Calvin Yang, DDS

"In December 2003 I bought a dental practice in Oceanside, California. It is a middle-class practice, no cosmetics, nothing extravagant about it. We treat the whole gamut of patients from kids to 90 years old.

"The previous owner was only working two days a week and the practice was not in good shape. There were only about 700 active patients.

Adriana Barrera, DDS

"When I was a schoolgirl, I helped out at my grandfather's dental practice. I loved watching him relieve a patient's pain or restore someone's smile and self-confidence. That's when I decided to pursue dentistry. After 11 years as an associate, I bought a practice from a retiring doctor. Although I was a competent dentist, I knew nothing about managing the office. As a result, business was very slow and I was stressed.

Bill Hassan, DDS

Learning to sell patients on the treatment plan is an important part of being a doctor. If you want to be responsible for people’s health you’ve got to be able to get them to do what they need to do.

Cheryl Kantor-Goldenberg, DDS

"I'd been working as an associate at a dental practice when, after two years, the owner decided he'd rather have a tenant than an associate and asked me to pay rent. My attitude was that if I had to pay rent, I'd rather pay it on my own office, so I left to open my first practice from scratch. Thankfully, my husband had a small salary as a surgical resident or else I would have starved in the initial years. Like most dentists, I was taught nothing about managing a business in school.

Robert Byrum, DDS

My name is Bob Byrum: I have been practicing family dentistry going into my 15th year.

While other practices go on experiencing increasing expenses and decreasing reimbursements as they continue to involve themselves with HMO's, PPO's, etc., I count my blessings from my involvement with Sterling.

Late in 1989, my wife, Bonnie, and I decided she would leave her banking job and go with me to Glendale where Sterling Management is based. She would come on board as office manager to help implement what we learned in our training. We are both glad we did!!

John Williams, DDS

I think Sterling is an investment in the future. It's an opportunity that you can't afford not to take. Sterling has helped me to manage at a glance.

John Williams, D.D.S.

Errol Deveaux DDS

I take this opportunity to tell you how I have benefitted from Sterling Management. After eight years of military experience, I opened a dental office. After 1½ years in private practice, I felt the need to better manage my practice. Then I turned to Sterling Management. I was happy to hear from Sterling that I had done many things correctly.

Bernie Stephenson, DDS

My name is Bernie Stephenson and I am a general dentist in Nevada, Iowa. I started my practice from scratch about five years ago. For the first three years, we enjoyed average growth in both patients and in finances. However, we got to a certain point that we just couldn't get over.

No matter how hard we worked, we just couldn't take the practice to the next level. We were making ends meet, but we weren't doing as well as I thought we could. I realized that we needed some help.

I've Close to Doubled While I Cut Back the Number of Days

I have been a dentist for twenty-five years and practiced in England and Kenya before settling down in my wife's home state of Texas in 1993.

My first office was in Mason, a central Texas town of 2,000. Five years later I bought a second practice in a larger town, Ballinger, about 100 miles to the northwest.

I was a Commander in the Army with 120 Men and $22 million Worth of Equipment…But This is Certainly a Different Ballgame entirely!

Dr Richard Releford, DDS, practices in Maryville Washington, about 45 miles north of Seattle.

"I bought my practice in Marysville seven years ago when I retired from the Army. The retiring orthodontist had been in practice in the Everett/Marysville area for over thirty years.

Sterling Dentist - Glendale, CA

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