The Savvy Dentist

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr Jesse Green welcomes a special guest, Max Ganhewa, for a fascinating and future-focused conversation. Known for pushing boundaries in clinical practice and innovation, Max brings a unique perspective on how technology, particularly artificial intelligence, is rapidly reshaping the dental industry. Together, they explore the new possibilities, challenges, and opportunities AI offers for dentists ready to embrace change.

Max shares practical insights on how AI is already being used in diagnostics, treatment planning, and patient communication, and what it means for the day-to-day running of a practice. Max and...

Effective leadership is built on the foundation of meaningful communication. In this solo episode of the Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr Jesse Green unpacks the three critical conversations every dental practice owner and leader must master to lead a team and grow a thriving business successfully.

Drawing from years of experience and practical wisdom, Jesse breaks down these conversations into simple, actionable frameworks. Whether you're giving recognition or navigating difficult conversations, when handled with preparation and structure, will dramatically enhance your leadership capabilities.

If you want to create a positive workplace culture, build trust, and elevate...

In this episode, Dr Jesse Green is joined by Dr Wendy Peng and Dr Gilbert Ko, owners of Dana Street Dental in Ballarat. Their journey from starting a small, three-chair dental practice to building a thriving, eight-chair business is filled with lessons on leadership, team culture, systems, and scale.

Wendy and Gilbert share candidly about the realities of business ownership—the wins, the missteps, and how they've created a practice that not only delivers outstanding care but also provides them the freedom to enjoy more time with their family. It's a down-to-earth, relatable conversation full of practical st...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green explores a powerful shift in leadership mindset: replacing rigid policies with guiding principles to create a more empowered, agile, and values-driven dental practice.

Rather than relying on exhaustive rulebooks that can stifle innovation and autonomy, Jesse explains how defining a clear set of principles can drive better decision-making, elevate team morale, and cultivate a culture of trust. Whether you're navigating team dynamics, scaling your operations, or simply tired of micromanaging, this episode provides a refreshing framework for leadership that’s both strategic and human-centred.

We often chase big wins and flashy breakthroughs — but what if the real edge lies in doing the boring things… brilliantly?

In this episode of the Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr Jesse Green speaks with Australian Olympian Jacob Despard, a record-setting sprinter from the 2024 Paris Games. Jacob shares the powerful, behind-the-scenes truth of elite performance - discipline isn’t glamorous, but it delivers real results. From his early dreams of cricket stardom to becoming one of Australia’s fastest men, Jacob’s journey is a masterclass in consistency, self-awareness and goal-driven habits.

Now also a sought-after speaker, Jacob brin...

We often chase big wins and flashy breakthroughs — but what if the real edge lies in doing the boring things… brilliantly?

In this episode of the Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr Jesse Green speaks with Australian Olympian Jacob Despard, a record-setting sprinter from the 2024 Paris Games. Jacob shares the powerful, behind-the-scenes truth of elite performance - discipline isn’t glamorous, but it delivers real results. From his early dreams of cricket stardom to becoming one of Australia’s fastest men, Jacob’s journey is a masterclass in consistency, self-awareness and goal-driven habits.

Now also a sought-after speaker, J...

Welcome to a very special milestone episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green! 

In this episode we’re celebrating our 500th episode - a huge achievement made possible by our incredible listeners, expert guests, and the relentless pursuit of excellence in both dentistry and business. 

Over the years, we’ve shared insights, strategies, and wisdom to help you build a practice and a business that gives you more cash, more time, and more joy. And for this landmark episode, we have an absolutely legendary guest, one of the world’s greatest business minds … Jay Abraha...

Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green, where we explore the intersection of dentistry, business, and personal growth to help you create a practice and a life you love. 
Whether you’re an ambitious practice owner, an entrepreneurial spirit, or just someone striving for personal excellence, you’re in the right place.

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green dives into a conversation with Layne Beachley AO, whose story transcends sport and speaks directly to the heart of human resilience and authenticity. 

Layne Beachley AO is a seven-time world...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green dives deep into the concept of building a tribe within your dental practice. More than just a team, a tribe is a group of people connected by shared values, mutual trust, and a collective mission. In today’s competitive and fast-evolving dental landscape, having a strong internal culture isn’t just a “nice to have” ... it’s a non-negotiable for sustainable growth, team retention, and patient loyalty.

