# Allison House

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103 › You're Only As Ethical As You Can Afford To Be: A Dentist's 44-Year Journey from Pegboards to AI with Dr Michael Thompson

What happens when a dentist who started with pegboards faces down stage four cancer and emerges with the wisdom of 44 years in practice? In this deeply moving episode, Dr. Allison House and Shawn Zajas sit down with Dr. Michael Thompson, a pioneering Arizona dentist whose career spans from the pre-…

104 › The $100,000 Mistake That Made Me a Better Dentist

🎯 What happens when unlimited opportunity meets limited capacity? Dr. Allison House shares her $100K failure—and why she'd do it again. As 2025 wraps up, we're sitting in our new studio having the conversation every dental professional needs before stepping into the new year. This isn't your typica…

106 › AI Is a Divine Tool. Are You Going to Lead It or Be Replaced By It?

Dr. Kianor Shah is doing something unprecedented. As founder of the Top 100 Doctors organization and the Doctor to Doctor movement, he has united over 1,100 healthcare professionals from 163 countries. His mission: ensure doctors lead the AI revolution rather than follow it. In this episode of The …

107 › When Bad Dentistry Is a Cry for Help

When Bad Dentistry Is a Cry for Help: Why Dental Professionals Need to Look Deeper A dentist posts about a colleague's terrible work on Facebook. Dozens of comments pile on. Dr. Allison House was the only one who asked a different question: What if that dentist is struggling? In this episode, Dr. H…

108 › Your Practice Isn’t the Problem. Your Narrative Is.

Are you telling yourself a story about your practice that's slowly draining you? In this episode of The Authentic Dentist Podcast, Shawn Zajas and Dr. Allison House tackle the invisible force behind dental burnout: the narrative running in the background of your mind. Not the schedule. Not the pati…

110 › The Rocky Principle: Decide Who You Are, Then Do The Work

You’re one decision away. Not from the result. From becoming the person who earns the right to pursue it. In episode 110 of The Authentic Dentist Podcast, Dr. Allison House and Shawn Zajas unpack the identity shift that precedes every real transformation in dentistry and in life. They draw from Roc…

111 › Do You Hate Your Patients? The Question No Dentist Wants to Answer Out Loud

🎯 Dentist incomes dropped $40,000 since 2010. One thriving Comfort Dental doctor told Shawn Zajas, "I hate patients." If you have ever driven home wondering how much longer you have left in you, this episode names what most dentists never say out loud. Shawn Zajas and Dr. Allison House sit down for…

113 › The Case Against 100 New Patients a Month

Most dentists inherit one model. See more patients. Add more operatories. Push production higher. Dr. Allison House ran inside that model across seven practices before she opened her own. Then she walked away from it on purpose. In Episode 113 of The Authentic Dentist podcast, Dr. Allison House and…

114 › You Gave Everything to Your Patients. What's Left for Your Family?

You give your best to every patient in the chair. So what is left for the people waiting for you at home? In Episode 114 of The Authentic Dentist, Dr. Allison House and Shawn Zajas take on the question most dentists carry quietly on the drive home. Dentistry trains you to switch off your own needs…

115 › The PPO Math Many Dentists Never Run

Is a PPO plan quietly costing your practice money? Dr. Allison House explains how her son, a healthcare actuary, finds out. In Episode 115 of The Authentic Dentist, Shawn Zajas sits down with Dr. Allison House to talk about the insurance contracts many practices feel stuck on, and whether those con…