Podcasts about dentists

Riz Hatton shares the latest news on the Dental + DSO industry.

When you're scared or tired, you don't do things that are in your best interest. Join Dr. Bruce B. Baird for this timely reminder to step back from the edge of the cliff, and think about how long you've worked to build your dental practice. It's your most valuable asset; it's your future. So tune in to make sure you get what your business is worth.

The ability to critically appraise the validity of published literature is an essential skill for all physicians. This lecture will explore the principles of evidence based medicine with a focus on critical appraisal of randomized controlled trials.

I have known Kelly Schwartz for many years as he, myself, and his wife Anna Schwarz have spent time impacting our community together. We both love working in the dental industry helping dentists improve their practice's profitability. If you manage a dental practice, Kelly is offering a Dental Intel Boot Camp in July. There are limited spots, don't miss out. See details below! Kelly Schwartz, CEO of Schwartz Consulting Group is a highly sought after speaker who provides consulting, training, and lectures to the dental industry. A graduate of Ferris State University, Kelly earned his degree in business. Kelly has personally worked with over 750 dental practices nationwide over the last 29 years. This experience and hands-on training have helped him develop the skills and expertise to help dental practices thrive. Kelly's network of dental offices have a combined revenue of over $900,000,000 annually while increasing revenues over 35% year over year. Kelly's offices have a combined patient base of over 2 million treated annually. Kelly offers a diverse, comprehensive, and customized coaching program that is guaranteed to get results. In this episode, I chat with Kelly about the challenges dental practices are facing and how he helps them improve, when and how should a dental practice be marketing for new patients, when should a dental practice be looking for a coach and much more. Schwartz Consulting Group: http://www.kellyschwartz.com/ Dental Intel Boot Camp: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFBJkXSpxg/XNl0R1clfJZ2Pz2U8YGDbg/view?utm_content=DAFBJkXSpxg&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=homepage_design_menu Med Rank Interactive: https://medrankinteractive.com/ #healthcaredigitalmarketingpodcast #lamarhull #kellyschwartz #annaschwartz #schwartzconsultinggroup #dentalintel #medrankinteractive #dentalnewpatients #dentalexistingpatients #dentalprofitability

Global Diagnosis Education Study Club Dental Marketing with Legwork Podcast Website Follow @dental_digest_podcast Instagram Follow @dr.melissa_seibert on Instagram Connect with Melissa on Linkedin Dental Digest Podcast Facebook Today we'll be talking about occlusion, TMJ, TMD, joint based occlusion, the fee for service practice and what it means to be a fee for outcome practice.  My guest this week is Dr. James Otten. He's lectured nationally and internationally. He's a former visiting faculty member at the pankey institute and currently visiting faculty at spear education. He's a an active member of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry. Finally, he and Dr. Bill Robbins co-founded the global diagnosis education study club.

Today, our guest is Dr. Eugene Shumilov. He is a medical doctor who worked for various dental manufacturers like 3M and Kavo. He is now the co-founder and CSO of Diagnocat which is an AI-driven assistant tool for various dental office tasks. LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/evgenyshumilov/ www.linkedin.com/company/diagnocat/ https://diagnocat.com/

This week James shares his journey from dentistry to investing, wealth creation and crypto. In this jam packed episode we delve into his passion to help dentists succeed as he educates them about financial literacy, investing and building wealth. We discuss how he built a super popular and active FB group with more than 7.2k+ followers and how ‘Dentists who Invest' has grown from a personal problem he faced to now courses, podcasts and even an NFT project! Tune in as we discuss the value of time, money and why it is so important to give value without expecting nothing in return. James also shares why compounding is not just for wealth building but applies for people, connections and skills.  Dr James Martin is a dentist and the founder of ‘Dentists who Invest' whose core mission is to create and share resources specifically created to lead the dental network towards a more financially independent and profitable lifestyle.  Learn more: Dr James Martin - Instagram  DWI FB Group https://www.dentistswhoinvest.com ------------------------------------- Episode Sponsor: Locum's Nest The Locum's Nest app has been revolutionising the way NHS doctors are supported by technology since 2015 and is now wired across all NHS professions. On a mission to remove barriers to workforce mobility across the NHS, Locum's Nest has pioneered the formation of digital collaborative workforce banks across the country, enabling cross-covering of shifts across an ever-growing number of NHS Trusts. Currently the best-rated app for flexible working in the NHS, Locum's Nest is transforming shift work in the NHS into a more inclusive and fulfilling experience by giving healthcare professionals ownership and control of their work life balance. Download the app Now: Apple App Store & Google Play Store Manage your shifts, your rosters and your pay all from one secure place! https://locumsnest.co.uk/healthcare-professionals ------------------------------------- Check out our latest platform Peerr Where healthcare professionals learn from the best educators - your peers! ✍️ Make your own quizzes for revision - An invaluable learning tool

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Freedom Founders member Dr. Dennis Perry joins me on the show today to talk about his retirement journey and how he got into real estate investing. From exiting his partnership to the meetings with his financial advisor, he shares how he navigated the financial issues that came in early 2020 and how he found confidence again in his retirement. Check out the show notes for more information! P.S. Whenever you're ready, here are some other ways I can help fast track you to your Freedom goal (you're closer than you think) : Schedule a Call with My Team: If you'd like to replace your active practice income with passive investment income within 2-3 years, and you have at least 1M in available capital (can include residential/practice equity or practice sale), then schedule a call with my team. If it looks like there is a mutual fit, you'll have the opportunity to attend one of our upcoming member events as a guest. Become a Full-Cycle Investor: There are many self-proclaimed genius investors today who think everything they touch turns to gold. But they're about to learn the hard way what others have gained through “expensive” experience. I'm offering a free report on how to become a full-cycle investor, who knows how to preserve and grow capital in Up and Down markets. Will you be prepared when the inevitable recession hits? Get your free report here. Get Your Free Retirement Scorecard: Benchmark your retirement and wealth-building against hundreds of other practice professionals, and get personalized feedback on your biggest opportunities and leverage points. Click here to take the 3 minute assessment and get your scorecard.