Jesse shares practical strategies and leadership insights on how to foster belonging, boost engagement, and turn your team into a high-perfo...

Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green, where we explore the intersection of dentistry, business, and personal growth to help you create a practice and a life you love. 

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green dives into a conversation that’s as relevant to the dental chair as it is to the boardroom. Whether you’re leading a practice, managing a team, or just trying to keep your head above water in a fast-changing world, this episode is going to speak directly to you.

Dr. Jesse Green is joine...

Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green, where we explore the intersection of dentistry, business, and personal growth to help you create a practice and a life you love. 

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green we have Australian Business Royalty … Bob Ansett.

Bob Ansett is a renowned Australian entrepreneur, best known as the founder of Budget Rent a Car in Australia. Born in 1933, Bob grew up in a family deeply connected to business and innovation. He took Budget from a small operation in 1965 to a nationwide success, revolutionising the...

Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green, where we explore the intersection of dentistry, business, and personal growth to help you create a practice and a life you love. 

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green we have a truly fascinating guest … Gus Balbontin, a renowned entrepreneur, investor, and former Executive Director and CTO of Lonely Planet. Gus is a master of navigating uncertainty and leveraging disorder as a competitive advantage. In a world where businesses are constantly disrupted, he believes that embracing change, rather than resisting it, is the key to...

Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green, where we explore the intersection of dentistry, business, and personal growth to help you create a practice and a life you love. 

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green sits down with Joseph Michelli, renowned customer experience expert and author of Driven to Delight. Together, they explore how world-class organisations, including Zappos, Mercedes-Benz, Starbucks, and others, create exceptional customer experiences … and how, as dentists we can apply the same principles to build our own practices.

If you want to create a business tha...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green dives deep into the strategies and mindset shifts required to build a thriving dental empire. If you're feeling stuck in the day-to-day grind, this episode is packed with actionable insights to help you scale your practice, achieve financial freedom, and create a business that supports the life you truly want.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:
✅ The key mindset shifts required to transition from clinician to business owner
✅ The critical systems every dental empire needs to scale efficiently
✅ The financial strategies that allow you to bui...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast Dr Jesse Green is joined by Tony Bradshaw. Tony is an expert when it comes to personal finance and coaching people to become millionaires.

Dr. Jesse and Tony discuss the mindset of becoming a millionaire, being clear about your vision, the steps on how to do it, but also your ‘purpose’ and ‘why’.

Tony shares so many valuable tips to help you in your own journey to create wealth.

[08:32] – How to make your plan to become a millionaire, and create a plan to execute your plan.  [10:15] – What does the...

Professor Martin Bean CBE, CEO of The Bean Centre, is a visionary leader shaping the future of education in our workplace.

Currently a Professor at the University of New South Wales, Martin's expertise lies in exploring the evolving landscape of work and lifelong learning.

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast Martin shares his knowledge as a mentor connecting some of Australia's brightest minds and Jesse and Martin unpack all of the lessons of leadership that he's uncovered throughout his career and make them really practical for you in your dental practice.

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Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green ... the show where great dentistry meets great business. Jesse helps you navigate the journey of building a thriving dental practice that supports your lifestyle, your team, and your long-term success. 

In this episode, we’re diving into the 9 Essential Business Lessons for Dentists ... powerful strategies inspired by the insights of legendary business minds like Tony Robbins, Keith Cunningham, and other thought leaders. These are the principles that separate struggling practice owners from those who scale with confidence. We’ll be...

Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green, where we explore the intersection of dentistry, business, and personal growth to help you create a practice and a life you love. 

In this fascinating episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green speaks with Peter Baines, a world-renowned forensic scientist, leadership expert, and crisis management specialist. Drawing from his extensive experience in homicide investigations and disaster response, Peter reveals the surprising parallels between forensic science and running a successful dental practice.

Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green, where we explore the intersection of dentistry, business, and personal growth to help you create a practice and a life you love. 

In this episode Dr. Jesse Green explains how your business can become a referral powerhouse. 

Word of mouth referrals are a great source of patients because we know the patients that come in through word of mouth referrals are typically more 'sold' on the practice, mo...

Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green, where we explore the intersection of dentistry, business, and personal growth to help you create a practice and a life you love. 

In this episode Dr. Jesse Green sits down with leadership and communication expert Shane Hatton to explore the power of organisational culture in building high-performing teams.

