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Learn, Connect, and Grow With Spear Community Resources

From clinical dentistry and practice management articles in Spear Digest to meaningful peer discussions in Spear Talk, Spear provides dentists and their teams with the resources to make community connections and grow both clinically and professionally. 

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Spear Digest

We’re always adding fresh articles and content to this blog from Spear Faculty members and other dental experts, focusing on how to improve your treatment planning, clinical dentistry, leadership, and practice management skills.

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  • Dental practice overhead dashboard showing practice performance metrics used to monitor profitability and operational efficiency.
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    Dental Practice Overhead: 8 Ways to Improve Profit
    Learn eight practical strategies to reduce dental practice overhead by improving systems, increasing efficiency, and protecting long-term profitability.

    By Amy Morgan

    • July 21, 2026

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  • Dental practice owner reviewing a financial performance dashboard to monitor dental practice cash flow, revenue trends, and key business metrics.
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    • Practice Management

    Dental Practice Cash Flow: Effective Strategies for Every Season
    Learn practical dental practice cash flow strategies to manage seasonal revenue fluctuations, build reserves, and improve profitability.

    By Bill Harrigan

    • July 14, 2026

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  • Dentist reviewing a dental practice metrics dashboard to monitor practice performance and key business indicators.
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    5 Essential Dental Practice Metrics Every Owner Should Track
    Learn which dental practice metrics matter most, how to interpret them, and how they support sustainable growth and better decisions.

    By Spear Team

    • July 7, 2026

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  • Dental professionals participating in a leadership and education workshop focused on clinical growth in DSOs, provider development, and clinical consistency across multiple locations.
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    Clinical Growth in DSOs: An Executive’s Guide
    Clinical growth in DSOs drives provider performance, case acceptance, retention, and enterprise value. Here’s how leading organizations build systems that scale.

    By Daniel Butterman

    • June 30, 2026

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  • Clinical mentor providing hands-on training to new dentists to help reduce dental associate ramp time and improve clinical confidence.
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    • Spear Member Stories

    Dental Associate Ramp Time: How DSOs Accelerate Growth
    Hear how one DSO reduced dental associate ramp time through structured clinical development to improve productivity and consistency.

    By Spear Team

    • June 25, 2026

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  • Dental professionals participating in a collaborative leadership meeting during a chief clinical officer training program focused on clinical strategy and team development.
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    Chief Clinical Officer Training for DSO Growth
    Learn how chief clinical officer training helps DSOs improve EBITDA, retention, onboarding, governance, and clinical consistency at scale.

    By Vishal Sharma

    • June 23, 2026

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Spear Talk is a members-only, peer-to-peer online community for dental professionals to network, get advice from faculty and other clinicians, and share their success stories.

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    — Dr. Jeremy Lansford, Lansford Dental Group, California

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    — Dr. Andrew Cohen, Andrew Cohen DMD, Pennsylvania

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