FULL SHOW | Today we find out what you did with your loved ones ashes; Whokepeadia gets another run; and you tell us what the doctor got wrong See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SHOW NOTES: In this day and age, you must live under a rock if you haven't heard about AI. That said, many dentists seem to forget about Dental AI. Ophir Tanz is the CEO of Pearl, a company that is at the forefront of Dental AI. Dr. Glenn Vo has some mutual friends who work for Ophir's company, and he respects their co-founder—a fellow dentist—very much.Glenn was pumped to have Ophir on for this week's episode of the Nifty Thrifty Podcast, especially because he knows that Ophir's heart is in the game. AI geek has meaningful connections in the dental world.There are so many different types of AI from pattern recognition to text-oriented software.Pearl specializes in a subfield of AI called computer vision, which basically teaches computers to really see and interpret the world in the same way humans do. No matter how good of a dentist you may be, you're a human—and humans make mistakes. Dentists carry a massive burden as they constantly hustle and bustle to run their business, issue treatment, read radiographs, and more.Pearl is best known for being able to look at dental radiography of various types and identify disease, existing restorations, and natural anatomy at levels that are both extremely accurate and consistent. Specifically, Pearl utilizes the first comprehensive AI-power real-time radiologic platform—and they call it “Second Opinion.” Second Opinion is intended to identify areas of interest where disease may exist and point that out to the doctor. The name is very intentional; they're not looking to take any autonomy away from practitioners. Pearl also offers another tool called “Practice Intelligence.” Practice Intelligence integrates with your current imaging systems and practice management software to offer specific insights about your patient population, help you plan for each day to optimize efficiencies, front office assistance, and more.Pearl's Second Opinion is also FDA approved. In fact, it's the first and only chairside FDA-cleared radiologic detection aid. For context, the only other Dental AI that can compete with Pearl is only authorized for patients who are 22 years or older.Ophir's story actually comes full circle: his father was a dentist. Naturally, then, he grew up in a dental office environment. But Ophir decided not to go into dentistry. He pursued engineering and computer science.Ophir made a passion for being a serial entrepreneur and while he's started up a number of companies, the common thread has always been their relation to AI.Thus, Ophir has been focused on computer vision AI for at least 17 years. His career has consisted of applying this technology to different areas in ways that can generate better real-world outcomes.Ophir saw the opportunity to continue to apply this technology across a wide spectrum of categories. He launched some other divisions, one being a healthcare-oriented effort.That healthcare-oriented effort goes all the way back to 2015, and Ophir decided to settle on dental for a variety of reasons. His reasoning went beyond having previous exposure to the dental industry; As the years went on, Ophir and his team at Peal did lots of research and saw a chance to make a big impact on humanity—larger than his current company was making.His current company was mostly in the media space, and he had been running it for 11 and a half years, but he felt his calling and stepped down as CEO. Thus, in 2019, he became the man-in-charge at Pearl.Ophir hasn't looked back since; Pearl is his favorite company he's ever run. He credits his fondness for Pearl to the impact he sees their technology making on a daily basis to help patients get the care they need, as well as help, improve the practitioner experience.Learn about:How does Pearl unburden the practitioner so they can perform dentistry at an elevated standard of care?What makes Pearl different from the other Dental AI companies?And more! NIFTY DEAL: 50% Basic Website Package for all Nifty Thrifty members.

Chip's Xfinity internet is on the fritz and Cern has been having issues with his own Xfinity setup. Chip's wife was at the dentist and we discuss how cush setup being a dentist is. We also chatted about of limited knowledge of the new LIV Golf situation. Thanks for listening!

When does a day need to be saved? When you're not meeting your daily goals (which you should set daily goals). You can determine if you're reaching your goal or not by mid-day. If you notice around the middle of the day, that you are behind or REAL far behind with your daily goals, then this episode will help you to apply strategies to reach those goals! Sandy lets us know how there are so many missed opportunities because we are not looking or listening. Therefore she gives us 5 specific opportunities we need to look for (which you WILL find during the day) that will push you and your team through the finish line! From this point on, there shouldn't be a reason for your team to not reach their daily goals.

Bulletproof Hygiene Podcast Episode 66 Host: Charissa Wood, RDH Guests: Erika Pusillo Key Takeaways: IntroductionCareer History Barriers and LimitationsHelping Others To Do Mindset ResetDental Assistant's Role Think Like A Doctor Bridging The Team's GapOnboarding Something NewUnderstand WhyCome Prepared With A Solution References:Bulletproof Summit Mighty Networks: Bulletproof Hygiene Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy - Patrick Bet-David Start with Why - Simon Senik Tweetables: No one looks out for you but you. Erika Pusillo In order to have a big difference you need to have a big role. Erika Pusillo The more we help other people the more they will help us back. Erika Pusillo It's not what you say, but how you say them. Erika Pusillo Communication is very vital for what we do all day long. Charissa Wood Time does not equate to more values; Results equals more value. Erika Pusillo What we focus on is what grows. -Charissa Wood 

On this episode of BUZZ, we celebrate businesses that demonstrate appreciation, dedication and attention to their clients through their customer service and messaging.  Implementing and maintaining these cornerstones of customer care can help develop your patients into ambassadors for your Dental Practice.   Show Produced by Dentainment https://dentainment.com/ Dentainment is a Digital Creative Marketing Agency, providing services to the Dental Community such as: Logo Design Brand Identity Dental Websites Search Engine Optimization Video Production Social Media Management Google AdWords Management Voice Search Optimization and more   Learn more about our sponsor Dental Year! Providing your Dental Practice with 365 Days of Marketing Inspiration. http://www.DentalYear.com

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Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 250 Hosts: Dr. Craig Spodak Guest: George Piro Key Takeaways: IntroductionLife And Career HistoryFBI HistoryCombat MissionsSadam Hussein InterviewMartial Arts CareerLevel Of Unfulfillment Employee AssistanceFBI Physical TestsCyber Threats Invest In Protecting Your Data References:Bulletproof Summit Mighty Networks: Bulletproof Dental Practice American Top Team George Piro Instagram  Live Oak Bank Tweetables: The perception that you are not appreciated can really destroy people's hearts. Dr. Craig Spodak Fitness is not only the fountain of youth but it helps deal with stress, anxiety and depression. George Piro Assistance before anything else. George Piro 

Of course, you know what tigers eat after the dentist fixes their teeth. Duh. And that's why Dentist 101 of Houston (713-773-1300) has a no-tigers policy and why they are always on hand and available for your dental emergencies! Check them out at https://txdentist101.com/memorial.html (https://txdentist101.com/memorial.html)

In this episode, I tell you why future-casting beats forecasting. So if you want to create your own economy, prevent employee turnover, enjoy more vacations, and have a career that you're truly proud of…tune in now! Follow us on IG and TikTok for daily value videos so that you can grow your practice! You can find show notes and more information by clicking this link: https://bit.ly/3-year-vision-practice-growth Relentless Dentist is a dental podcast by Dr. Dave Maloley.

Fred was the co-founder of Futuredontics, the parent company of 1-800-DENTIST, which, over 30 years, generated over $1 billion in revenue. His latest book, Superbold: From Under-Confident to Charismatic in 90 Days, is an Amazon and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He is also the author of two books for the dental industry, Everything is Marketing: The Ultimate Strategy for Dental Practice Growth, published in 2010, and Becoming Remarkable: How to Create a Dental Practice Everyone Talks About, published in 2015. He has acted in, written or directed over 200 television commercials and radio spots.This episode packs a punch and really helps one understand how to overcome shyness and fear in order to live a bold and fulfilling life.For more information on Fred, go to https://fredjoyal.com

(START): The guys dive into some audio from Jerry Jones and what it means for the Cowboys upcoming 2022 season. (33:28): Matt learns the real importance of going to the dentist with a personal story of his recent experience and why it will change his personal habits, plus the guys chat about what they did this past Father's Day. (53:53): JJT gets attacked by a dog and this leads into a dog conversation between the guys and their thoughts on pets and stories about random dog encounters RECORDED 6/21/22. EXPLICIT LANGAUGE INCLUDED. 

(START): The guys dive into some audio from Jerry Jones and what it means for the Cowboys upcoming 2022 season. (33:28): Matt learns the real importance of going to the dentist with a personal story of his recent experience and why it will change his personal habits, plus the guys chat about what they did this past Father's Day. (53:53): JJT gets attacked by a dog and this leads into a dog conversation between the guys and their thoughts on pets and stories about random dog encounters RECORDED 6/21/22. EXPLICIT LANGAUGE INCLUDED. 

