Why Most Dentists Who Buy Lasers Never Use Them with Dr. Robert Convissar

Most dentists already own a laser they never use and the reason why is costing them every insurance-free dollar they could be making. Dr. Robert Convissar, Director of Laser Dentistry at New York Hospital Queens and author of the world's #1 selling laser dentistry textbook, joins Lester De Alwis to break down how the right laser combined with the right training, opens a direct path to airway treatment, facial aesthetics, and elective cash-pay services that insurance will never touch. 🎯 For dentists who have tried to reduce insurance dependence but haven't found a clinical strategy that actually changes their revenue mix. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week → Less Insurance Dependence Podcast 💡 YOUR PATIENTS ARE SEARCHING FOR THESE SERVICES - ARE THEY FINDING YOU? The procedures in this episode live entirely outside insurance, but only if patients know you offer them. Book a Complimentary Marketing Strategy Meeting with Ekwa Marketing → 👉 lessinsurancedependence.com/msm ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:51 Introducing Dr. Robert Convissar - 37 years of laser dentistry 1:52 Why dentists are turning to lasers right as they try to leave insurance 2:33 Volkswagen vs Rolls-Royce, the real cost of buying cheap 4:45 The $50,000 coat rack: what skipping training actually costs you 6:02 Implants, scanners, CBCT - why lasers deserve the same training respect 7:19 Airway dentistry and why orthodontics is about to change forever 9:23 How to slowly and confidently introduce elective laser services 11:22 The internal marketing moment hiding inside every cosmetic case 11:55 Why dentists struggle to tell patients the truth about insurance 13:45 Dry socket prevention: your first out-of-pocket laser procedure 16:35 Oral cancer screening and the code insurers won't pay (D0431) 19:07 How to pick your first laser procedure based on your practice type 21:10 How to reach Dr. Convissar and where to find his courses 23:45 Why most tongue tie courses are sales seminars in disguise 🦷 IN THIS EPISODE The reason 75% of dentists who own a laser have stopped using it and why the device isn't actually the problem Why the one thing laser companies almost never provide is the only thing that determines whether you get a return on your investment What airway dentistry will do to the orthodontic field in the next decade and why dentists who act now will be ahead of the curve The mistake dentists make when they try to introduce elective procedures and the chairside script that removes patient resistance before it starts How to tell if the laser course you're considering is a genuine education or a thinly veiled sales seminar disguised as CE The one extraction add-on you can start billing out-of-pocket this week - no new equipment, no external marketing, no new patient required 📌 GUEST Dr. Robert Convisar — Director of Laser Dentistry, New York Hospital Queens 🔗 fullspectrumseminars.com 🎓 LOOKING FOR A ROADMAP TO BUILD A PRACTICE WITH MORE FREEDOM? Connect with Gary Takis for complimentary coaching → lessinsurancedependence.com/csm #dentistry #dentalpodcast #dentalbusiness #PracticeManagement #LessInsuranceDependence #LaserDentistry #InsuranceFreeDentistry #AirwayDentistry #FacialAesthetics #TongueTie #FeeForService #DentalLaser #CashPayDentistry #ElectiveDentistry #dentalce