David | TheDSOGuy

Lots of new followers after Nik's podcast, so allow me to re-introduce myself. I'm your friendly neighborhood orthodontist working to build an amazing group of dental practices. DSOs (dental service organizations) get a bad rap sometimes because some PE backed groups have sacrificed patient care for profits. I'm a partner in a small 21 practice DSO that is entirely doctor owned and our mission to build a great company without sacrificing patient care. I do it all for my four kids and awesome wife, I spent 7 years in the Army, die hard Georgia Bulldogs fan, Austin native and I love Jesus. I post about the business side of dentistry and try to share insights I'm gaining as I build with my awesome partners. I'm currently in the lease negotiation process for a retail space in the North Austin suburbs and we're recruiting a partner for this location. So if you know anyone who wants to become a practice owner, I'd love to get their name! Give me a follow and drop a comment about the content you'd like to see more of!

@deepdentalcnslt @ryanrivchun Vibe code it and share it with the twitter bros

@theDSOguy @ryanrivchun No. If someone comes up with something that works excellent I want to know about it and will promote it.

Fill in the blank 🦷🪥: If I ran a dental practice, the first thing I would do would be? ➡️

@girdley Cant you just reply STOP?

What's the worst way you've seen someone quit a job? One of my favorites: A guy wrote a program that texted his boss every second until he got paid... with a 200MB picture attached.

@onefourmybaby Many dentists have employed this strategy with mixed results 😂

@theDSOguy Hire a really hot dental assistant

@ryanrivchun Many practice management softwares have some sort of a feature that attempts to fill last minute vacancies. Anyone out there have one they love that actually works? We have online scheduling with FlexSchedule. We currently mostly use it for new patients.

@theDSOguy Make it easy for patients to schedule a cleaning when there is a last minute cancellation. Also consider a scheduling portal.

@PTI_Turf Oh man! Y’all are gonna have an awesome view!

@theDSOguy Not far behind us. Paint going down today for our animal hospital.

Dental office buildout part 4 Walls are mostly sheet rocked and the concrete trenches have been refilled. They’re going to start painting next week. In the background all the business stuff like payroll, bank accounts, GBP, website and PMS has been setup and is ready for opening day.

@MagisterTax Some kid crying in the background and the dog barking haha

@theDSOguy You get it. Add in cross talk and unrelated info which can give low signal to noise ratio.

We running tests on AI phone agents. Still in the test environment but I booked an appointment for myself in my clinic over the phone. Should we go for it?

@MagisterTax Interruptions, calling things the wrong name, random questions. It gets complicated fast

@theDSOguy All this "excess" convo to the AI may throw it off.

@MagisterTax Smart. Maybe yell at it and see how it responds

@theDSOguy As some people other than you and EEs to try it, some reg people. They will say things or ask questions you wont. Which will help you find edge cases in your testing.

@KrissBergTweets This is really smart. I’m gonna set this up too

Best use of Claude this week: the daily summary. I connected Claude to my email, calendar, Slack, SMS and WhatsApp. Now every morning it sends me a summary of what happened on all those channels and surfaces any urgent tasks I need to do then lays out my schedule. Gamechanger

@drlucyhooper I'll check them out. Thanks for the recommendation!

@theDSOguy Yes! Have you checked out SallyAI. I was really impressed. Designed by a dentist, he’s a v impressive founder, and they are a great team. We’re looking to incorporate into our medical practice.

Just last week we saw a house on the market for the first time in 5 years in Austin that we were like "yeah, it might be worth that" Prior to this it was always "they want HOW MUCH for that !!??" Nature is healing

@nanshisweets A less well known American pie is mincemeat pie. It’s a bit of an acquired taste. As with most pies, it’s best with lots of whipped cream

日本語の投稿がアメリカの人に翻訳なしで届くようになったって本当ですか！？みなさん、サンクスギビングデーに本当にパンプキンパイを食べているのか、日本語で質問できるってことですか！？

@kengakusha1 My sister married a Canadian. We talk a little smack back and forth but it’s all friendly. Cost of living seems insane up there

俺のタイムラインが1日で急速にワールドワイドになったので ものすごく勉強になった しかし一つ謎がある アメリカの人はカナダが嫌いなのか？

Not gonna lie, I love all the awesome Japanese tweets on my timeline today. My sister became great friends with some international students from Japan and has worked diligently to become nearly fluent in Japanese. She’s traveled there a few times. Nearly 6 foot tall blonde girl speaking Japanese in full sentences…quite the anomaly. Who should I follow?

@Fish_wid_a_V 😂

@theDSOguy Indian accent and all …

This is getting out of control! I'm a dentist and I just programmed a website with a customizable organization chart...in 30 minutes. Here's what I did 👇 First I dictate into Wisprflow for about 5-10 minutes describing what I wanted to build and then listing each employee in my organization, what they do and who they report to. I loaded that into Claude Opus and asked it to create a prompt for Manus. Loaded the prompt from Claude into Manus and it just started coding a website. What is this black magic?! I make teeth straight for a living! 5-10 minutes later it spits out a website with my current structure, my goal structure for next year once new clinics are open, and recommendations for how to improve my structure. Any ideas for what I should add to this?

@Fish_wid_a_V Wisprflow will still understand you if you have food in your mouth

@theDSOguy I should probably do this during lunch tomorrow