Myles Wheeler, a former walk-on for The University of Oklahoma's Track & Field team, sits down and discusses his journey as a walk-on as a track and field athlete and his current journey in dental school! Myles touches on: - What events he had to run to make the team - What a track walk-on is like - The fulfillment being on the team gave him - Balancing track & pre-dental - Reading 25 books in 2021 Only a 30 minute run time here with Myles and he offered so much great perspective on his journey from track to dental school and the importance of taking advantage of being in your 20's!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris Reinacher and Steelo Brim are joined by Season 1 favorite, certified sexologist Shan Boodram to talk sex, relationships and the news of the week. This week they cover brushing before the dentist, sleeping with a partner VS alone, vaginal bubbles, getting stomped out by an elephant, what your decor says about your sex life, open relationships, unicorn energy, and more! Alahna Jade reads the facts.     

On this episode, Alex sits down with the award-winning, NYC-based cosmetic dentist, Dr. Bridget. Dr. Bridget earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from NYU, and has served as Chief Resident at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. She is also the co-founder of Maison BE Dental Studio, a luxury dental practice in the Flatiron district of New York City opening in July 2022. Dr. Bridget shares how surviving breast cancer has changed her, the mission behind her new dental practice, her passion for educating her patients on oral health, and her philosophy of shopping for her future self, PLUS takes us behind the scenes of her fabulous IG account! Connect With Dr. Bridget - @dr_bridget Maison BE Dental Studio - @maisonbedental Follow us on - Instagram: @obsessedwiththebestpod YouTube: Obsessed With The Best Patreon: Obsessed With The Best TikTok: @obsessedwiththebestpod This Podcast Is Sponsored By Better Help For 10% off your first month of virtual therapy tap the link below or enter code: OBSESSED at checkout! https://betterhelp.com/obsessed This Podcast Is Sponsored By Ombre Labs For $30 off your at home gut health test tap the link below or enter code: OBSESSED at checkout! https://tryombre.com/obsessed Shop our Favorite Brands! Beauty Counter To shop clean beauty with Obsessed With The Best, just tap our link below and enter code: CLEANFORALL30 for 30% off your first order, just for the month of June 2022! https://beautycounter.com/obsessed Plant People: Use code OBSESSED for 15% off your first Plant People order at www.plantpeople.co/OBSESSED Get your Obsessed With The Best Merch! https://obsessed-with-the-best.creator-spring.com/ Feel free to email us any time at obsessedwiththebestpod@gmail.com with questions, comments, and product or guest suggestions! Support us by supporting our host network, DimlyWit Productions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Riz Hatton shares the latest news on the Dental + DSO industry.

For additional dental marketing advice, join Dental Marketing with Grace www.facebook.com/groups/DentalMarketingWithGrace In this video Grace Rizza, CEO of Identity Dental marketing tackles: Start with defining what's in it for them? Raffle Music? Food? Pediatric Practice? Princess show up? Tooth fairy? Your message to a local business owner - message to a mom's group will be different Fundraiser for local charity / non-profit - Social media posts - Event listing & invites on social media sites Joining local FB & other social media community groups - get into moms groups, etc. Event website listing - Evite or Eventbrite - Reaching out to Chamber of Commerce and they will plug you - Personal invitation to local businesses Inviting schools Press release - before the event Photographer - hire someone - get someone local who wants an introduction - other business owners - - verbiage for this. Grand Opening - and we partnered with the ice skating rink - WHOEVER came into the office for the open house got a FREE day at the ice skating business. Cooperating marketing. Carnival/party - bounce houses and face painting Consider your goals for the event. It may cost money and it certainly will cost time. You can consider hosting local businesses as vendors. If you're having vendors, you would need to find a space. Whenever you take it OUT of your office- you're now removing the experience of being IN your office, which decreases their opportunity of becoming a patient. You want to create a reason for them to step in the practice - step foot in the practice to have any dental experience - minimally a tour, best experience ANYTHING they. Book/schedule…. Special if purchased at event… end goal = get patients. Have to have realistic expectations for this. Be focused Is this a business networking open house? Is this a family bounce house, DJ, cookout, face painting event? This question should be answered with consideration for your brand? At Identity Dental Marketing, we have seen that real results come from a collaboration of dental marketing strategies. Each member of our team brings a unique skill set that will contribute to the success of your dental practice. We're here for you! Just a few of the services we offer include: Marketing for Dentists and Dental Experts SEO Strategies from our Dental SEO Experts Custom Websites for Dentists and Dental Experts Dental Office Marketing Consulting Custom Content and Designs for Internet and Print Marketing Looking to take your dental marketing to the next level? Contact us today for your complimentary marketing planning session! https://www.IdentityDental.com (847) 629-4646 Grace@IdentityDental.com

Welcome to Episode 56 of the re-launched Dental Boss Lady Leadership Academy Podcast with Dr. Terri Pukanich. At a time when cancellations and no-shows are higher than ever, in today's episode we will look at them as openings of opportunity, and discuss how to deal with downtime in a productive way. We will talk about why you shouldn't book more than 7 days ahead of time and how to incorporate same-day dentistry inside your practice. Lastly, we will touch on the importance of creating great relationships with your patients, and how having a strong vision, mission and core values can help your practice to deal with downtime more efficiently. All this and much more, up next. Bullet points (01:35) Why cancellations and no-shows are at an all-time high (02:39) How to deal with downtime (03:28) Incorporating same-day dentistry (04:41) Looking at cancellations and no-shows as openings of opportunity (05:02) Change your mindset around cancellations and no-shows (09:00) Who should be responsible for filling the same-day schedule? (14:16) Why you shouldn't book more than 7 days ahead of time  (16:58) Creating strong relationships with your patients (20:20) The most canceled appointments and what to do about it  (21:25) The overflow schedule (25:23) What to do when you have some downtime: Whose problem is it and who should solve it? (29:12) The downtime task board (33:20) Having a strong vision, mission and core values

Global Diagnosis Education Study Club Dental Marketing with Legwork Podcast Website Follow @dental_digest_podcast Instagram Follow @dr.melissa_seibert on Instagram Connect with Melissa on Linkedin Dental Digest Podcast Facebook Today we'll be talking about the topic that can really feel like the big black box and that would be occlusion, how it can go wrong, our misconceptions as a profession and the tempromandibular joint.   My guest this week is Dr. James Otten. He's lectured nationally and internationally. He's a former visiting faculty member at the pankey institute and currently visiting faculty at spear education. He's a an active member of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry. Finally, he and Dr. Bill Robbins co-founded the global diagnosis education study club.  

