Practice Growth

A unique and powerful business system to grow your practice through proven, data-driven solutions and tactics.

Struggling To Develop Staff and Grow Your Practice?

Navigator, Spear’s premier membership, combines staff development, unlimited hands-on clinical training on Spear’s campus, and analytics tracking so you can make measurable progress toward your practice goals.

How It Works

Your Navigator annual membership gives you access to Spear’s best training in every format. At the Pro level, even Spear’s world-class, hands-on workshops are included in your membership! You get the best of Spear’s insight, faculty, and training at one bundled price.

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Meet Your Guide


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Get paired with a dedicated Practice Growth Partner to identify your goals and build an Action Plan to meet them.

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Start Training


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Engage with assigned team training based on your practice goals in a custom Action Center portal. At the Navigator Pro level, you can also come to campus for any Spear workshop during the course of your Navigator contract.

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Track Progress


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Set goals for key practice metrics, including daily production, case acceptance on significant treatment, no-show and cancellation rates, and active patient growth. Track your progress using Dental Intelligence, Spear’s analytics partner.

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What's Included:

As a Navigator member, you’ll have monthly access to an experienced Practice Growth Partner works with you to define practice goals and assigns customized training for you and your team. Your PGP will lead your team through training on critical topics, including improving case acceptance, holding effective team huddles, and marketing to new patients.

Advancing clinical skills is integral to practice growth. Navigator Pro members can attend any Spear workshop for free for the duration of their Navigator Pro contract. This includes all core and specialty hands-on workshops and seminars, covering a wide range of topics.

Navigator gives your team the tools they need to be successful. This includes training time with your PGP and access to proven resources covering every aspect of practice operations. An AI agent trained on Spear’s approach is also available 24/7 to create customized resources you can put into practice immediately.

Spear has partnered with Dental Intelligence to develop a customized scorecard that tracks the most critical metrics to increase efficiency and improve practice health. Dental Intelligence is included for Navigator members, and if you already have a different analytics solution in place, you can still use Navigator.

Navigator Impact

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Reduce Turnover by
Developing Your Team


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Replacing a team member is expensive and disruptive — it can take months to recover. Navigator helps you keep top talent through structured training, skill development, and growth opportunities that build long-term team stability.

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Improve Patient Engagement
and Increase Case Acceptance


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When your team is engaged, your patients are, too. Navigator provides coaching and tools that help you and your team improve case presentation, strengthen patient relationships, and boost case acceptance, driving better care and practice growth.

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Overcome Inflation With
a High-Performing Team


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Inflation affects every practice, but efficiency is the best defense. Navigator helps your team work smarter, improve workflows, and increase revenue by performing at their best.

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Why Choose Navigator:

When team members feel stuck, they leave. Navigator builds growth paths for every role so employees stay, grow, and perform.

Training and coaching help your team better explain treatment value and guide patients toward “yes.”

Your team learns how to run more efficient systems, refer cases, and align behind shared goals.

Navigator includes a dedicated Practice Growth Partner who builds the plan and guides your team, so you don’t have to.

Navigator Is More Than Training — It’s Your Blueprint
for Long-Term Practice Success.

Curious to learn more?

Watch the full on-demand discussion to see how Navigator and Dental Intelligence help practices streamline operations, strengthen leadership, boost team engagement, and achieve lasting, measurable success.

Doctor holding tablet
Navigator has brought structure, consistency, and focus
to our team in a way we haven’t had before. I really
appreciate that we’re all upskilling together — focused on one
topic across different roles and departments which helps
everyone understand the bigger picture and their part in it.

— Dr. Scott Neil

Real Results.
Real ROI.

  • Less stress on the dentist
  • Higher case acceptance
  • Improved team performance and retention
  • Measurable growth without added burden