MB2 Underground goes beyond the clinic walls, diving deep into inspiring stories from dentistry's leading minds. Learn valuable leadership, entrepreneurship, and financial strategies you can use to grow your practice and achieve your goals.
On this episode of MB2 Underground, Sarah Reed and JT sit down with Marla Merritt, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at OrthoFi, to talk about her path from helping build OrthoBank to becoming part of OrthoFi and what she has learned along the way.
Marla shares how OrthoFi helps practices improve case acceptance, create a better patient experience, and give teams more time back by taking administrative work off their plates. She also breaks down some of the trends they are seeing across orthodontic practices, including patient starts, case acceptance, referral growth, and revenue per start.
They also get into the importance of using data to understand what is actually driving practice performance, being strategic about insurance participation, and why a great patient experience can have an impact long after treatment ends.
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On this episode of MB2 Underground, Sarah Reed and Jonathan Tyroch sit down with Deland Basora, Head of U.S. Professional Oral Health at Procter & Gamble, for a conversation about leadership, lifelong learning, and what it takes to keep growing throughout your career.
Deland shares how an unexpected internship turned into 25 years at Procter & Gamble, why he considers himself an "intrapreneur," and how curiosity has shaped the way he approaches leadership and new opportunities. They also get into developing leaders, building trust within teams, creating environments where people can do their best work, and how those same leadership principles show up outside of the office.
Tune in for a conversation about staying curious, learning from the people around you, and why great leadership starts with never assuming you have it all figured out.
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24 Sept 2026
Re-Release | Preparing to Sell: Is Your Practice Ready? | Jonathan Tyroch and Joe Fox
On this episode of MB2 Underground, Jonathan Tyroch and Joe Fox talk through what private practitioners should consider when evaluating a transition. Drawing from thousands of conversations with dentists across the country, they discuss the importance of defining your "why," understanding the differences between selling to another doctor, a traditional DSO model, or a partnership structure, and the information to prepare before entering the process.
We're re-releasing this conversation ahead of MB2's upcoming live webinar, Preparing to Transition: Sell vs. Partner, on September 29 at 5:30 PM CT. Jonathan Tyroch and Omar Jaroun will take the conversation even further, breaking down what doctors should consider when preparing for a transition and the differences between selling and partnering.
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