Facebook and Instagram to schedule your consultation and discover why we’re the trusted choice for serious dental professionals.
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FAQs
How does a dental business coach help with practice ownership?
A dental business coach guides you through every step of acquiring and running a successful practice, from initial financial planning to long-term practice growth strategies. We focus on developing your leadership skills and business acumen while ensuring you make informed decisions about practice selection and optimization. Our coaching approach eliminates the guesswork and fear that typically accompany practice ownership transitions.
What makes your approach to business coaching for dentists unique?
We exclusively work with buyers rather than sellers, which means our recommendations focus solely on your financial success without any conflicts of interest. Our dental business coaching includes access to off-market practice opportunities that aren’t available through traditional brokers or listings. We also provide comprehensive post-purchase support to ensure your new practice achieves optimal patient satisfaction and profitability from day one.
Can new dental graduates benefit from dental practice optimization coaching?
Yes, we work with dentists at all career stages, including recent graduates who want to skip the associate years and move directly into ownership. Our practice assessment process helps determine what type and size of practice you qualify for based on your current financial situation. We then provide the necessary coaching and resources to prepare you for successful practice ownership, including financial management training and leadership development.
How do you help improve patient satisfaction in acquired practices?
Our dental coaching includes proven strategies for team onboarding and patient retention that typically result in improved satisfaction scores within the first year. We help you implement systems that enhance the patient experience while maintaining the practice culture that existing patients value. Most practices we guide see increased patient satisfaction alongside record revenue performance, proving that business success and quality care go hand in hand.
What ongoing support does your practice management coaching include?
Our relationship continues for 1-2 years after your practice purchase with regular coaching sessions focused on optimization and growth strategies. We provide guidance on team management, financial planning, and operational improvements that maximize your practice’s potential. This ongoing support ensures you avoid the common pitfalls that cause new owners to lose revenue and helps you achieve the financial success you envisioned when starting your ownership process.