Shane is an Australian living in London. He's a global speaker on the topic of culture and leadership. He's a...

Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green, where we explore the intersection of dentistry, business, and personal growth to help you create a practice and a life you love. 

Whether you’re looking to master the art of leadership, grow your practice sustainably, or find balance and fulfillment, you’re in the right place. Each episode is designed to deliver practical strategies and inspiring ideas to help you thrive both professionally and personally.

In this...

Just Imagine "If Disney Ran Your Business, What Would It Look Like?"

Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green, the show where great dentistry meets savvy business! Whether you're a dentist, practice owner, or someone passionate about personal and professional growth, this is the podcast where you'll discover strategies, tools, and insights to take your business to the next level while finding more balance, freedom, and fulfillment in your life.

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Welcome to another episode of The Savvy Dentist podcast with Dr. Jesse Green.

In this episode we are honored to welcome Jay Pottenger from EQ Minds, a renowned speaker and thought leader in the field of mental health, emotional intelligence, and workplace well-being. Jay has made it his mission to empower professionals with the tools they need to thrive in both their personal and professional lives. With a deep understanding of the unique pressures faced by business owners and dental professionals, Jay brings practical strategies to help you enhance your focus, manage stress, and cultivate resilience in an...

Welcome to another episode of The Savvy Dentist podcast with Dr. Jesse Green. We are thrilled to introduce Deborah Cooper, a dynamic thought leader and business strategist who has dedicated her career to helping professionals like you break through barriers and achieve extraordinary results in life … and in your dental practice. 

With a wealth of experience in leadership development, team optimisation, and innovative problem-solving, DebZ has become a trusted advisor to many seeking to elevate their careers and practices. Deborah specialises in taking uninspired and underperforming teams through a process which transforms how teams communicate, and ultimately profits, wit...

Welcome to our final episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast Summer Series.

We're going back into the archives, rummaging through the vault, finding the best bits of the best episodes and we're taking those vignettes and those snippets and we're combining them together to form one single episode around a particular theme or topic.

The theme for this particular episode is all around wealth creation.

Creating wealth is a very important thing...

Welcome to another episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast Summer Series.

We're going back into the archives, rummaging through the vault, finding the best bits of the best episodes and we're taking those vignettes and those snippets and we're combining them together to form one single episode around a particular theme or topic.

And the topic for this episode is creating great business systems.

Every business on the planet needs great systems, and dental practices are no exception...

Welcome to the Savvy Dentist Podcast Summer Series.

To ensure you are motivated and ready to hit 2025 running, the team have gone back through the archives and found snippets of different episodes of different shows and we are stitching them together around a particular theme. The theme for this particular episode is Smart Marketing for Dental Practices.

Marketing is one of those areas that most dentists know they need to activate, but really never quite master. The thing about marketing is it is...

We trust that you are enjoying our Savvy Dentist Podcast Summer Series.

Our Savvy team have been sifting through the episode archives and have selected snippets from a variety of episodes, and we're combining them to form one episode around a particular theme.

The theme for this episode is Developing a Winning Mindset.

Mindset is critical as the inner game, the mental game is really where the game of business is won and lost. We can have all...

As you relax over Summer, the team at Savvy Dentist have created our Summer Podcast Series to ensure you are inspired and motivated and set to make this year your best ever, personally and professionally.

This episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast is part of our Summer Series. We've searched through our podcast archives and created snippets of different episodes, and stitched them together around a particular theme.

Now of course, if you resonate with a particular person or topic and want to...

On behalf of the Savvy Dentist Team we all hope that you are enjoying your Summer festive break. This episode is part 1 of our Summer Series as we want you to rest and relax, but also prepare to make 2025 your best year ever ... personally and within your business.

Throughout this summer series, we'll be going back through the Savvy Dentist Podcast archives and finding the best parts of the best episodes and pulling them together around particular themes.

Welcome to another episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green, where we explore groundbreaking ideas and the brilliant minds behind them. 

Today, we’re excited to introduce Lynne Schinella, an accomplished speaker, author, and creator of the Fruit Personality Profiling System—a unique and insightful approach to understanding human behavior and enhancing communication. Lynne’s innovative system uses fruits as metaphors to represent different personality types, making it accessible, relatable, and fun for individuals and teams alike.

