The My Practice My Business Dental Podcast
Welcome to The My Practice My Business Dental Podcast. I'm Dr. Rob Thorup, Clinical Director at MPMB. In our podcast shows we help dentists profit and thrive with excerpts from The Clinical Business of Dentistry Training here at MPMB.This podcast is dedicated to helping dentists and their teams reclaim forgotten profitability in dentistry, and to learn business skills specifically designed for dental practices. We look forward to your subscription, and we hope you let your colleagues know about our podcast. For more information on our GUARANTEED training, please visit us at www.mypracticemybusiness.com and surf our website pages. Our mission statement is simple: We increase the monthly net revenue of dental practices with our key methods, tools, and training utilizing every day, need-based dentistry, even with PPO plans. And we teach you how to do it ethically, legally, and morally, adhering to contracts and state laws, so you can be paid fairly for the services you provide.
The My Practice My Business Dental Podcast
“The American and State Dental Associations: Where Did We Go Wrong?”
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Robert Thorup, DDS
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Season 7
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Episode 20
Insurance companies allow — and even encourage — billing for non-covered services…
Meanwhile, some association leaders accuse dentists of unethical billing for using the exact CDT codes the ADA created.
You can’t make this stuff/shit up.
If your blood pressure isn’t elevated yet, just wait.
We’re going to talk about:
- How dental associations became the enforcement arm for insurers instead of advocates for dentists.
- Why certain leaders have adopted insurer-aligned mindsets that actively harm the profession.
- How the ADA’s own language contradicts what associations preach.
- And why it’s time — long overdue — for dentists to say:
Enough. Is. Enough.