Build a Stronger Practice. Develop Better Leaders. Create Lasting Growth.
SML Business Strategies helps dental practice owners and office managers improve profitability, strengthen leadership, build accountable teams, and create systems that support sustainable growth.
Former Practice Growth Partner — Spear Education
Former Senior Director of Operations
Executive leadership supporting 50+ dental practices
Nearly three decades of hands-on dental experience
Is Your Practice Growing— or Just Getting Busier?
A full schedule does not always mean a healthy business. Sustainable growth happens when your numbers, leadership, team, systems, and patient experience are all working together.
Is profitability where it should be?
Is your hygiene department reaching its potential?
Are patients moving forward with the care they need?
Do your leaders know how to lead with confidence?
Does your team understand what success looks like?
Can the practice perform without everything depending on you?
Stronger Business. Stronger Leaders. Stronger Practices.
SML brings performance, people, and operations together—so growth feels intentional instead of chaotic.
Practice Performance
Turn your numbers into meaningful growth.
Understand what your KPIs are telling you, identify opportunities, and create a clear plan for improving practice performance.
- Profitability & production
- Case acceptance
- Hygiene production
- KPI review & action planning
- Performance accountability
Leadership & Team
Build leaders who create clarity and accountability.
Strengthen the people who lead the practice so expectations are clear, communication improves, and the team knows how to move forward together.
- Doctor leadership
- Office manager coaching
- Team accountability
- Communication & role clarity
- Healthy practice culture
Systems & Operations
Create systems that make growth sustainable.
Improve the way work gets done so the team can operate with more confidence, consistency, and less day-to-day friction.
- Workflow optimization
- Scheduling systems
- Operational efficiency
- Patient experience
- Implementation & follow-through
Nearly Three Decades in Dentistry. A Career Built Around Helping Practices and People Thrive.
For more than 28 years, Stacey Lewis has built her career around one passion: helping dental practices and the people inside them thrive.
From dental assistant to office manager, national practice coach, Practice Growth Partner, and senior operations leader, Stacey has experienced dentistry from nearly every side of the practice. She understands the heart, pressure, and purpose behind running a dental business.
What sets Stacey apart is her genuine connection with people. She listens, sees potential, and brings clarity when owners and teams feel overwhelmed or stuck. Her coaching is practical, honest, encouraging, and grounded in real experience—not a one-size-fits-all formula.
“She doesn't coach from the sidelines. She works alongside you.”
Real-world perspective. Executive-level experience. Personal partnership.
Stacey's guidance is built from years of leading, coaching, operating, and supporting dental practices—not from theory alone.
Years of Dental Experience
Former Practice Growth Partner
Dental Practices Supported
Former Senior Director of Operations
Clarity First. Strategy Second. Action Always.
Sustainable growth does not come from adding more ideas. It comes from knowing what deserves your attention, creating a focused plan, and helping your team follow through.
Assess
Understand where your practice is today—goals, numbers, team dynamics, systems, and leadership.
Identify
Find the gaps, bottlenecks, and opportunities affecting profitability, performance, and culture.
Strategize
Create clear priorities and a practical growth plan built around your practice—not someone else's.
Implement
Turn strategy into action with leadership coaching, team accountability, and consistent follow-through.
Measure
Track the KPIs and behaviors that matter, evaluate progress, and refine the plan as the practice evolves.
Practical Coaching. Clear Priorities. Better Follow-Through.
SML can help your practice address specific performance gaps or provide broader strategic coaching across leadership, operations, and team development.
Hygiene Growth
Strengthen scheduling, reappointment, communication, and performance.
Case Acceptance
Improve the full patient journey—from trust and communication to follow-up.
Office Manager Coaching
Help managers grow into confident leaders who can guide the team and support the doctor.
Practice Culture
Create a healthier environment built on communication, accountability, purpose, and respect.
Your Practice Has Potential. Let's Find Out What's Standing in the Way.
Every practice is different. Your goals, team, patients, systems, and challenges deserve more than a generic consulting plan.
Your complimentary assessment is an opportunity to talk with Stacey about where your practice is today, where you want it to go, and the obstacles that may be holding it back.
Phoenix · North Phoenix · Prescott & surrounding Arizona communities
Building Better Practices. Developing Stronger Leaders. Creating Lasting Growth.
Empowering dental practice owners and teams with clear strategy, operational confidence, and sustainable performance.