Baird Dental Business Concepts

Transition your dental practice from surviving to thriving with Sandy Baird, MBA.

Baird Dental Business Concepts is a full-service consulting firm offering dental practices expertise in business, financial, and operational management. Owner, Sandy Baird, has over 40 years of experience in the dental practice industry. With an MBA from Auburn University, she also brings cross-industry experience to help dentists implement patient-oriented best practices in new, innovative ways. Baird Concepts provides the client with a direct connection to Sandy - not to multiple layers of management. Sandy works with dental practices to achieve their goals as a consultant, a coach, a trainer, or a business advisor. Sandy is also an accomplished speaker and always eager to present at study clubs, state meetings, retreats, conferences and other events.

As a dental practice owner, what keeps you up at night?

Flat or Dropping Production
Scheduling Nightmares

Employee Issues
Fewer New Patients

Open Chair Time
Going Home Late Every Night

Reality

The economic and business environment have changed creating different needs and expectations from patients, employees, and practices.

Challenges

More dentists are entering the field than retiring. Patient dental benefits are more demanding or have disappeared. Corporate dentistry is growing.

Consequences

Working overtime for underwhelming results that keep you up at night with worry over the future of your practice, employees, family and patients.

The Solution

Analyze

What you can’t see can hurt you!

First, we analyze every aspect of your practice, comparing it to industry benchmarks and best-practices to uncover your strengths, weaknesses, threats, and opportunities.

A third-eye viewpoint can see things you can’t. Uncover the barriers preventing you from reaching your full potential.

Systematize

Less stress and greater rewards

Then, we develop a patient-oriented action plan to systemize the processes causing chaos in the office.

A system is never late for work, quits, or demands a paycheck. Design and implement systems to manage your practice, so you can focus on dentistry.

realize

Execute the plan and reap the rewards!

Enjoy the increased financial and psychological rewards of higher efficiency, less stress, fewer errors, more new patients, effective teamwork, and greater organization.

By integrating the recommendations, your practice will not just survive but thrive in this challenging new dental environment.

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With over 40 years in the dental industry, Sandy understands how efficient, effective dental businesses are organized, managed, and function. She works with dental practices as a consultant, a coach, or both. It all depends on your needs.
*The first step in working with Sandy Baird is to schedule your complimentary 15-minute phone consultation to determine how Sandy can best help your practice.*

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Are you ready for your dental practice to thrive and not simply survive?
Dental practices that systemize around: exceeding patient expectations, creating self-managed teams, and exhibiting excellent communication skills create competitive advantages such as uniqueness, adaptability, and resistance. Traits required for thriving in our rapidly changing economy of intense competition, managed care, and instantaneous communication. Not by coincidence, the same traits that allowed the Ginkgo tree to thrive for over 270 million years of constant change and become the most successful tree on Earth.

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Testimonials

David Robertson, DDS

“I was working five 11 hour days with no lunch in a small rural practice. I was totally burned out and ready to quit when my wife suggested that I call Sandy Baird at Baird Concepts.

Sandy came in and watched our office work for a week and interviewed all my staff. The changes she proposed formed us into a true team. In addition, once we implemented her systems to run each aspect of the office, we quadrupled the production of the office in a few short months. This was in a four day work week with an hour of free time at lunch each day. My staff was happier, which spilled over into the patient base.

When I sold the practice, my broker said it was the most profitable practice that he had ever listed, including the big Atlanta practices. Thank you Sandy! Learning to manage our office in the right way has made a huge difference in my quality of life both before and after retirement. I can’t thank you enough for changing my practice for the better in every way. Without your help I would not have been able to retire, and if I had, our quality of life would have taken a major hit in our ‘Golden Years’.”

Jessica Minton, DDS

“Sandy was an integral part of opening my own practice as a new dentist. She helped me in every way from hiring to implementing systems that work. Six years later, I have a profitable dental practice in a difficult economy, and it is all founded on her framework for a successful practice.”

Leif Swanson, DDS

“I would highly recommend Baird Concepts for dental consulting! After trying a few previous consultants, I was relieved to find one that would actually listen and cater her expertise to my individual practice. I was a new dentist that had bought a very busy practice with great potential for more growth in a small town. I had no idea how to create systems that would help manage the practice and engage the staff as well. Within a small amount of time, I experienced more profit and knowledge of how I obtained that profit.”

Cindy, Scheduling and Patient Coordinator at Winchester Family Dentistry

“I first met Sandy Baird when she was hired as a consultant for our dental office. From the start, she was a pleasure to work with -- upbeat, positive, knowledgeable, and professional. She was always there with a helpful idea or suggestion for whatever we threw at her! I would highly recommend her if you are considering a consultant to work with your dental team. You won't be disappointed.”

Angela Lunn, DDS

“I am thrilled to say that, after just 1 year, the business skills and principals absorbed by Lunn Dentistry through Baird Management Consultation Program has lead to our business being more productive, profitable and interesting to all in our dedicated team. We are allies providing exceptional customer care while taking care of our business and one another.”