Dr. Bryan Laskin

Dr. Bryan Laskin Modernizing Dental Infrastructure | CEO, Toothapps® | Cair™ powered by Toothapps® | Chairman, Dental Standards Institute

Having learned from 20 years of experience providing dental care to anxious patients, Dr. Bryan Laskin is on a mission to reduce the stress of both dental teams and patients by upgrading care through innovation, education and Standardization. Creator of Upgrade Dental, Digital Nitrous, OperaDDS, co-founder of ToothApps, as well as author of the Amazon best selling book “The Patient First Manifesto

,” Dr. Laskin excels at helping others integrate technology and teamwork into their practices. Dr. Laskin plays an active role in driving innovation at several progressive dental organizations, including Abundents, Vyne Dental, Lake Minnetonka Dental, Talentship, Evergreen, Kwikly and Dental Care Alliance. Dr. Laskin also serves as counsel to many leading companies in dentistry. Through his participation on the groundbreaking workgroups at Dental Standards Institute, Dr. Laskin is giving patients a voice as well as creating important guidelines for emerging technologies. To connect with Dr. Laskin, visit BryanLaskin.com

The era of "buy a practice, change nothing, and print money" is officially over.A recent piece in Becker's Dental laid o...
09/04/2026

The era of "buy a practice, change nothing, and print money" is officially over.

A recent piece in Becker's Dental laid out a reality many are trying to ignore: cheap debt is gone, interest rates sit near 10%, and financial arbitrage no longer works. When insurance payouts drop while internal costs climb, scale will magnify broken workflows.

This is why fixing the path from Diagnosis to Dollars™ is so critical. The real margin killer is the operational gap between diagnosing care in the chair and actually collecting revenue. When software systems don't talk, follow-up falls through the cracks, and patients walk out confused. In today's economy, that administrative friction directly bleeds practice profit.

The practices winning today are streamlining the workflow from diagnosis to completion, stripping friction off their teams, and giving patients the clarity they need to say yes.

09/02/2026

It's time dentistry stops looking at AI like a magic wand. Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool, but applying it to fragmented data and disconnected systems will simply amplify your operational problems. You end up with wrong answers, unauthorized actions, and total confusion.

Before we move fast, we have to make sure our systems can actually support the tech.

After my recent webinar on the medical-dental connection, someone asked me a question that gets right to the heart of wh...
08/28/2026

After my recent webinar on the medical-dental connection, someone asked me a question that gets right to the heart of where dentistry needs to go:

“Bryan, how does bridging the medical-dental divide actually help a dental practice’s bottom line?”

Dentists see things every day that can have implications far beyond the mouth. But identifying those connections is only the beginning. Does the patient understand why it matters? Can we easily share that information with their physician? Do we know if the referral was completed or if the patient followed through?

When those connections break down, necessary care gets lost and so does revenue. That’s where Diagnosis To Dollars™ and Cair™ come together. It’s about creating a traceable path from diagnosis to understanding, action, completed care, and ultimately collected revenue even when that care crosses the medical-dental divide.

Better connection leads to better care. And better care builds a stronger practice.

Where do you see the biggest breakdown between medical and dental care today? I’d love to hear what you’re experiencing in your practice.

08/26/2026

When done right, dentistry is a game where everybody wins. Exceptional patient care and economic growth aren't at odds; sustainable financial gain comes directly from elevating the care you provide.

Watch the video to dive deeper into evaluating your practice's growth.

Ask this at your next leadership meeting: "What’s one thing we do every day that would look completely absurd to any oth...
08/20/2026

Ask this at your next leadership meeting: "What’s one thing we do every day that would look completely absurd to any other industry?"

Between paper referrals, re-entering patient info, and playing phone tag, healthcare is packed with processes we’ve just accepted as "normal."

These aren't just annoying admin tasks that are taking up your team's valuable time, they're revenue leaks. Every time a referral drops off or a follow-up gets missed, patient care stalls and revenue disappears.

Run the Absurdity Check and share yours in the comments 👇️

Are you buying innovative technology, or are you just accumulating disconnected products that don’t work together?In my ...
08/19/2026

Are you buying innovative technology, or are you just accumulating disconnected products that don’t work together?

In my latest podcast episode, I’m issuing a "CEO Diagnosis" for practice owners, DSO executives, and dental tech leaders. I’ve put together 7 questions you need to bring to your next leadership meeting to audit your current systems.

We have to stop judging innovation by how impressive a tool looks on a conference stage, and start judging it by the structural change it creates. If your software forces your team into manual workarounds, leaves data siloed, or drops patients into a black hole the minute they leave the chair, your infrastructure is broken.

Listen to the full episode of The Bryan Laskin Podcast (link in bio) to get the 7 audit questions and learn how to close the gap between Diagnosis to Dollars™.

Let's stop automating dysfunction and start building a truly connected ecosystem.

08/14/2026

Ask a dentist how AI is being used in dentistry, and they’ll probably say, “Oh, analyzing radiographs.”

Meanwhile, your patients are at home copying and pasting your treatment plans into ChatGPT like: "Be honest... do I REALLY need this crown, or is my dentist buying a new boat?"

Have your patients brought up AI-generated medical advice to you yet? Drop your funniest (or most concerning) stories below! 👇

For decades, dentistry has focused almost all of its innovation on improving the time that the patient is in our chair. ...
08/12/2026

For decades, dentistry has focused almost all of its innovation on improving the time that the patient is in our chair. But what if the greatest opportunity to improve patient outcomes outside our chair?

That's the question behind this month's Connected Dentistry® Newsletter.

It's a conversation about connected care, connected systems, and why the future of dentistry extends far beyond the operatory.



Link to the Connected Dentistry® Newsletter in bio.

A big misconception in digital health is that growth comes at the expense of patient experience. That's why I'm excited ...
08/11/2026

A big misconception in digital health is that growth comes at the expense of patient experience. That's why I'm excited about the results offices are getting with Toothapps® + Cair™.

In just four months of a recent pilot, Cair™ downloads more than tripled with consistent patient engagement. 54%of patients continued completing revenue-driving self-service actions like scheduling appointments, making payments, and using secure chat.

Scaling a digital platform is one thing. But when technology becomes part of the patient experience, patients forget it is tech and you create lasting value that drives Diagnosis-to-Dollars™ conversion.

08/07/2026

One of the easiest mistakes to make as a leader is assuming every important decision can be justified by a spreadsheet. While traditional dashboards can measure what happened, they often struggle to measure why it happened.

Patient trust. Team engagement. Whether patients stayed connected after they left the office. Those are the factors that ultimately determine long-term growth, yet they're rarely measured in a meaningful way.

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