Consulting and mentorship

For dentists taking on complex implant care, or deciding whether to.

Dr. Kaplansky works with dentists and practice owners on complex implant care and the decisions around it: which cases to take on, how to run them well, and whether an opportunity is actually worth pursuing.

IWho it is for

Clinicians and owners who want to get it right.

  • General dentists considering full-arch care

    Before committing to complex implant treatment, understand what it really takes: patient selection, surgical workflow, sedation, prosthetics and maintenance.

  • Practices already placing implants

    For teams who want more predictable, reproducible outcomes, and a clearer way to think through the whole case.

  • Owners facing a growth decision

    Partnerships, acquisitions, group or DSO models: separating what looks attractive on paper from what actually improves the practice and the life around it.

  • Practices building referral relationships

    Becoming, or working with, a trusted surgical partner, rather than trying to perform every part of complex treatment in-house.

IIWhat he helps with

The system around the case.

Clinical thinking
The entire case, not just the procedure: diagnosis, treatment planning, prosthetic planning, execution, complication management and maintenance.
Case selection
Which cases to take on, which to refer, and how to set patient expectations for a long treatment journey.
Workflow
Surgical workflow, sedation, provisionals and final prosthetics, and how an in-house lab keeps the case in one place.
Referral relationships
How specialists and implant-focused practices become trusted partners to general dentists.
Practice economics
Economics, operational burden, people required, downside risk, financing, margins and case acceptance.

IIIHow he works through a problem

Four questions, in order.

  1. What is actually difficult

    Separate the real difficulty from the noise around it.

  2. What is controllable

    Put effort where it changes the outcome.

  3. What could go wrong

    Name the risks before committing to a solution.

  4. What outcome we want

    Choose the predictable, reproducible route to it.

IVWhat he wants you to take away

“He taught me how to think about the entire case, not just the procedure.”

That is what he wants a dentist to say after six months alongside him. And that you can build an extremely successful practice without losing sight of clinical quality or the patient experience.

VThe experience behind the advice

Advice from someone who does the work.

In practice
Board-certified implant surgeon completing 120 to 150 full arches a year in his own practice
Remote anchorage
Certified ZAGA Zygoma Center, and contributing author to Dr. Dan Holtzclaw’s book on remote anchorage
In business
Built and runs one highly specialized practice with a team of 28 and an in-house lab
Opportunities
Has explored consulting, acquisitions, partnerships and referral networks first-hand

VIStart a conversation

Bring a case, a decision or a question.

Start a conversation His philosophy

Looking for care?

Patients are seen at his practice, Dentistry by Dr. Kaplansky, and through TeethNow Buffalo, which he founded.

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