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Industry-leading mentor, entrepreneur, and women's advocate in dentistry.
Dr. Summer Kassmel delivers dynamic and empowering presentations
crafted for dental teams wanting to make a big impact in the industry.
Practice owners seeking team alignment and culture transformation
Conferences aiming to uplift women or professionals in dentistry
Dental teams looking to improve communication and collaboration
Entrepreneurs looking to make an impact in the industry.
Owners And Associates
Why It Matters For Your Event
As multi-doctor practices and growing DSOs become the norm, owners are searching for smarter ways to scale without sacrificing culture or control.
Dr. Kassmel brings first-hand expertise in growing high-performing teams and mentoring associates who thrive clinically and culturally.
Her insights into leadership time management, onboarding, and
mentorship offer high-value, immediately applicable takeaways for
owners and emerging leaders alike.
Presentation Topics
- Adding Associates With Less Stress: A proven framework for onboarding associates that reduces overwhelm and boosts retention.
- Building Team, Patient And Personal Confidence In Your Associates: How to grow trust, case acceptance, and team support for new providers
- Maximizing CEO’s Time: Learn how to delegate effectively and stay in your zone of genius as a practice owner.
Patient Experience
Why It Matters For Your Event
Every dental conference needs to address what truly moves the needle – exceptional patient care. Dr. Summer Kassmel reframes the patient
experience through the lens of purpose-driven systems, empowered
teams, and profitable innovation like Invisalign.
Her sessions equip attendees with real-world tools to enhance retention, improve case acceptance, and build practices that patients rave about. It’s not just about smiles. It’s about loyalty, results, and reputation.
Presentation Topics
- Optimal Care Pillars: Align clinical care with purpose to drive results and team satisfaction across all positions.
- Increase Invisalign in Your Office Without It Driving Up Overhead or Your Blood Pressure!: Practical workflows and team buy-in to scale Invisalign profitably.
- Intentional Hygiene Exams Create Happy Work Days: Maximize hygiene’s role in diagnostics, case acceptance, and doctor satisfaction.
Team and Culture
Why It Matters For Your Event
In today’s competitive job market, attracting and keeping the right people is one of the greatest challenges in dentistry.
Dr. Kassmel delivers actionable strategies to build aligned, accountable, mission-driven teams that stick. Her sessions focus on hiring smarter, creating leadership from within, and establishing cultures that energize rather than drain.
Perfect for any audience looking to improve retention, performance, and morale from the ground up
Presentation Topics
- Creating A Leadership That Carries Out The Mission And Understands The Culture: Build a leadership team that protects and lives your core values
- Does Your Team Know What Really Matters?: Empower every role to connect with the mission and make meaningful impact.
- Stop The Bleeding, Your Team Is The Answer: How to solve turnover and burnout by investing in your team, not just your systems.
Dr. Summer's Signature Topics
For Practice Owners & Associates
Adding Associates With Less Stress
I’m not just a coach – I’m a practicing dentist who continues to build and scale successful businesses. Everything I teach is battle-tested in my own practices.
Building Team, Patient, And Personal Confidence In Your Associates
I believe in making decisions based on numbers, not just intuition. My coaching incorporates concrete metrics and analytics that give you clarity and confidence.
What I Wish I Knew As a Student That I Know Now
I’m not just a coach – I’m a practicing dentist who continues to build and scale successful businesses. Everything I teach is battle-tested in my own practices.
Maximizing CEO Time
I believe in making decisions based on numbers, not just intuition. My coaching incorporates concrete metrics and analytics that give you clarity and confidence.
For Team & Culture Development
Creating A Leadership That Carries Out The Mission And Understands The Culture
True leadership isn’t about conforming to someone else’s definition of success. It’s about building a practice that aligns with your values and supports the life you want to live.
Does Your Team Know What Really Matters?
Sustainable success requires both the right mindset and the right systems. I help you develop both, creating internal clarity that drives external results.
Stop The Bleeding, Your Team Is The Answer
True leadership isn’t about conforming to someone else’s definition of success. It’s about building a practice that aligns with your values and supports the life you want to live.
Hiring and Onboarding in the Great Resignation: Finding Your Sphinx
Sustainable success requires both the right mindset and the right systems. I help you develop both, creating internal clarity that drives external results.
For Enhanced Patient Experience
Optimal Care Pillars: The Secret To Finding Purpose In All Positions
True leadership isn’t about conforming to someone else’s definition of success. It’s about building a practice that aligns with your values and supports the life you want to live.
