Most Dentists Can't Run One Practice. He Built Six.
Dr Alex Marques
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, PhD
Founder, RIT Premium Dental Care · Brazil · Portugal · United Kingdom
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About this episode
Most dentists spend a whole career trying to build one successful practice. Dr Alex Marques built six, across three countries and two continents.
He is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon trained in Brazil, with a PhD from King's College London, and the founder of RIT Premium Dental Care. In this episode he breaks down how he actually did it, what it cost him, and what he would tell any dentist trying to grow.
We get into why dental school makes brilliant clinicians and broke owners, why he thinks the jack of all trades dentist is a trap, and the one decision he says matters more than any other when you scale. Plus the honest advice he gives an overseas dentist landing in the UK with nothing but a degree.
In this conversation
- Why the first clinic always feels like a baby, and how RIT grew from three surgeries to six
- The lone hero problem in dentistry, and why doctors are trained differently
- Choosing a business partner is like a wedding. Right person, set for life. Wrong one, you are in trouble.
- Why bad products cannot be sold for long, no matter how nice the practice smells
- What dental schools never teach about running a practice, and where to actually learn it
- His advice to any owner itching to open a second location
- The most expensive mistake he made in 20 years: buying technology too early
- It is not the arrow, it is the archer. Invest in skill before kit.
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