Dr. Brady Smith: Focus on the "Why" to find Fulfillment in Dentistry

Today's episode is sponsored by CareCru. Check them out here: CareCru Brady Smith is a general dentist with “one foot in and one foot out” of a DSO franchise called Comfort Dental.Brady has been at Comfort Dental for over 12 years now, joining right out of dental school to pay down $300,000 in student loan debt. Since then, he’s built three practices in locations ranging from a little town (Pueblo, Colorado) to a city (Vancouver, Washington).After building two of those three Comfort Dental practices from scratch, Brady decided he has what it takes to open a PPO practice with a fellow dentist called “Tooth Docs.”Outside of dentistry, however, Brady is passionate about doing charitable work with the organization he founded a few years ago called “HALO Dental Network” which provides free dental care to underserved populations throughout the country.HALO is an acronym for “Helping And Leading Others.”Brady also hosts a podcast called “Drilled with Dr. Brady.” The co-host, Lowell-George Granath, is a founding partner and the Executive Director of HALO Dental Network.Learn about:The pros and cons of a PPO practice vs. a FFS practice.The pros and cons of joining a DSO franchise like Comfort Dental.What is HALO Dental Network and what do they do?How does HALO afford to provide free dental care?How can YOU provide free dental services to underserved populations, once a year, through HALO?“Every dollar you give HALO is $10 of dentistry for someone who needs it”... How can you donate money to HALO?What is Brady’s #1 tip for practice productivity? It might surprise you…What’s Brady’s most productive “tool” in his “toolshed”? This one might surprise you too…And what’s Brady’s big Nifty Thrifty tip?What would he tell his pre-dental, undergrad self? If he could have a do-over, what would it be? Would he even want a do-over?Tune in to find out...