With decades of experience in training and development, Lynne has worked with organisations around the globe to help...

Welcome to another empowering episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast with Dr. Jesse Green, where we explore the lives, stories, and strategies of remarkable individuals making an impact in the world. Today, we’re thrilled to be joined by none other than Diane Demetre—an award-winning author, sought-after motivational speaker, and a true advocate for living a bold and purpose-driven life. 

With her magnetic energy and transformative insights, Diane has inspired countless people worldwide to overcome obstacles, unlock their potential, and achieve extraordinary success.

A cross between a savvy business leader, behavioural scientist and energy psych...

In this episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green is joined by fellow dentist from the U.K Dr. Rupert Neville, who, along with his wife Alannah, own dental practices in the south of England.

Rupert is a long term client of Savvy Dentist, and has a really great perspective, not just about business, but about life. Rupert is a deeply reflective human being and very courageous in the way he goes about life.

Rupert shines a light on a pathway for dental practice owners that might be going through challenges to help them...

In dentistry, we are always working with precision and control over a patient's situation. Having acute attention-to-detail creates a perfectionist tendency in us all, and this trait is critical to achieving great clinical outcomes.

Now, in a clinical setting this makes so much sense. But in a business and operational sense and a broader life perspective, it can be a real financial and cultural ‘handbrake’.

Your ability to grow and scale your practice is inversely proportional to YOUR desire for control. In other words, if you desire control too much, it slows you down in your busi...

Professor Ramesh Balasubramaniam graduated with a BDSc from the University of Western Australia in 2000 and subsequently practiced general dentistry. 
In 2006, he completed a certificate and Master of Science degree in Orofacial Pain at the University of Kentucky. While at the University of Kentucky, Ramesh also underwent training in the field of Dental Sleep Medicine. 

Ramesh is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain. In addition, Ramesh completed specialist training in Oral Medicine as well as a Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Geriatrics at the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. 

13500+ Patients Treated Author and editor of 2 books 60+ Pub...

People achieve more than others for several reasons, with mindset and perseverance being key factors. Those with a "growth mindset," believe that talents and intelligence can be developed through effort and learning. This mindset encourages individuals to embrace challenges, persist in the face of setbacks, and continually strive for improvement.

People with a fixed mindset, on the other hand, may avoid challenges or give up easily, thinking their abilities are limited. Additionally, high achievers often set clear goals and maintain a strong sense of purpose, which helps them stay focused and motivated. They’re willing to make sacrifices, le...

Now imagine you're a police officer going to work and you're part of an elite law enforcement team that deals with all sorts of nasty things. You're going into a situation and it changes rapidly, things turn for the worse, resulting in you lying on the ground with severed arteries, shrapnel wounds, bullet wounds and you're fighting for your life. On this particular day you get shot 14 times within 5 seconds. 

Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast, the show where great dentistry meets savvy business! Join Dr. Jesse Green as we explore the strategies and insights that drive the m...

What life lessons have you learned throughout your life, that you would consider you ‘know for sure’?

Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast, the show where great dentistry meets savvy business! Join Dr. Jesse Green as we explore the strategies and insights that drive the most successful practices.

In this episode Dr. Jesse Green dissects a book by Oprah Winfrey that he has recently read, What I know for sure ~ Oprah Winfrey.

What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey is a collection of reflections and life lessons that the iconic talk show host and...

Welcome to The Savvy Dentist Podcast, the show where great dentistry meets savvy business! Join Dr. Jesse Green as we explore the strategies and insights that drive the most successful practices.

Now if there is one word in dentistry that gets people sweating, it's the word ‘sales’. 
Sometimes the term ‘sales’ can have a negative connotation. Sales is helping people achieve better outcomes, whether it's in healthcare or otherwise, it's about understanding your patient or your customer and helping them with a solution. In dentistry, we use other words like ‘case acceptance’ or ‘case presentation’ in an effort to not use...

One of the things about life and business is there are always going to be setbacks and adversity. Our lives will be full of challenges and things to overcome.

And the degree to which we experience success in business, and indeed life, is related to our ability to overcome these obstacles, these hurdles, these setbacks. And if we don't already have this skill set, we've got to develop that skill set and build resilience into the way we approach life. 

In today’s episode of The Savvy Dentist Podcast, Dr. Jesse Green is joined by Rodney Cot...