StarMaker Back Story

Have you ever read the Vision and Core Value statements for the office you are presently associated with? Are there any? If there are, do you believe leadership and the team are living them?

Here are StarMaker’s Vision and Core Values:

Vision: StarMaker will will be the most creative, participant success focused, dental practice anywhere.  

Core Values: 

• First Give – success is not based on how much you can get but on how much you give 
• Be Playful – have fun!
• Do what is right – protect and focus on how you can best help every guest
• Brighten their day! – make them feel important, cared for, and respected
• Produce an extraordinary show – stage an amazingly uplifting experience

We live these values in my present practice, Pleasant Dental in Dolton, IL. You can readily confirm that by checking our patient reviews. With StarMaker Dental we are taking these values to another level.

A quick bio on me.

My name is Dean Dietrich. I graduated dental school WAY back in 1986. So far I have started two successful practices from scratch. The first was when I first graduated. The second, Pleasant Dental was 21 years ago. Now I am readying the launch of my magnum opus (I like the sound of that, but seems kind of final) - StarMaker Dental.

Formally, I studied marketing and management at Michigan State University. Informally, I have consistently attended coaching programs, seminars, and read voraciously about all aspects of creating, running, promoting, and scaling successful businesses.

I have used my knowledge helping others succeed. I have consulted with start ups for the SBA. I have lead marketing seminars. I have been a product manager and marketing consultant for Hu-Friedy. I have coached and mentored other professionals.

As I mentioned, StarMaker Dental is the culmination of my decades of experience and education. I have distilled the very best of what I have learned. I am coupling our fun operational style with a physical practice design completely unique within dentistry.

When designing StarMaker, I identified the dentist as my primary customer. I have seen the changes in the dental industry and the deep levels of debt being carried by all but a few lucky graduates of dental schools. The tea leaves are telling me that practice ownership is becoming a pipe dream for many.

As I developed StarMaker, I spent time with financial experts reviewing ways of compensating the dentists very much as if they owned the place. The requirements were that there couldn't be any additional debt for these dentists. They had to make as much or more than most other options they would have. They also had to have some control over the office so they didn't just feel like a cog in someone else's wheel.

After some iterations and massaging ideas, we settled on a structure that accomplishes all of that and more.

As to the team and the patients... we think they are going to find the practice just as remarkable as you will. The physical design will be amazing and fun. As you surely noted when reading our Vision and Values, we foster fun. I jokingly like to use the old Charmin bathroom tissue line - We all have to go (to the dentist). Why not enjoy the go?

That's some of the back story.

If you have at least three, preferably more, years of practice experience. If you live to create value and positively impact the lives of those around you. If those you have worked with consider you to be a fun positive influence, If having an amazing life / work balance appeals to you. Please consider joining us.

Explore the rest of this site. If you think you might be interested in becoming a Lead Dentist in our soon to launch 5000 SqFt South Bend Indiana flagship practice, submit your information using the form at the bottom of the home page.

Let's start changing the dental world together!

- Dean

P.S.  I don't intend on StarMaker participating in HMOs, Medicaid, Medicare, or most PPOs