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**The Very Dental Podcast Network**

The Very Dental Podcast network brings you entertaining and relevant conversations with visionaries, clinicians and your friends in the dental space.

Latest Episodes:

Al Checks In (DHS20) Apr 08, 2020

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Alan checks in with what's happening with his practice, family and mental health during the coronavirus crisis.

Choose Your Own Adventure with Dr. Steven Vorholt (CHP44) Apr 07, 2020

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This is part 1 of our discussion with Dr. Steven Vorholt of Implant Pathways Fame

Highlights include:

Mac takes charge!
Generalized Covid talk
Shout out to Fox And The Snow restaurant

-We welcome Dr. Steven Vorholt

Go Bucks!
We discuss Steven's new role with Implant Pathways
The CBCT as a game changer in implant placement
We discuss session 4 of Implant Pathways
Join the Clinical Hacks Facebook Page

Is Positive News Coverage for Dentistry a Unicorn? (DHS19) Apr 06, 2020

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Alan talks with Dr. Craig Harder about his recent news exposure! Craig has been printing reusable masks for health care professionals in his town in Washington and has had several great news stories written about his efforts! Craig tells us how he's printing them and how he's customizing them for nurses and doctors in his area! We talk about how to print a 3D mask as well as whether our existing universal precautions were enough. Infection control in dentistry has always been a huge deal and we wonder if people are going to criticize what we've been doing!

Some links from the show:

Moses Lake Dentist uses time, materials to help other medical professionals

Moses Lake Dentist 3D Printing Reusable Masks for Healthcare Workers

Bellus3D

Bellus3D Mask Fitter

Dr. Gregg Kinzer Doesn't Talk About Coronavirus (DHP286) Apr 03, 2020

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Have you had your fill of Coronavirus talk? We get it...and we're here for you! Jason and Alan had a chance to talk with and hear a lecture from Dr. Gregg Kinzer of Spear Education! Earlier this week Jason and Alan hosted Gregg in a Facebook Live where he did a live presentation of the "Treatment Planning Dark Teeth in the Esthetic Zone." It's an exclusive look for Dental Hacks Listeners of a module from Spear Education's study clubs! Gregg is an incredible educator and he offers some really amazing insights into the common problem of dark front teeth! If you'd like to watch the presentation you can head over to the Dental Hacks Nation and replay it there!

Do you like what you've seen/heard? You need to find a Spear Study Club in your neck of the woods or start one of your own!

Some links from the show:

Spear Education

Spear Study Clubs

The Dental Hacks Nation closed Facebook group has 28,000 members! Head over there to interact with other Dental Hacks listeners, guests and Brain Trust members every day, all day! Remember…if you don't have anything "dental" on your FB page, we might decline your membership request. So IM the group or email us at info@dentalhacks.com!

So it looks like we're going to have some down time. Our friends at Zirc understand this and have a great idea for you! What if you used your down time to work on your clinical systems? It's useful and it's low risk! Zirc has a process that they call ZOBE. That stands for Zirc's Organizational Box of Efficiency. They send a big box full of their different instrument organization options to YOUR OFFICE. You get to try it all out. Snap the tops on the tubs. Put cassettes in your own sterilizer. Try out YOUR instruments in whatever cassette you like! Plus, Zirc sets you up with your own organizational expert like Kay to help you determine what's right for you. Most importantly, the ZOBE process is FREE. It doesn't cost you anything to learn about Zirc's clinical systems. It's a perfect thing for you to do while you've got some down time! Plus, if you do a ZOBE consultation by April 17, 2020…you'll be in the running for a $300 Amazon gift card! Find out more at dentalhacks.com/ZOBE!