This Father's Day Special features Dr. Bill Dorfman is not just a famous cosmetic and general dentist, he is THE most famous cosmetic dentist world wide. Affectionately known as “America's Dentist,” Dr. Bill is widely recognized world-wide as a leading dentist who is responsible for creating smiles for many of Hollywood's brightest stars. In fact, Dr. Dorfman has become a star in his own right as the featured dentist on the hit ABC series, “Extreme Makeover,” where he performed amazing dental transformations on the show's participants as well as a recurring guest co-host on the new Emmy Winning daytime CBS talk show, “The Doctors.” In addition, Dr. Dorfman is a world-renowned lecturer & author of the best-selling cosmetic dentistry book, The Smile Guide and the NY Times bestseller Billion Dollar Smile. The innovative & accomplished doctor is also renowned in his field as an energy-brimming inventor & brilliant entrepreneur who has brought award-winning innovations to the world of dentistry. Dr. Bill Dorfman has been interviewed extensively for numerous television shows & magazines including ABC's Good Morning America, The View, Oprah, CNN's Larry King Live, NBC's The Today Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Dr. Phil, The Rachael Ray Show, Steve Harvey Show, FABLife, The Doctors, The Tyra Banks Show, Ricki Lake Show, Entertainment Tonight, MTV's The Osbournes & Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica, The Wayne Brady Show, The Sharon Osbourne Show, Living It Up! With Ali & Jack, EXTRA, Soap Talk, Access Hollywood & E! Entertainment Television. When Dr. Bill Dorfman is away from his busy dental office, he enjoys spending time with his three daughters, family and friends. Please check out his website and the various products he has available. Dad Up! https://youtube.com/c/DadUpPodcast https://linktr.ee/Daduptribe https://www.daduptribe.com/ https://www.teepublic.com/stores/dad-up?ref_id=26174 https://www.instagram.com/daduppodcast/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dad-up-podcast/id1486764562 https://www.billdorfmandds.com/ http://www.facebook.com/DrBillDorfman https://www.instagram.com/drbilldorfman/ https://youtube.com/user/DrBillDorfman LEAP Foundation: New main page 2022 - BuZZBalls – BuZZBalls® --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bryan-ward8/support

If your kid's reaction to ice cream was "Ouchie in my mouth" it's time to book a dental exam - call Dentist 101 of Houston (+1 713 773 1300). Visit https://txdentist101.com/alief.html (https://txdentist101.com/alief.html)

Gap-toothed monarchs squabbling over infrastructure projects? Alas, no, your favorite Netflix drama was - mercifully! - canceled. But crowns, bridges, and dentures are indeed among the tooth repair options available at Dentist 101 of Houston (713-773-1300)! Check them out at https://txdentist101.com (https://txdentist101.com)

This week Clint and Russ interview Dr. Mona Patel and Dr. Erin Elliott.  We discuss the fun of running dental practices, training team members, and trying to force children to embrace their artistic side (at least a bit).  There is a reasonably high chance that Mona might be drinking given her town's penchant for alcohol while Erin enjoys a lovely sparkling water mid podcast. 

Kellie has to find a new dentist or Bossman George has get us new insurance!

In this episode we are talking about my crypto lessons, the Celsius freeze and what I learned from it.  Dentists, if you want to learn some financial strategies, this is the episode for you! Free Life Insurance Strategy Session: go.oncehub.com/stevenschluentz

In this episode we take on questions that you (our listeners) have for us!  We answer these specific questions: "Is anyone doing (or done in the past) patient surveys? We would love to see what we are doing right that our patients enjoy and what recommendations they have or concerns, if any. Any suggestions or sample questions would be greatly appreciated!"   "I have a couple questions about 'The 4 Departments Every Front Office Needs.' When you say 1-18 people one person can run the front and then 19 you would have 2 people and then 32 you would have 3, does this include the office manager or would that be in addition to the OM? We have 4 days a week with 1 doctor and 2 full time hygienists and we have 1 day with 2 doctors and 2 full time hygienists. I have another question. I know you talk about checklists to hold people accountable. Do you recommend every person on the team have their own checklist?" "What is the best way to prevent hygiene no shows?"

This week on HWIDG, we get our yearly check up from Doctor Andy! It's weird that his office was in an abandoned building, but hey the parking was free! Now that I mention it, Doctor Andy was a bit weird. His hands were very clammy and his breath smelled like bathtub gin, and he didn't use any lube when he checked our butt. Dentists usually don't do that. Anyways he says we should stick to a healthy diet of:- Poster Sizes- Uppity Contractors- Property Management- SuperglueYou want to frame a nice poster or art piece? You better hope it's a standard size, otherwise you're paying hundreds of bucks for a custom frame job. Or you can be like Tab, he likes his framed posters like Madcucks, slovenly dressed and without a job.Contractors are like stand-up comics in the 80's. Lazy insulters. "That wall looks like your wife's face, boom!" "Check out the eggshell clashing with the cream in this room, YOWZA!" "Try the veal, I'll be here 'til Thursday, even though I should've been done three weeks ago!"Landlords are called so for a reason. They consider themselves lords. Lording over your right to rent like a prison warden. One wrong move and you'll head to solitary. Also like prison wardens, they're usually corrupt and are bad at their jobs.Superglue is like kryptonite. Back in the day the green rock could stop Superman dead in his tracks, and superglue could bond together even oil and water. But now Superman is too strong for regular kryptonite, so they had to invent Ultra Strong Rainbow Kryptonite. Unfortunately for superglue they haven't got that far so we're stuck with what is essentially watered down horses.All this and more on this week's episode! Don't forget to join us on DISCORD, support us through the end on PATREON or by BUYING A SHIRT.

We found out that Mercedes had braces and even a head piece! J.C.'s wife is getting invisalign and he has some questions about what foods you can and cannot eat.

Join this podcast's Facebook Group: The Dental Marketer SocietyJoin my newsletter: https://thedentalmarketer.lpages.co/newsletter/[Click here to leave a review on iTunes]‍Guest: Kyle StanleyPractice Name: Beverly Hills DentistCheck out Kyle's Media:‍InstagramSpeaker WebsitePearl AI Company‍Host: Michael Arias‍Website: The Dental Marketer Join my newsletter: https://thedentalmarketer.lpages.co/newsletter/‍‍My Key Takeaways:Make sure to separate yourself from your business. Your self worth shouldn't rely on performance!Fast is not always the best. Sometimes slow and high quality is a good differentiator.What are your life values and how can you build your business around those?Do not give up on those hard conversations regarding finances or other business decisions.In a partnership, every party should feel the agreement is fair! These deals evolve and change over time.‍Please don't forget to share with us on Instagram when you are listening to the podcast AND if you are really wanting to show us love, then please leave a 5 star review on iTunes! [Click here to leave a review on iTunes]‍

You're losing team members. Working way too hard. You're exhausted. So what can you do? Join Regan Robertson as she discovers how Dr. Austin Whetten went from stressed to the max and losing team members, to an engaged team with 500, 5-star Google reviews in 2 years.

Bulletproof Hygiene Podcast Episode 69 Hosts: Charissa Wood, RDH  & Brittany Simon, CRDH, BASDH Key Takeaways: Introduction Learning And Supporting One Another Growth Mindset Marry Your Talent To Your Passion Autonomy Component Identify And Grow Your Strengths Get A Mentor References: Bulletproof Summit Mighty Networks: Bulletproof Hygiene Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication Culture Index Words Can Change Your Brain by Andrew Newberg & Mark Robert Waldman Strengths Finder 2.0 Tweetables: We are not good at everything. Charissa Wood Our strengths are our God-given gifts that make each of us unique and beautiful. Charissa Wood Having a strength that you don't use is a waste, that deprives the world around you. Charissa Wood A strength isn't a chore, it is something you were born to do. Charissa Wood There is a recipe for success for almost anything. Brittany Simon Don't be afraid of the challenges. Charissa Wood No one else can do exactly what you can do. Charissa Wood

Jamie had to get some cavities filled and her cheek got sliced open by the drill. 

Jamie got some cavities filled yesterday. The hygienist putting the fillings in cut her cheek open. The Avalanche take on the Tampa Bay Lightning Tonight in Game 1 Of the Stanley Cup Final! BTS is moving on to do solo projects.  