DAs Becoming Invisalign Ambassadors And The True Experts Patients Trust
Sustainable success requires both the right mindset and the right systems. I help you develop both, creating internal clarity that drives external results.
Increase Invisalign In Your Office
True leadership isn’t about conforming to someone else’s definition of success. It’s about building a practice that aligns with your values and supports the life you want to live.
Intentional Hygiene Exams Create Happy Work Days
Sustainable success requires both the right mindset and the right systems. I help you develop both, creating internal clarity that drives external results.
Book Dr. Summer For Your Next Event
Bring Dr. Summer’s energy, expertise, and actionable insights to your audience.
About Dr. Summer Kassmel
Dr. Summer Kassmel is a respected dental entrepreneur, educator, and mentor who has built a life and career with intention. As the owner of two thriving multi-doctor practices and the founder of multiple educational programs under Ladder5 Mentorship & Resources, she helps doctors gain time, profitability, and peace of mind.
Summer brings calm leadership and systems that work. Her style is honest, practical, and empowering, focused on lasting change and building businesses that support the life doctors want.
Intentional Mentor
Summer coaches from experience. She’s helped countless women doctors lower overhead, systemize their practices, and step confidently into leadership. Her mentorship is grounded in real world insight and a deep understanding of what doctors face today. She brings clarity to the chaos, helping others get unstuck and lead with intention.
Entrepreneurial Experience
Summer is CEO and owner of two large, multidoctor practices in the Vail Valley. She also leads Ladder5 Mentorship & Resources, which includes Dental Career Academy and Dental Assistant Schools Delivered. Each business was built from needs in her own practices. The systems she teaches are tested, efficient, and designed for long-term growth, making training easier, culture stronger, and teams more self-sufficient.
Life Beyond The Operatory
Living in the Colorado mountains with her kids, Summer prioritizes a full, meaningful life outside of work. She love time freedom, long walks and hikes, as much time with her kids as they’ll allow, reading, travel, enjoying her amazing friends across the country, dreaming and playing with her Bernedoodle. Her goal is to help other dentists build practices that energize, not exhaust, the lives they lead.
Book Dr. Kassmel For Your Next Event
Bring Dr. Kassmel’s energy, expertise, and actionable insights to your audience. Her presentations combine real-world experience, data-driven strategies, and authentic storytelling that resonates with dental professionals at all levels.
Credentials
- Fortune 5000 Recipient - Recognized for outstanding business growth and innovation
- Owner of Multiple Dental Practices - Castle Peak Dental & Avon Dental (multi-doctor practices in Vail, CO)
- Practicing Dentist - With 23 Years Of Experience
- Creator of Dental Assistant Schools Delivered - National program helping doctors launch their own dental assisting schools
- Coach and Mentor for Dental Practice Owners - Coaches dentists on elite-level systemization and financial mastery
- Leader of Lady Leaders Of Dentistry - Helping women in dentistry make a bigger impact in the field
See What everyone Is Saying
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"She trains you to elevate your thinking"
Working with Summer has been a game-changer. She brings a refreshing perspective as a woman in the field that’s grounded, insightful, and deeply empowering. She helps you think strategically and big-picture, always moving with intention toward your goals. Her experience shines through every session, and the way she trains you to elevate your thinking has blown my mind. I’ve gained tremendous clarity and purpose.
Dr. Taghreed As-Sanie
"Grew my production by $100k a month"
I can’t recommend Ladder 5 enough. When I met Dr. Kassmel, I was a burned-out dentist struggling with a start-up while running my practice. She helped me find the courage to go all in with my start-up. Within a year, I grew my production by $100k a month. She also helped me find balance and systematize my business so I can be a more present mom and wife. This program changed everything.
Dr. Emily Dennison
"She has a no BS approach"
I’m forever grateful I met Summer. Her mentorship transformed my business and lifestyle. Working with her, I increased profits and gained the flexibility and freedom I have today. Summer listens deeply, asks thoughtful questions, and truly understands problems before offering solutions. She has a “no BS” approach that’s clear, direct, and immediately actionable. She truly understands the challenges of being a female dental owner.
Dr. Mila Cohen
"Great at understanding people and leadership"
What makes Summer special is how she recognizes what it takes to solve problems. She asks the right questions and gets to the core of issues with a solution-focused approach. Summer is great at understanding people and has an ability to connect with anyone. She asks questions in a non-judgmental way, cares deeply, and follows through. She’s confident yet humble, and knows both the dental business and the business of leadership.