We know this has been an incredibly trying few weeks for really everyone, our dental friends and their patients. Many dental teams are just scratching their heads wondering, what should we be doing? Monitoring the regulations on a daily basis thinking, when are we going to get back to normal? What do we do with our appointments? You aren't alone. There's no book on this stuff, well not yet at least, but you know what? We have some advice for you, and it's coming from our friends at YAPI. All of you that know of or use YAPI are likely familiar that one of their founders is Dr. Gina Dorfman, a practice owner herself. Dr. Gina and YAPI's marketing team are going to help you stay productive and stay positive during this time. Whether you are closed altogether, treating emergency patients only, we're going to be sharing a variety of different resources that will help you stay on top of this issue and how to stay engaged with your patients and make sure you don't miss any opportunities that come your way. As COVID-19 survivor Tom Hanks once said, There's no crying in baseball, YAPI says there's no downtime in dentistry! Check the Hacks Facebook page regularly for your downtime checklists, webinars on teledentistry, shareable posts to keep you connected with your patients, advice on patient re-scheduling, and more.Go check them out at dentalhacks.com/YAPI.

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Remember What You Said You'd Do If You Had Time? (DHS18) Apr 01, 2020

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Alan speaks with Dr. Matt Standridge about taking advantage of the time that we're not going to be in the office. Al and Matt are both long term weight loss stories. Matt is a primal health coach and podcaster at the Ketodontist Podcast and he can be reached at ketodontist@gmail.com. We discuss some of the habits that we can work on while we're shut down. We talk about:

eating habits
exercise habits
sleep habits

Also...go check out the Dental Hacks Fat Attack FB group!

Clinical Interferences (CHP43) Mar 31, 2020

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This is a VERY SPECIAL EPISODE!

There is nothing wrong with your podcast app. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image; make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your podcast app. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to the Clinical Hacks Podcast

Special thanks to Josh and Lance

Oh yeah, we discuss crown preps too. Enjoy!

CV in the UK with Dr. Jason Smithson (DHS17) Mar 30, 2020

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Alan had a chance to discuss how the UK has been affected by the coronavirus with one of our favorite guests, Dr. Jason Smithson. He describes what's been going on in his part of England as well as how the government is handling it there. Jason describes what dentists are being asked to do with regard to emergency dentistry and how it differs from what's happening across the United States. He's interesting as always but gives some perspective from an educator's point of view as well. You're going to get a lot out of this one!

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The Switch Has Been Thrown with Dr. Gary DeWood (DHP285) Mar 27, 2020

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Jason and Alan had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Gary DeWood from Spear Education about what we can expect during the Coronavirus crisis. Gary's message is one that we all could use right now and we're grateful for him giving us some time. Some of the things we discussed:

What do you do when you find yourself at the edge of the cliff and you don't know what to do?
This is a "government mandated" economic downturn which makes it interesting and scary
What should we be doing with our teams? What about the potential bill being passed?
Tax credits vs. tax "cut"
Do a 4 week "break even"
Own the fear/angst
"It's hard to make a plan when you don't know what the rules are"
Furlough vs. layoff
What should we expect with regard to infection control? Are "universal precautions" still universal?
testing and how many people actually have the virus?
hopeful information about this virus
what's a the story on the n95 mask
How is coronavirus like a horrible game of telephone

Some links from the show:

Spear Online

MedCram youtube channel

The Pennsylvania law referenced (it has been updated)

Go Hack Yourself:

Jason: ManyChat

Alan: Garmin Connect/My Fitness Pal

"YAPI POP," what is that? Well, YAPI is all about making things more efficient, including names..POP stands for Practice Online Portal and it's a way for you to still manager your day, and communicate with patients, from anywhere… You don't need any expensive Remote Desktop software now to get the most important realtime information about your patients. You can securely sign into YAPI POP using any device to see your schedule, patient medical alerts, previous and upcoming visits and even send or receive realtime texts through YAPI. In fact, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, overnight YAPI just released the ability to mass text all patients on any given appointment date and you can do this from home! It's a huge time saver and lets you manage each day as your schedule may change with ease. They're the paperless pros, so now your new or existing patients can do something from home too.. they can sign an online COVID-19 screening form using their own phone or computer prior to dental treatment. YAPI wants you and your patients to stay healthy with easy to use technology. Go check them out at dentalhacks.com/YAPI.

NYC is a Ghost Town with Dr. Artie Volker (DHS16) Mar 25, 2020

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Dr. Artie Volker is a dentist in Queens, New York. NYC is ground zero of our current Coronavirus crisis and Alan talks with him about what he's seeing on the ground there. The two of them discuss what's going through their heads about the problems dentistry is facing and may face in the future. It turns out that we have a lot more questions than answers!