Doc, do you need to get better at Dentistry's most profitable skill? If you want to... earn patient trust and rapport, know the key to effective interpersonal communication, and understanding your patients so you can improve referral and case acceptance rates, then tune in now! Follow us on IG and TikTok for daily value videos so that you can grow your practice!  You can find show notes and more information by clicking this link: https://bit.ly/case-acceptance Relentless Dentist is a dental podcast by Dr. Dave Maloley.

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Dental Marketing with Legwork Podcast Website Follow @dental_digest_podcast Instagram Follow @dr.melissa_seibert on Instagram Connect with Melissa on Linkedin Dental Digest Podcast Facebook Digital Smile Design My guest this week is Dr. Christian Coachman and we'll be talking about Digital Smile Design.  Speaker 1: [00:00:03] You need to first design the smile. You need to design where you want to be even before knowing how to get there. First set design where you want to be. What is the ideal position of the upper teeth, bone and gum in relationship with the face? Not in relationship with whatever is in the mouth. [00:00:22][19.4] Speaker 2: [00:00:27] Welcome to Dental Digest. Listen, dentistry is rapidly changing and this podcast exists so you can have real time updates to changes in delight occasion research and technology. Dr. Christine Curtin, the founder and CEO of the Digital Smile Design Company. Former president of the Brazilian Academy of Historic Dentistry in Global Phenomenon is back this week. In this episode, you're going to learn about how to incorporate dentistry and true planning in esthetic dentistry. You'll learn what you can be doing differently in your treatment plan and why you should take a basically general approach to your cases. All right, let's jump in. [00:01:03][35.9] Speaker 3: [00:01:04] Welcome to Dental Digest. This is a podcast devoted to. [00:01:07][3.6] Speaker 1: [00:01:08] Following evidence based. [00:01:08][0.9] Speaker 3: [00:01:09] Dental literature. Here's your host, Dr. Melissa Seibert. [00:01:11][2.7] Speaker 1: [00:01:12] She's a dentist currently practicing in the Air Force. With that being said, nothing contained within this podcast is intended to be reflective or endorsed by the U.S. Air Force. [00:01:21][8.3] Speaker 2: [00:01:21] Today's podcast is sponsored by Legwork. Your one stop shop for tracking, retaining and delivering patient happiness attract new patients with digital ads, then convert them into lifelong customers through a dental website that integrates with your office phones and patient engagement software. Keep your seats filled with happy patients using tools like tool texting and automated reminders as a dental digest listener. You can get your first six for no pay at legwork icon slash dental digest. And so talk to us also about your implementation of tooth libraries. Can you tell us a bit about that? [00:02:02][40.2] Speaker 1: [00:02:02] This is another concept that we were able to help spread that I think it's a revolution in restorative dentistry. You know, I was able to to learn back in 2011, 12 from one of my mentors in Brazil, an amazing dentist technician. That was the first one to bring this idea of using natural teeth as your guide to manufacture restorations. Of course, natural teeth were always the inspiration. So we as technicians, we were studying natural teeth to try to reproduce with our own hands, either with wax or with ceramics, and building their morphology with our own hands inspired by the natural morphology. And this teacher, Dr. Paolo Chernoff, he came with the idea, you know, why should we try? To replicate nature with our own hands if we can literally copy nature 100% with scanners. And when he first said that to me, it was so clear. You know, that's obvious in the future. At that time, two dozen, 11, 12, I was thinking in the future, we're not going to shape deep with our own hands because it makes no sense. We going to scan natural teeth and we can scan anybody that has beautiful dentition and save these scams into the libraries of our software. And when I'm digitally waxing up your case instead of designing with my own hands, I'm going to copy and paste the natural morphology of the most beautiful teeth on Earth. And then I'm going to design your mockups, design your provisionals, and design your final restorations with that. The only thing that needs to be done here is to understand that if you want to use natural libraries in your software and they look amazing because they're natural to keep that beauty in the patient's real mouth, you need to accept the principle and the concept of monolithic restorations because you need to milk or you need to treat the restoration. And if you touch the surface or you cut back to layer on top of it, you're back to scratch your back into your own morphology. So the natural library concept comes hand-in-hand with the monolithic restoration concept, and these two concepts together are allowing so many dentists and technicians to finally do beautiful natural work without having to be a michaelangelo of dentistry. [00:04:45][162.4] Speaker 2: [00:04:46] Help me understand a little bit. Is this something that you did? Are you a part of creating these libraries, or is this a technology that you advocate for implementing? I'm sorry. You have to pardon my ignorance. I'm not quite as familiar with this. [00:04:57][10.8] Speaker 1: [00:04:58] So we were the first ones to develop digital 3D libraries and do diagnostic wax in 3D with natural libraries and then design CAD cam restorations with natural libraries, mill these restorations and places in the mouth. So this is what we call the complete digital natural restorative workflow. Okay. Inspired by this initial idea from Dr. Paolo Garneau. That was the first one to mention something like that. We were the first ones to then bring this to the digital world and make it restored. The first two patients back in 2014 with this complete digital workflow with natural libraries. [00:05:43][45.3] Speaker 2: [00:05:44] What ceramic materials do you advocate for using when you're trying to design beautiful interior restorations? Do you like lithium de silicate zirconia feldspar? They porcelain. What do you like? [00:05:54][10.3] Speaker 1: [00:05:55] I like all of them. I like all of them. And the key is beautiful. Natural morphology. Beautiful natural morphology makes every material looks beautiful. We can't beat nature. It makes no sense. So it's amazing, you know, when you use natural libraries and then you manufacture these with natural libraries, they come out of the machine really looking beautiful because it's a copy paste of a natural tooth, you know? So all the materials will work fine. We work a lot with Legion Basilica, we work a lot with film spectacle. So just to emphasize, we do 100% related and we do 100% digital. Everything we do is digital and monolithic with natural libraries. We do hundreds and hundreds of anti restorations every month, and that's how we do all of them. Of course that if we are trying case in the business models and it doesn't look good, we're going to do everything we can to save the case too. So the patience problem and make the modifications that make them happy. And if we need to touch with our own hands and and save the case, we will. So that's one point. But we always do everything digital and most of the times we don't have to really modify them too much with our own lens because they come out of the machine already looking good. So these interior monolithic restorations we usually do with Emacs or Empress multicolor blocks, we also do translucent zirconia. They work fine. We also do hybrid materials, composite blocks. They all look beautiful as well. So it's a matter of mature selection for any biological, functional reason and value selection. How do you pick the right materials to give the value that you want? [00:07:54][118.7] Speaker 2: [00:07:54] One of the things that is such a challenge for dentists and oftentimes overlooked, but this is invaluable. Is shade selection in with your background? How would you recommend Dennis communicate Shade to the lab? Some Dennis would say that they actually have the patient go to the lab and then the lab technician themselves is doing the shade matching. But that's just so rarely practical because oftentimes the lab might be even in the different country. So what information should a Dennis be gathering to effectively communicate shade to the lab? [00:08:22][27.7] Speaker 1: [00:08:23] So we need to we probably should divide this topic into are we talking about cases with one or just the few restorations that you need to match remaining dental of the remaining dentition? So a single central, central lateral, you know, lateral pane. So the case is where you have everything natural and a few restorations that you need to match. This has a complete different protocol than the cases that you're doing, the full smile, right? The cases that you're doing, the full smile. The challenge here, as I mentioned, is value. You need to you want to pick the right event. Okay. You're not matching anything. You just don't want the full set to be too great or too great. You want the right then. Okay, so value communication depends on experience. You need to understand the color of the remaining track, the color that the patient wants, and how much space for the restoration. These three these are the three pieces of information that your technician needs to know to select the material for the right value. Right. So about the color is the right value. So you take a picture with the shade guides and the tooth perhaps, or the something simple. Sent to the lab. You tell the lab what is the final color value that the patient wants? Sent to the lab and in the software, the lab already knows the clearance, so we need to do the math. As we say, initial color, final color and clearance. Now, a good technician and good lab. By doing several cases, hundreds of cases, they're going to become good on understanding the combination of these three factors. What block should they pick to generate the value that the patient's patient want on full set? If you're talking about single restorations to match to natural teeth, then of course the color matching becomes a little bit more challenging. The shape is not the challenge anymore because as you scan the patient, you can use the natural remaining to even just flip to the other side and make the perfect morphology so it becomes, you know, how tricky the color is. If the color of the natural and tissue remaining tissue is not that complex, you can still solve with monolithic restorations, and labs are becoming better and better on matching monolithic restorations to match the tissue. If you see that the natural incision over patient does have very unique internal characterizations. This is one of the few situations where. Cutting back and layering ceramics. Old school is still necessary. And for that, this is the situation where top technicians usually want to see the patient life. But as you said, is very unrealistic for 90% of the dentists. So, again, what you need to do is just. There are some very simple photography protocols that you can use to generate these images to send to the lab to help the lab increase the chances of magic. What I used to do was to then to have the doctor try in before finishing the crown in a certain phase, maybe with two bakes and one final bake to be done, and then make some pictures to understand how close I am. To allow me to fix. To fine tune. The final layering to make the ideal match. [00:12:17][234.4] Speaker 2: [00:12:18] Would you advocate for the use of polarized light and gray cards? Is that effective? [00:12:23][4.8] Speaker 1: [00:12:23] Yeah. People or people? I would say we love to complicate our lives and people like to create new things to just create something. So the polarized photo and it's something beautiful for lectures. I never used it and I was able to match single central without it. You take a very good photo. Normal photo with some tricks to make the light place in the light in a way that you don't have the reflection. So you see the characteristics of the teeth. For a single central if if it is, of course, a full mouth, then it's completely useless. But if you're doing a single central, the polarized photo may allow you to see a little bit better the inner structures of the tooth and allow you to kind of inspire you on the build up to match that. But if you take a very good picture without the polarized filter, I was always able to to see as well what I needed. But yeah, it's possible for single centrals when the natural two is very complex. Maybe it can add some value. The green card is a way to calibrate, to calibrate the color of the camera, to allow, you know, then you can use some people developed techniques on Photoshop that you can kind of define the value in the Chroma on the hue of the restoration through some numbers in the Photoshop. And then they try to link these numbers to the ceramic system saying that if it's Photoshop, whatever, number, X, Y, Z, you go to the ceramic and you mix this and this and this, then this file that you get that same color. Honestly speaking, it's just too complicated. And I can tell you that the best ceramics in the world, at the end of the day, they're using their experience. They're looking at the picture and only the experience by doing dozens, hundreds of times these type of cases to allow you to understand which powders to use in the amount that needs to be used, with the mixture that needs to be used, that this single central case is still today, 21st century. They are still done in a very old school way. You know, it is still an art. It's still an art. [00:14:56][152.9] Speaker 2: [00:14:57] What are these techniques with light that you're referencing? [00:14:59][2.1] Speaker 1: [00:15:00] So, for example, the the traditional flash, you know, the dentist use the ring flash, you know, it generates a straight and strong light. And that's the worse to see things, right? So usually you can see better when the light is not straight is lateral and when the light is not strong is soft. So direct light straight is not ideal. Lateral indirect light is good. So utilizing an arm for your flashes and moving the flashes, a ray from the lens, moving the flashes backwards and putting a bouncer to bounce the light or using certain filters. These are techniques that every artistic technician, artistic dentist has been using for 15 years, you know, to take beautiful pictures of the tissue. The two tricks is indirect and lateral light. [00:16:04][63.6] Speaker 2: [00:16:05] So the question that I've been dying to ask you about as well is how are you using keynote and PowerPoint for digital smile design? This is something that you're renowned for. And it's it's very interesting. [00:16:15][10.9] Speaker 1: [00:16:16] This is what we call the vintage. The yes, the there was the how I started. Right. How the whole. So what happened was that, as I mentioned, lecturing was a passion. So in 2004 five, I started to learn PowerPoint and then keener to put lectures again. And I would finish a nice case and I would say, okay, this is a cool case for a lecture. Fantastic. Let me get grabbed in the documentation and let me put a lecture together about this case. As I was putting the lecture together about the case, firstly I started