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At Tooth & Coin, Jonathan VanHorn and our team are experts in dental finance. We work with dentists throughout the nation to ensure they’re paying themselves properly, while still investing in the long-term success of their practice.

The waters can get murky when you are trying to decide whether to pay someone as an employee or an independent contractor. How do you decide? Jonathan and Joseph delve in during this two part series.

The waters can get murky when you are trying to decide whether to pay someone as an employee or an independent contractor. How do you decide? Jonathan and Joseph delve in during this two part series.

Looking to grow your dental practice? Quality dentistry, reasonable prices, and other factors like insurance acceptance are all important. But so is your dental team! And without proper training, it’s entirely possible that you’re missing out on both new and repeat patients. 

In this episode of the Tooth & Coin Podcast, Jonathan VanHorn and Joseph Rugger discuss leadership. The larger your practice becomes, the more important it is to have leadership skills. For most people, it doesn't come naturally. What makes a good leader, and how do you become one?

Welcome to the Tooth and Coin Podcast - a revamping of the Start Your Dental Practice Podcast by Jonathan VanHorn, CPA/ABV. He is now joined by Joseph Rugger, CPA/CGMA to explore the ins and outs of running a dental practice from a CPA's perspective. This episode explains more about Jonathan and Joseph, as well as how the podcast will help dentists.

People like money. Nefarious people like to steal money - and sometimes they can find some pretty creative ways to do so. Fraud runs rampant in the dental industry. Some experts say that as many as 50% of practices deal with it at some point in time. How can you protect your practice? Jonathan VanHorn and Joseph Rugger discuss fraud in the dental industry in this episode of the Tooth & Coin Podcast.

As a dentist, opening up a dental practice can be daunting. You've gone to years of schooling to become a dentist, but likely have had minimal education or experience pertaining to how to run a business. In this episode of the Tooth & Coin Podcast, Jonathan VanHorn and Joseph Rugger discuss the challenges that they see many of their dental clients face when opening a new practice.

In episode 2 of the Tooth and Coin Podcast, Jonathan and Joseph discuss what a CFO is and how they can help your practice. Does your CPA act as a CFO for your dental practice, or do you need someone else? Listen to find out!

In this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Phelps and picking his brain about how to use network marketing in a dental practice. Dr. Phelps is an entrepreneur and general dentist who owns multiple practices in the Charlotte, NC region.