Dr. Nikki Ravari
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Approved bios

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For first reference, use "Dr. Nikki Ravari" or "Nikki Ravari, DDS." After that, use "Dr. Ravari" or "Nikki." Her given name is Nasim; she goes by Nikki.

Short bio About 55 words · programs and slides

Nikki Ravari, DDS, built and operated 16 dental practices across general and specialty dentistry. Today, she is an Executive Dental Coach with DEO, where she also provides fractional COO and Chief Dental Officer support. She speaks on the business of dentistry, helping owners better understand profitability, leadership, operations, and intentional growth.

Medium bio About 110 words · websites and event pages

Nikki Ravari, DDS, is a dentist, entrepreneur, and executive dental coach who built and operated 16 de novo dental practices across Southern California and West Texas. Her experience spans general and specialty dentistry, from site selection and construction through recruiting, operations, growth, and the sale of most of her practices.

Today, Nikki is an Executive Dental Coach with DEO, the Dentist Entrepreneur Organization, where she also provides fractional COO and Chief Dental Officer support. She speaks on profitability, leadership, operations, and intentional growth, connecting the decisions owners make every day to the performance of their business and the life they want to build.

Long bio About 230 words · printed programs and press

Nikki Ravari, DDS, is a dentist, entrepreneur, and executive dental coach with firsthand experience building a dental business from the ground up. Over her career, she founded, built, and operated 16 de novo practices across Southern California and West Texas.

Her portfolio included ten general dentistry practices, two endodontic practices, two periodontal and implant centers, a mobile pediatric dental clinic, and an oral medicine and pathology center. Her experience spans the full ownership cycle: selecting locations, managing construction, recruiting dentists and specialists, developing teams, overseeing operations, and preparing for a sale. She has since sold most of her practices.

Today, Nikki is an Executive Dental Coach with DEO, the Dentist Entrepreneur Organization. Through DEO, she also provides fractional COO and Chief Dental Officer support, working with owners and leadership teams on operational performance, clinical alignment, and organizational development.

Nikki speaks on the business of dentistry with a focus on profitability, leadership, and intentional growth. Her sessions connect financial results to the people, systems, and decisions behind them, helping audiences recognize what deserves their attention and ask more useful questions about their practices.

She brings an owner's perspective to a question many dentists eventually face: how do you build a successful business that also supports the life you want?

Stage introduction

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"Our next speaker has experienced the business of dentistry from startup through exit. Dr. Nikki Ravari built and operated sixteen dental practices across general and specialty dentistry in Southern California and West Texas, and has since sold most of them.

"Today, she is an Executive Dental Coach with DEO, the Dentist Entrepreneur Organization, where she also provides fractional COO and Chief Dental Officer support. She helps dental owners understand their numbers, strengthen their teams, and make more intentional decisions about growth.

"Please welcome Dr. Nikki Ravari."

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Session abstracts

Three signature sessions.

Each session gives audiences a clearer understanding of the business of dentistry and a stronger basis for making decisions. Content can be tailored for solo owners, growing groups, leadership teams, and future practice owners, and two or more topics can be combined into one session. Format and depth are agreed during event planning. Custom topics are available on request.

Nikki also welcomes open question-and-answer time, on its own or added to any session. Owners bring the issues their practices are facing, and she answers from her own experience as an owner and coach.

The Business Behind the Dentistry

Lecture 20 to 60 minExtended workshop availableOwners at every stage

A busy practice can still leave its owner wondering where the money went. Understanding why requires connecting the financial results to what happens inside the practice every day.

Drawing on her experience building sixteen practices and coaching dental owners, Nikki explains the relationships between revenue, overhead, team performance, and profitability. She explores what a P&L can reveal, where it needs context, and why an isolated number rarely tells the whole story.

Audiences leave with a clearer understanding of how to evaluate practice performance and recognize which questions deserve attention first.

Audiences leave understanding
  • How revenue, overhead, and profitability relate to one another
  • What financial reports reveal, and what requires a closer look
  • Why benchmarks need context
  • How to distinguish a symptom from a business issue that needs further investigation

Thrive in Any Market

Lecture 20 to 60 minBreakout 60 to 90 minOwners weighing growth

More production, more services, and more locations can look like progress. Whether they strengthen the business depends on what it takes to support them.

This session explores the tradeoffs behind common growth decisions: insurance participation, marketing investment, adding services or specialties, adopting technology, and expanding into new locations. Nikki connects those choices to demand, team capacity, financial performance, and the owner's goals.

Audiences gain a clearer way to evaluate opportunities and recognize when the practice needs a stronger foundation before taking on more.

Audiences leave understanding
  • The difference between increasing activity and strengthening the business
  • How demand, capacity, and profitability shape a growth decision
  • Why marketing, scheduling, and collections must be considered together
  • Which questions to ask before committing to an expansion or investment

The Practice That Runs Without You

Lecture 20 to 60 minBreakout 60 to 90 minOwners and leadership teams

When every decision comes back to the owner, growth can create more pressure than freedom.

Nikki explores what it takes to make a practice less dependent on one person. The session connects clear roles, leadership development, clinical alignment, culture, and accountability to the team's ability to make decisions and maintain standards.

It also examines how owner dependence affects the organization's readiness for additional locations or a future transition. Audiences leave with a clearer picture of the leadership and operational foundations that support stepping back.

Audiences leave understanding
  • How owner dependence shows up in daily operations
  • Why delegation requires clear authority, expectations, and accountability
  • How clinical and administrative leadership support each other
  • Why organizational strength matters for growth and a future transition
Formats & logistics

What to expect.

Formats

  • Lecture: 20 to 60 minutes; Q&A timing agreed in advance
  • Breakout session: 60 to 90 minutes
  • Workshop: half day or full day; scope and exercises tailored to the audience
  • Panel moderation or participation
  • Open Q&A: owners bring the issues their practices are facing; works on its own or added to any session
  • Combined sessions: two or more topics in one lecture or workshop
  • Podcasts, webinars, and private leadership sessions

Audience fit

  • Dental practice owners, from solo practices to multi-location groups
  • DSO and group practice executives and regional leaders
  • Office managers, clinical directors, and hygiene leaders
  • Dental students, residents, and new graduates considering ownership
  • Industry partners, lenders, and advisors serving dentists

Technical requirements

  • Projector or screen for slides
  • For workshops: tables and a whiteboard or flip chart are helpful

Travel & availability

  • Based in Los Angeles; available for national and virtual events
  • Travel and lodging terms agreed during booking
  • Availability confirmed for each inquiry
  • Pre-event planning call available to tailor the session
How to book

Three steps.

  1. Share your event date, audience, preferred format, and goals.
  2. Connect for a short conversation about fit, topic, and session scope.
  3. Finalize the booking details and receive the materials your event team needs.

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