to identify mistakes that we did on the treatment. Second, I realized that I was learning more about the case when I was building the lecture. Then when I was starting to plan the case. Unfortunately, it was too late because the case was already finished. So when I started to realize was inside Keynote and PowerPoint, you have so many tools and so many tricks that you can play with the images, with the possible manipulations of these images, with placing lines and references and doing drawings. So I was doing all these drawings and guidelines to try to explain to my public, to my audience, how good I was. And instead, I was identified. The mistakes that I did. Right. So I, of course, said to myself, I need to start using these tricks, not at the end to put a lecture together, but at the beginning to make better decisions to treatment plan, to not make these mistakes. So in 2006 seven, I started to use little by little. I started first to demand from my clients dentists to send me facial pictures of their patients, not only intraoral pictures, but also facial pictures. And I started to develop a protocol on how to bring these facial pictures to the slide and transformed PowerPoint and keynote into a dental software. And every day learning a new trick. You know, ways to analyze sizes and shapes and measure harmony and balance and arrangement, facial integration and all the principles that we learn from oral facial norms and denture principles, and so full of measured principles and automatic principles. All these principles that helps you. Design is mine only with the phase I started to bring into into PowerPoint and Keynote. Little by little, it became a protocol I started to use in every single case, and then people started to see it and think, This is very cool. Can you teach me? And then I started to show it to colleagues and friends and then small groups and then little courses and then bigger courses than courses all over the world. And that's how the whole thing started. Of course, that today. Today things changed because at that time there was no 3D software. All I had was 2D PowerPoint keynote. And then from that 2D, I developed a technique that also exploded all over on how to make measurements and guides in PowerPoint keynote and then translate to the stone model to guide to wax it. So it was what I called a facially driven, handmade wax set, and that was the big a big hit until 2014. Or that was my main way to work until 14, when we moved completely in three into 3D. And now everything is inside the 3D software. But but we still use PowerPoint Keynote as the digital chart of the patient and everything we do in the 3D software, those three screens and video recordings that I mentioned to you, everything goes inside PowerPoint and Keynote and PowerPoint. The keynote is where we organize the digital information of the patient and what we use to present to the patient. [00:20:24][247.9] Speaker 2: [00:20:25] I think it's funny that you say that this is vintage, because for many dummies this is still very cutting edge. And I think this technique is phenomenal because, listen, investing in some of this technology is very, very expensive. And this is such a great way for people to get their feet wet and get started. So would you make this actionable? Can you help us understand how are you doing this? Are you actually tracing the design of the teeth on keynote? Would you explain this a little more? [00:20:50][25.1] Speaker 1: [00:20:51] So in Europe, I call it vintage. Of course, we work with 3D technology nowadays, and 3D technology is becoming very popular and very democratic. And of course, everybody is going to go there. But we still have hundreds, even thousands of doctors utilizing this vintage way, and that is very useful and very efficient. And people are doing better dentistry because of that. And I get messages every day from people saying, look, I didn't have the time or the opportunity to jump into 3D, blah, blah, blah. I know this is the future, but I'm very grateful that I have these tools that I can do for free and I can do it myself and I can communicate better with my lab. And my lab doesn't have any technology. We are in the countryside of India, you know, in the middle of Brazil. And all we have is this and it's helping us to do better. So I am very proud of this. And I think that you need to do whatever you can with whatever you have to do the best you can. And that is fantastic. So we still have online the videos that people can access for free on YouTube, on our YouTube channel of how to do the vintage DST, 2D facial analysis, 2D small design on Keynote and PowerPoint. Then the digital ruler that we invented that you place into the slide that you can calibrate and make the measurements between where you are and where you want to be. So let's say you put the patient's picture in that slide, you grab the templates you put over, you design the smile in 2D. So, you know, you see where the patient is. So let's say there's a chef and there's a cat and the teeth are small. You draw the ideal smile on top based on the face. So you have all the lines, the facial midline smile, curved tooth proportion, inter dental proportion, gingival fulfilling position. So what we call the smile frame that we developed, the ten steps of the smile frame that we used. So today on 3D, the same 2D or 3D, the smile frame process, ten steps. So use those ten steps on the 2D. So now what you see very clear is where you are and where you want to be. So let's say the incisal edge is here and the midline is here, and you want them in light to be there and the incisors to be there. So what you do is you take the digital ruler, you match the measurement, so you calibrate the ruler and then you measure, for example, that on the cervical of the tooth you need to shift the midline one millimeter, and on the incisal you need to shift 1.5. And that will fix the shift and the cat. And that on the incisal edge, on the distal corner, you want to lengthen half a millimeter and the medial 1.5 millimeters. So you have those measurements, you start making the measurements, you go to your model, you take a. Caliper. You start making the measurements tomorrow with the pencil and you start throwing the wax on top of it, guided by these measurements, and you can use the barrier probes in the wax to measure the thickness of the wax. You know, you melt the wax and you put the burial probe and you start guiding the volumes and the position of the wax midline in size of large volumes, gingival margins proportions. And your handmade wax can actually look very like your 2D drawings on PowerPoint. Of course, you need to know how to use PowerPoint or keynote, and you need to be a very good waxer. There's no magic here. You need to be a very good wax. If you have those two skills, you'll watch the video on YouTube on how to do it. And you can start tomorrow and you're going to have quite a lot of problems in terms of the misplacement of the midline, the size of add your own proportions and even beautiful lines and all these things. [00:24:47][236.1] Speaker 2: [00:24:48] No, I think this is such a cool innovation and I love that because again, Denis, I might not have access to some of these technologies. This is a great way for them to get started. So why should Denis why should their treatment plans be facially driven? Denis Of the highest echelon in dentistry, this is something that they advocate for. But oftentimes, unfortunately, the default when it comes to treatment planning is we're just thinking of disease control, starting with posterior teeth in the mouth. But why do we need to start with the smile first? [00:25:13][25.4] Speaker 1: [00:25:14] So this is all about what we learned. You know, this is not something that we at DSD invented. We we what we do is to translate into the digital world, the beautiful, beautiful things that we learn from mentors like Rick Rowley, John Kois, Frank Sfeir, Bill Robbins, Jeff Rouse, Peter Dawson, Jack. She's just come one year. You know, they they all they all talk about the same thing, facially driven treatment planning, facial generated treatment plans. What does that mean? It means that you need to design a smile first before you plan the treatment. It's like an architect. First you design the project and after you engineer how to make that project possible. And even though it's pretty obvious, unfortunately in dentistry, too many people invert those things. They start treatment, planning the solutions. And then in the middle of the process, they say, Oh, this is more or less where we're going to end and let's hope for the best. You know, if if you think like an engineer, if you think like an architect, it's pretty obvious. Start with the end in mind. As Peter Dutton said, if you know where you want to go, it's easier to get there. Period. What it means, you know where you want to go. It means you need to first design the small. You need to design where you want to be even before knowing how to get there. First set design where you want to be. What is the ideal position of the upper teeth, bone and gum in relationship with the face? Not in relationship with whatever is in the mouth. Because that will change. May change, and you probably want to change many other things. So you cannot treatment plan based on whatever is in the mouth. You need to treatment plan based on the face and nowadays face and every face. And these are the two guidelines to let you know where the upper teeth should be for ideal facial harmony and ideal and weight. So when you know where you want to be in treating the teeth, bone and gum, this is where you want to be. Now you need to compare where you want to be and where you are and understand the discrepancies. And then you need to ask yourself, what is the treatment plan? And that's only then that you need to use your skills and the specialty skills of your team members to start understanding. This is the ideal outcome we want. This is where we want to be. Is it possible? Do we really want to offer this to the patient? Is this realistic? How challenging it is? How much time do we need? You know, does the patient want to go through this process? And many times, of course, the ideal project is not feasible. It's not possible. It's not realistic financially, maybe to too much time the patient doesn't want for any reason. Many times the ideal is not possible, and only then you adapt the ideal to something that you think is more realistic. But as we say, give ideal a chance. Give the face a chance, give the airway a chance. Start from ideal reverse engineer the treatment plan, start from smile design and then build your treatment plan. [00:28:47][213.6] Speaker 2: [00:28:48] Would you almost say that this is analogous to dentures? You know, some of the greatest minds when it comes to treatment planning correlated to dentures. They say, you know, when we're selling denture teeth, what are we starting with or starting with? Where do we want eight and nine to go once we know that we know everything else? And it's perhaps the same way with Smile Design. Perhaps fewer dentists are doing dentures today, but we can't forsake these principles 100%. [00:29:10][21.8] Speaker 1: [00:29:13] This is exactly what we say. The only dentists that are treatment planning properly always are the ones treating full evangelist's patients and why their treatment planning? Ideally, always not because they're better, but because they have no other option. There's nothing in them up so they cannot treatment plan based on whatever is in the mouth. The only thing they have is the face. So they need to start from the face and then they design over the wax rim. They design where the teeth should be first. Then one of the gun should be first. And then they look at that and say, okay. This is what we're going to do. This is where we're going to place the influence we need to cut the budget. We need to raise the interface. We need to grab. We need to do the after after they set up the T. So this is because, you know, naturally, when you're treating a dangerous patients, you have to think the right way and you need to start outside in. Now, if the patient has teeth and an existing bite, you need to think exactly the same way by allowing yourself to ignore the existing bite for a moment. Ignore the existing teeth for a moment, look at the face, look at the enemy, and envision and plan the ideal and then build a plan. [00:30:38][85.1] Speaker 2: [00:30:38] Dr. Coachman, it has been just incredible to have you on. What message would you like to leave us with? What closing thoughts do you have? [00:30:45][6.6] Speaker 1: [00:30:46] I would say, you know, congratulations to all for picking this amazing profession. There's no better moment in the history of dentistry to be a dentist than the moment we live nowadays. It is definitely the most exciting moment. Of course, the world is going through tough moments, but dentistry showed amazing resilience and we were able to see for the last two years how important dentistry is, how vital what we do is for people, and how strong is our business. Even on super tough moments like the ones we left. So I think we are just very, very lucky to be in the dental business mainly, also because we are just discovering the real power of what we do. I think that the next decade will be the decade, hopefully that dentistry will play the role that dentistry deserves in the medical field. We're going to we're going to enter. This position of really going way beyond just treating decays and doing cute smiles. And we're going to discover the depth of what we do in terms of systemic connection, biological importance, the impact on breathing energy and sleep quality related to dentistry, the relationship between function and posture that impact on people's life emotionally. Even more so, all of these topics that are starting to be explored now will show the world the importance of dentistry in people's well-being. So it's just amazing to be in this moment in time, inside a profession that is reinventing itself. [00:32:44][117.7] Speaker 2: [00:32:45] And you provide a lot of educational resources. If they want to learn more from you, where can they go? [00:32:49][4.8] Speaker 1: [00:32:50] So the best way first is to go to our website. Our website has a lot of information, digital smile, design dot com, digital smile designed icon courses, and you're going to see our main course. The entry course is called DACA residency. That is the residency is a three day course where explain we explain the full concept. It's a three day course that we do in this year. We're going to do in Miami and Las Vegas. This residency, of course, social media. I'm very, very active on Instagram. Chris Coachman or Digital Smile Design, both accounts. We share a lot of content, a lot of insights, tips and tricks. So if you follow us on Instagram, you're going to get a lot of information. And also we talk about the courses as well. So I think these are the two ways to interact with me personally and with my team. [00:33:47][56.9] Speaker 2: [00:33:51] Pay raise, believe it or not, ratings for this podcast on Apple Podcasts app actually really matter. So if you like this show and it's helpful to you, would you please be sure to leave a rating and subscribe on the Apple Podcast app? And as always, please send a direct message on podcast and screen, which is done on that is podcast. All right. I'll see you next week. [00:33:51][0.0] [1995.8]

