From 10 Locations to Leadership Coaching: Building Sustainable Dental Practices with Dr. Jeff Grove

The Marketing 32 Show

Dr. Jeff Grove is a practicing dentist with over 20 years of experience who has built and led multiple successful dental practices, including founding Grove Dental Group and co-founding a 10-location dental support organization. As a faculty clinical instructor at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine and a frequent guest lecturer at Harvard, UPenn and Temple Dental Schools, he brings both clinical expertise and academic credibility to his work. Dr. Grove now coaches dentists on achieving work-life freedom while maintaining practice independence through Ascension Dental Coach, specializing in helping dental professionals combat burnout and build sustainable, fulfilling careers while leveraging their unique strengths and surrounding themselves with talented teams.

In this episode…

Feeling burned out from the daily grind of dentistry while struggling with staff turnover and financial pressure? Many dentists find themselves seven to ten years into their careers wondering if this is really what they signed up for when they entered dental school. The reality of practice ownership often looks very different from the vision they had as students, leaving them questioning whether they should sell to a DSO or find another way forward.

According to Dr. Jeff Grove, veteran practice owner and founder of Ascension Dental Coach, the answer isn’t necessarily selling your independence but rather becoming the leader your practice needs you to be. Through his experience building everything from single-doctor practices to a 10-location group backed by private equity, Dr. Grove has learned that sustainable success comes from leveraging your unique strengths while building systems and teams that fill in your gaps. Rather than trying to do everything yourself—which leads to burnout—successful practice owners focus on the five to ten things they do exceptionally well and surround themselves with talented people who excel in the areas where they don’t.

In this episode of The Marketing32 Show, host Brett Allen interviews Dr. Jeff Grove about building sustainable dental practices that don’t drain your energy but instead fuel your passion for dentistry. They explore the common pitfalls that lead to burnout, why panic-mode hiring creates revolving door staff problems, and how to align your practice vision with your marketing strategy to attract ideal patients. Dr. Grove shares insights from his diverse experience, including his time with private equity, and explains why the key breakthrough moment for any practice owner is making the same level of investment in developing leadership skills that they once made in becoming a dentist.