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Founded by Ken Runkle in 1986

The Paragon Program™ is one of the largest full-service dental practice management consulting firms in the United States. Our team currently works with more than 400 general and specialist practices to help dentists achieve long-term success. The Paragon Program™ was founded by Ken Runkle, America’s Profitability Expert™, on the principle that you must grow and change as a person and dentist to grow your practice.

Our Mission is simple.

We want to help dentists grow on a personal, professional, and practice level. Our goal is for each client to become a great leader while establishing a legacy practice that operates at peak efficiency. Most importantly, we focus on helping each doctor achieve financial independence.

 Paragon Mission Statement

  • We help our clients increase their practice revenues immediately. After our clients reach their long-term goal we will help them continue to grow by 7% annually.
  • We help our clients attain a net pre-tax income of at least 40% within two to four years of their start date in The Paragon Program™. This involves our long-term guidance of their taking on any additional debt or fixed costs.
  • We help our clients develop a long-term financial strategy within 10 years from their start in The Paragon Program™ for achieving financial independence.

INCREASE YOUR NET PROFITABILITY IN LESS TIME WITH LESS STRESS

OUR FOUNDING PRINCIPLES

We founded The Paragon Program™ on immovable guiding principles that drive every decision we make and every action we take.

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WISDOM

Wisdom is the ability to use the right knowledge in every situation. Moreover, it tends to come from long-term experience. The Paragon team has long-term experience.

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EXCELLENCE

Excellence is something The Paragon Program™ is committed to achieving. Our team brings a breadth of experience and knowledge to dental practices having served small, medium, and large; rural, urban and suburban practices, single doctor and group practices.

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INTEGRITY

Integrity is a core value our entire team lives and works by at The Paragon Program™. We believe it is essential for dentists to deliver what they promise with high professional and ethical standards that creates a win-win for everyone.