For Practice Owners With Zero Spare Rooms
The 20-Square-Foot Studio
Measure four things. Know today whether your practice has room for a studio.
Something went sideways. Try once more, or emailshawn@shawnzajas.com and I will send it by hand.
Done. Your checklist is ready.
Open it below, print it, and grab a tape measure. You will have your answer in five minutes.
Open the ChecklistPrint-ready PDF. Five pages.
First studio built 2019. 15+ studio builds. 200+ sessions recorded in his own studios. 20+ years in dentistry. 7 years hosting The Authentic Dentist.
What You Measure
Four Numbers. Five Minutes. One Tape Measure.
Every professional build starts with the same audit. This is that audit, written so you can run it yourself before you talk to anybody.
- 01
Depth
5 feet clear
Measured out from the wall you would face on camera. Corners count. If both walls come up short, you measure the diagonal.
- 02
Width
4 feet across
Enough for one seat and compact lighting mounted on the walls or the ceiling. Zero floor stands.
- 03
Power
One outlet within 10 feet
No room has ever been disqualified by outlet placement. The number matters because the install plan needs it.
- 04
Noise
Write down what you hear
Run a handpiece in the adjacent operatory and listen for 60 seconds. Nothing you hear disqualifies the corner. Your answer specs the sound treatment.
Inside the PDF: the January 2026 job at a Southern California dental office where the room came in at 20 square feet, write-in blanks for all four numbers, and the verdict bands that tell you what each result means. No result ends in no.
After You Measure
It Fits. Now Comes the Hard Part.
The checklist answers whether the space is there. It cannot answer which camera, how to mount lights in 20 square feet, or how to treat sound against a handpiece running 10 feet away. The small-space build answers all three. 4 to 6 weeks from deposit. 1 to 2 days of onsite install.
Rather build it yourself? Start with the $97 Studio Blueprint