Sponsored by Kettenbach Dental.  Contact: (877) 532-2123 Website: www.kettenbach-dental.us Webshop: www.kettenbachusa.com Dr. Jose R. Perez-Irizarry was born and raised in a small town on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. He was not too fond of dentistry in his early age due to some bad experiences but after knowing more about our profession, he developed a keen interest in dentistry that made him decide to go to dental school. He graduated from college in 1982 with a Biology Degree and then attended the University of Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine where he graduated in1986.  He began his professional duties as an associated dentist in a large clinic and later became an associated dentist to the president of the dental board Dr. Rafael Pagan. His wife is also a dentist, and together they established a successful group dental practice in his hometown area where he practiced for 14 years. In 1999 they moved to the Atlanta area where he has been working as a general dentist ever since. With over 35 years of experience Dr. Perez treats a wide variety of needs amongst his patients. A fluent Spanish speaker allows Dr. Perez to communicate efficiently with the Spanish speaking community. Outside of the office he enjoys photography as a hobby as well as cooking and expending time with his family. Dr. Perez and his wife have four children together. Their three sons are currently in Dental College of Georgia and his daughter is a devoted educator. Dr. Perez's philosophy: “I like to have a common sense approach to dentistry where prevention is the foundation to a healthier smile. I make every effort to provide services that satisfy patient's expectations on dental treatment. Communication between the patient and dentist is essential as there is a need for the patients to understand their actual oral condition to make the necessary changes to complete dental treatment, reestablish oral health and be able to maintain everything in excellent shape.” Dr. Perez has been continuously involved in community health clinics, community service and different disaster relief initiatives. Dr. Perez used to host a weekly radio show in his hometown on dental health issues providing orientation and advice on dental issues to the general population. He is a member of the Hispanic Dental Association. He served in the Puerto Rico Dental Associations  presiding different commissions including Young Dentists Commission, Continuing Dental Education, organized community outreach programs as well as a member of the board of directors and as a member of the executive committee for several years. His latest interest is to look for ways to share his experiences with the younger dentist joining our profession. Helping them by providing some insights and information that may help them with their future decisions.    FFS Podcast Promotional Links:  ONLY $397: Dental Membership Master Course with Dr. Chris Phelps www.membershipmastercourse.com Dental Membership Direct www.dentalmembershipdirect.com Dental Financing Direct www.dentalfinancingdirect.com   About Dr. Sonny Spera Dr. Sonny Spera graduated from Union Endicott High School in 1981. With a four-year basketball scholarship he graduated from Syracuse University in 1985; majoring in Chemistry and Psychology. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity. He was also the co-captain of the 1984-1985 Syracuse basketball team. Dr. Spera graduated from SUNY Buffalo Dental School in 1989 in the top 10% of his class. At SUNY Buffalo Dental School he was a member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honorary Society. He was also UB Graduate Assistant Basketball coach.  Dr. Spera has been in private practice since 1989 and is a member of the American Dental Association, the New York State Dental Association, the Sixth District Dental Society and the Broome County Dental Society. He is also a member of the International Association of Orthodontics, the BC Dental Society and the BCDS Study Club. Away from the office, he volunteers with several community organizations, including the Elks Club, the Son's of Italy, the STNY Flyers, the Academy of General Dentistry, and the Basketball Coaches Association of New York. He is the founder and president of ME Hoops Inc. Dr. Spera currently resides with his wife Angela, whom he met at Syracuse University, and their three children, Marcus, Erica, and Carla. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, basketball, golf, music and movies. 607-624-2962 (Cell) Sonnyspera@gmail.com Www.progressivedentalny.com   Do you have a FFS practice? Would you like to be interviewed? Fill out the FFS Stories request form here: https://goo.gl/forms/7TaUF9Nqi49l1RFF2

