Membership, education, community, and everything in between. Get to know DSN at your own pace.
Dental Success Network is a paid, private membership community for practicing dentists. It combines a dentist-only discussion community, an AGD PACE-approved CE library, a document and template vault, and negotiated vendor discounts on supplies, software, and services. It was co-founded by Dr. Mark Costes, Dr. Addison Killeen, and Michael Lomotan, and currently has more than 1,400 member dentists.
DSN is built for dentists nationwide who own or are about to own a practice. That includes solo owners, multi-location owners, associates on a path to ownership, and dentists doing a startup or acquisition. If you are looking for clinical CE plus the business side of running the practice in one place, that is the fit. Our online platform brings clinical CE, business education, resources, and a supportive community together in one place, no matter where you are located.
DSN was co-founded by Dr. Mark Costes, Dr. Addison Killeen, and Michael Lomotan. Dr. Costes is a practicing dentist, host of the Dentalpreneur Podcast, and founder of the Dental Success Institute. Day-to-day discussion is moderated by practicing dentists, not staff marketers.
No. The DSN community is hosted on Workvivo, a private platform with its own web and mobile apps. Nothing runs through Facebook. Membership is application-only and requires verification that you are a licensed dentist. Vendors and sales reps are not admitted.
More than 1,400 practicing dentists. Membership is verified and dentist-only, so that number reflects actual practice owners and associates rather than general followers.
They are two different things under the same umbrella. DSN is the membership community and resource library. Dental Success Institute (DSI) is the coaching program, with tiered levels that add group coaching with Dr. Costes, mastermind meetings, and Summit tickets. Every DSI membership includes DSN access, but you can join DSN on its own.
Yes. DSN is dentist-only, which is what keeps the conversation candid. Practice managers, front office staff, and other team members can join Front Office Academy instead.
Students have their own network. Dental Student Success Network is the student version, at dentalstudentnetwork.com. DSN itself requires a dental license.
DSN is $239 per month with no long-term contract. There is no setup fee, no upsell requirement, and no tiered pricing inside DSN itself.
An annual option is offered once a year, at the Dental Success Summit. Outside of the Summit, membership is billed monthly.
There is no public free trial. Free trial access is offered through DSN referral partners and current members who invite a colleague. If you received an invitation link, that link carries the trial. Otherwise, membership starts at $239 per month, billed monthly with no contract.
Yes. Email support@dentalsuccessnetwork.com and your membership will be cancelled. There is no contract, no cancellation fee, and no retention call required.
In 2026, the average DSN member saved $21,018.08 in their first year of membership. That is against an annual cost of $2,868, so most members cover the membership several times over through vendor discounts and included CE before counting the community at all. How it plays out for you depends on your current supply, software, and CE spend. This figure represents combined savings across all included member benefits, not supply savings alone.
One membership includes all of the following:
Yes. Dental Success Network is a nationally approved AGD PACE provider, AGD Provider ID #386708, approved from 9/1/2025 through 8/31/2029. Hundreds of hours of the online CE library carry credit toward state licensure requirements. Not every video in the library is a credit-bearing course, so check the course listing for the PACE designation before you count the hours.
Certificates are delivered to your member portal automatically as you complete each course. There is nothing to request and no waiting on an email.
The library spans both clinical and business content: practice management, leadership, team building, occlusion, implants, orthodontics, and digital dentistry. Hundreds of those hours are AGD PACE approved for CE credit. It also includes Dental Success University, Dr. Costes’ eight-section program that runs from beginner to advanced practice management.
Over 750 downloadable files across 29 categories, including operational manuals, HR and payroll documentation, hiring and onboarding paperwork, scripts, schedule management tools, fee analysis and supply ordering guides, marketing templates, and legal document templates. These are meant to be copied and used, not read and admired.
Yes. Membership includes downloadable training documents and recorded trainings you can assign to your team. For a full front office curriculum, Front Office Academy is the dedicated program.
Discounts cover dental supplies, practice management software, billing and accounting services, business analytics, dental marketing, and CE courses.
Yes. Every DSN member gets full access to Synergy Dental Partners included in their membership at no additional charge. Synergy is a group purchasing network that negotiates supply and service pricing on behalf of independent practices.
No. DSN negotiates pricing on behalf of members and does not take commissions or affiliate payments from the vendors it recommends. That is the reason recommendations inside the community are worth reading.
DSN members save thousands of dollars every year. Explore Dental Savings to learn more and request a personalized price comparison.
Free forums are open to anyone, including vendors and reps, and the tone tends to run negative. DSN is paid, verified dentist-only, and moderated by practicing owners. The paywall is the point: it filters out sales pitches and people who are not actually running practices.
Coaching programs assign you a coach and a curriculum and charge accordingly, commonly $20,000 to $50,000 per year. DSN is a resource library and peer network at $239 a month with no assigned coach. If you want one-on-one accountability and structured coaching, that is Dental Success Institute, which builds on top of DSN.
Start with DSN if you want resources, CE, discounts, and peer input and you are comfortable driving your own progress. Move to DSI when you want direct coaching from Dr. Costes and his team, mastermind meetings, and accountability. DSI includes DSN, so you are not choosing between them permanently.
Yes. Membership includes access to Talkspace, covering both psychology and psychiatry, for members and their team members. You activate it from the member hub once you have been onboarded. DSN is able to include this through its partnership with Mango Voice. Dentistry has a well-documented problem with burnout and isolation among practice owners, and this is included rather than sold as an add-on.
Yes. There is a 30-day course specifically for startups and acquisitions, plus dedicated manuals for both. The bigger value is being able to post your specific numbers, lease terms, or equipment questions and get answers from dentists who did the same deal last year.
There is no required time commitment. Most members check the community a few times a week and pull from the library when a specific problem comes up. There are no mandatory calls or meetings.
On Workvivo, which has both a browser version and iOS and Android apps. Most members use the mobile app. Your Workvivo login is sent to you once our team has verified your dental license.
Yes. The Dental Success Summit is the flagship annual event, hosted by Dr. Mark Costes. DSN members receive discounted or waived registration on a range of events throughout the year. Current dates and venue details are announced on the DSN events calendar.
Access comes in two stages. Submit the application at members.dentalsuccessnetwork.com/apply-now and you get instant access to the member area, including the CE library and resources. Our team then verifies your dental license, typically within 24 hours or by the next business day, and that unlocks the Workvivo community and the vendor discount programs.
