The Top 1% Associate
with Dr. Andrew Wildeman
Career Development · Beginner, Intermediate · Coaching/Program
AI Researched CE Compass Brief
AI Researched Review Brief
The Top 1% Associate is a coaching program for associate dentists, built around producing more from the patients and hours you already have rather than taking more clinical CE or buying a practice. It is led by a practicing associate and focuses on treatment presentation, production habits, and choosing an office that supports your growth.
What makes the experience different:
- Learn from Dr. Andrew Wildeman, a full time associate dentist who serves on the clinical advisory board of a DSO with more than 100 offices and has spoken at the Doctors Summit.
- Get guidance from someone who grew his income as an associate while seeing mostly Medicaid patients, without owning a practice or placing implants, so the advice fits insurance and Medicaid heavy offices.
- Start with a free one on one Growth Call where he reviews your production numbers, finds where production is leaking, and maps a plan before discussing whether the full program fits you.
- Join a free online community with videos, mindset content, a New Dentist Playbook, and direct conversations with Dr. Wildeman and other newer dentists about case acceptance, contracts, money, and burnout.
- Work on the career side of associateship too, including his "Right Seat" test for judging whether your current office is set up for you to succeed.
Best practical takeaways:
- Clear responses to common patient objections so diagnosed treatment is not lost
- Presenting crowns, root canals, and implants with a tiered Platinum, Gold, and Bronze option format
- Reading your own production numbers to find where production leaks
- The Right Seat test for evaluating whether an office supports your income
- Contract negotiation and career guidance for associates and new graduates
- A plan for growing production without adding clinical hours
- Habits that ease the move from dental school or residency into practice
Program distinction: The Top 1% Associate is not clinical technique CE or a practice ownership course. Its value is coaching from a working associate on the parts of associate life that dental school rarely covers, with treatment presentation, production tracking, office fit, and career strategy treated as one plan for growth. The public site describes the free Growth Call and community in detail but not the structure or length of the paid coaching, so it is worth asking about format on the call.
Best for: associate dentists roughly one to five years out of school who feel their production or income has stalled, especially in insurance or Medicaid heavy offices, and who want help presenting treatment and judging where they work. Dental students and brand new graduates may also benefit, though the program looks at timing for them case by case.