Dental practice management software. Usually it's not the kind of thing that people get passionate about. Maybe you chose one back in 1998 and have just stuck with it because the fear of change was greater than the frustration of the status quo. Maybe you inherited your software from the previous owner of your practice. No matter how you ended up with your current software, you really should think about how well it's serving you. Today Alan is joined by Dr. Rania Saleh, the inventor/creator of Oryx Dental Software. Oryx is a smart and intuitive cloud based practice management software that was built around concepts taught by Dr. John Kois and the Kois Center. Rania invited two current users of Oryx, Dr. Meredith Gantos and Dr. Ashish Patel to talk about their experience using Oryx and why they chose Oryx in the first place. Some of the topics that the group covered were: How did you choose Oryx and what helped you make that decision? What was switching to Oryx like? What hardware do you use with Oryx? How does Oryx handling imaging? What are your favorite features? What would you tell someone who is interested but is stuck on the idea of change? Cloud software is the future of dental practice management software and these folks are pretty excited to talk about Oryx! Join the Very Dental Facebook group using the password "Timmerman," Hornbrook" or "McWethy." If you'd like to support the Very Dental Podcast Network then you should support our sponsors!  2 days. A bunch of the Spear Education all stars! Literally a Whitman's Sampler of all the greats! (Dr. Frank Spear, Dr. Gary DeWood, Dr. Gregg Kinzer, Dr. Jeff Rouse, Dr. Ricardo Mitrani and Dr. Darin Dichter! Also Adam McWethy! You've heard all of these guys on the podcast and this is a great way to see them all in one huge event! June 16-17 at Spear Education in Scottsdale! August 12-13 in Boston, MA! 14 hours of AMAZING CE! 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