Bridging Smiles : The Evolution of a Small-Town Dentist to Healthcare Renegade

Dr. Ryan Robinson should have been a statistic. Instead, he became a successful owner of multiple dental and medical practices—all before the age of forty. In 2015, with his first practice thriving, it looked like he already had “the life.” But inside, despite the external success, he had hit a personal rock bottom, burned out on dental work, and he realized he wasn’t truly passionate about the work. After asking himself, “Why am I here on this earth?” he recalibrated to find the answer and think bigger than ever before.

As an innovator and practitioner devoted to continuous improvement, Dr. Robinson has written Bridging Smiles: The Evolution of a Small-Town Dentist to Healthcare Renegade to coach readers to replicate his success in building an impactful, lucrative, and expansive business that also makes a difference. Robinson walks the reader through his works growing a thriving practice into the Pain and Sleep Therapy Center of Delaware Valley, carving and illuminating a path along the way for burned-out and unfulfilled professionals.

When Robinson’s professional and personal lives collided as his own child was diagnosed with respiratory problems, he began to notice the gaps between medical practices and decided to start building bridges. This led to risky moves—working shoulder to shoulder with the best in the business to start up new practices beyond traditional dentistry to address the problems being overlooked in the airway.

As these ventures continually expanded, he had a front-row seat to the personal and professional curriculum no one had ever given him. Having codified what worked—and what didn’t—he is now using these lessons to coach others to think big, think differently, and create a “wow! experience” for everyone involved.