The 2025 Winning Combination issue celebrates the heart of private-practice dentistry: the balance between exceptional clinical skill and the leadership, systems, and communication that make a practice thrive. Featuring Dr. Ross Nash and Mrs. Debra Engelhardt-Nash, this issue explores how their partnership, philosophy, and decades-long influence continue to guide dentists who want to elevate both their dentistry and their business. Alongside their interview, the issue highlights practical insights and perspectives designed to strengthen every facet of practice ownership.
Why Read It?
Dentistry is harder than ever—but the most successful practices still rely on the same essential truth: great dentistry and great leadership must work together. This issue gives private-practice dentists the clarity, encouragement, and real-world wisdom to build a stronger, healthier, more fulfilling practice—one rooted in mastery, meaningful patient relationships, and a team that believes in the mission.
The Winning Combination
An interview with Dr. Ross and Mrs. Debra Engelhardt Nash
Read the Interview
The idea behind The Winning Combination—first introduced by TPD founder Dr. Woody Oakes—remains just as vital today as it was decades ago: private practices thrive when great dentistry and great systems work hand in hand.
This year, we’re proud to feature two leaders who embody that balance better than anyone in modern dentistry: Dr. Ross Nash and Mrs. Debra Engelhardt-Nash. Ross’s clinical mastery and Debra’s lifelong work in communication, culture, and practice leadership form a blueprint for what private practice can be at its best.
My interview with them is personal, practical, and deeply rooted in real-world experience. It’s a powerful reminder that the strength of a practice comes from the harmony between skill, clarity, and a team united by purpose.
Few voices champion that philosophy more authentically than Ross and Debra. Their story anchors this issue—and continues the mission we stand behind: supporting the independent dentist who wants to practice exceptional dentistry and lead a thriving, meaningful business.
— Steve Parker, Editor in Chief and CEO
