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The Dental Hacks Mail Bag (DHP114) Sep 20, 2016

Show notes

The Dental Hacks get email. Oh yes. We ask for it all the time and our listeners come through! So Jason and Alan have decided to set aside an episode to answer some email! We get into some pretty great questions from our amazing listeners!

Some links from today's show:

The Dental Economics Principles of Practice Management Conference (Jason and Alan will be podcasting LIVE!) Sign up now and use the coupon code "HACKS" at checkout for a $395 discount on this amazing meeting!

Please go take our dental podcasting summit survey

The Voices of Dentistry dental podcasting summit is coming in January 2017! Go see the amazing line up and register right away! Be sure to use the coupon code "Hacks" for a $200 discount on the already amazingly low price!

Go get yourself a 10% discount on Cosmecore, the official core material of the Dental Hacks podcast! (All podcasts have an official core material. That's a thing, right?)

Salli saddle chairs

Go Hack Yourself:

Jason: Adobe Stock photos

Alan: Crescent dental chair cushions

If you have any questions or comments for us please drop us an email at info@dentalhacks.com or find us (and like us!) at www.facebook.com/dentalhacks. Or, if you prefer...give us a call at (866) 223-5257 and leave us a message. You might be played in the show! If you like us, why not leave us a review on iTunes? It helps us get found by like minded people and might even help us get into "What's Hot" in the iTunes store! Go to this link and let the world know about the DentalHacks! Finally, if you aren't an Apple person, consider reviewing us on Stitcher at: stitcher.com/podcast/the-dentalhacks-podcast!

If you would like to support the podcast you can check out our Patreon page! Although the show will always remain free to download, our Patreon supporters get access to special bonus content including (at least) one extra podcast episode every months! Also be sure to check out the Dental Hacks swag store where you can find t-shirts, stickers coffee mugs and all sorts of other things that let the world know you're a part of the Hacks Nation!

Hackisode 7: Dr. Justin Moody on CBCT Sep 15, 2016

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The mind behind "Dentists, Implants and Worms" makes his Dental Hacks debut with a conversation about how he uses CBCT and how someone who owns one can take scans for others and still avoid any liability.

We don't know what we think we know with Scott McDonald (DHP113) Sep 13, 2016

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If I asked you about the kind of people that your office serves, you'd be able to tell me right? But how do you know for sure? Maybe the population of your office isn't representative at all! Scott McDonald returns to help us understand how knowing the demographics in our area can help us with marketing, attracting the kind of patients that we want to see and even what procedures that we should be providing! Scott McDonald is a special kind of genius that you need to listen to. You can see what he does at Doctor Demographics and even subscribe to his podcast on iTunes!

The Brain Trust continues answering listener questions in episode 113! Dr. Matt Costa, Dr. Melissa Zettler, Dr. Pamela Maragliano-Muniz and Dr. Art Volker join Alan to talk all about cores. The discuss the pros and cons or margin elevation, immediate dentinal bonding and indirect pulp caps. There are some disagreements and contention in this Brain Trust along with a bunch of laughs!

Some links from the show:

Go get yourself some Renamel microfill from Cosmedent! It's the most polishable enamel replacement you'll ever use!

Tomorrow Tooth

Bio Emulation Group

Style Italiano

Please go take our dental podcasting summit survey

Go Hack Yourself:

Jason: The Nice Guys

Alan: Instant Pot

Where to go and where not to go with Scott McDonald (DHP112) Sep 06, 2016

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How do you know which places are going to be great for a dental practice? Which places aren't so hot? How much risk are you willing to take? Scott McDonald of Doctor Demographics is here to explain! In episode 112 Scott and Alan talk about the information you need to make a lot of important decisions about locating your practice. Most importantly, Scott dishes on some specific places that "suck hose water" and places that are booming! Be sure to check out Scott's own podcast here!

In episode 112 we feature listener questions to the Brain Trust! Dr. Pamela Maragliano-Muniz, Dr. Arthur Volker, Dr. Matt Costa and Dr. Melissa Zettler come together to discuss contacts that open up over time, getting rid of paper charts as well as what are we going to do with the massive amounts of digital data that we can collect on our patients? Finally, we start to talk about the core restoration. Where, when and why!

Some links from the show:

Curve Cloud dental software

Please go take our dental podcasting summit survey

Go Hack Yourself:

Jason: Freakonomics Radio (podcast)

Alan: Evernote

Hackisode 6: Trevor Maurer and Dr. Lance Timmerman on Smile Source Sep 05, 2016

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Trevor Maurer and Dr. Lance Timmerman join Alan to talk about Smile Source and what it does for dentists!

Working from the gums up with Dr. Rob Ritter (DHP111) Aug 30, 2016

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Dr. Rob Ritter is here to tell you that there is not a thing wrong with being a restorative dentist. Nothing agains the super dentist, but Rob makes a pretty compelling argument about profitability (especially if you use a digital workflow) and stomach lining for referring out "specialty procedures."

Some things we talked about:

restorative dentist vs. "super" dentist
student loans and their potential effect on treatment planning
digital photography for dummies
- intraoral: f25, flash: +⅓
- extraoral: f22, flash: +⅔
- full face: f stop 8-9
using your smartphone to assist your digital workflow

Some links we talked about:

The Dental Economics Principles of Practice Management Conference (Jason and Alan will be podcasting LIVE!) Sign up now and use the coupon code "HACKS" at checkout for a $395 discount on this amazing meeting!
Please go take our dental podcasting summit survey
The Voices of Dentistry dental podcasting summit is coming in January 2017! Go see the amazing line up and register right away! Be sure to use the coupon code "Hacks" for a $200 discount on the already amazingly low price!
Orascoptic loupes (with integrated headlamp)
Cementing zirconia
Bonding Lithium Disilicate/Emax
- 3M Unicem 2 (Rob doesn't use this, but Dr. John Kois has excellent evidence on this cement)
- Ivoclar Multilink Automix
- Kuraray Panavia V5
- 3M Relyx Ultimate
- Monobond S
- Box.com (HIPPA compliant cloud storage)

Hackisode 5: Dr. Wes Mullins on soft tissue lasers and digital impressions Aug 25, 2016

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In this Hackisode Alan talks with Dr. Wes Mullins about diode lasers, intraoral scanners and doing the right thing even when the right thing is hard to do.

Ivoclar Odyssey 2.4g laser

3M Tru Def Scanner

Dr. Shawn Van de Vyver on Why You Should Be Podcasting (DHP110) Aug 23, 2016

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Why aren't you podcasting? Look, you don't have to be the next Adam Carolla to derive some serious benefits from creating audio and video content. DIY dentist Dr. Shawn Van de Vyver joins the Dental Hacks to talk about why he started creating content for his dental website and how easy it is to get started. If you're interested in hearing about a powerful DIY tool to crush SEO for your dental office you owe it to yourself to take notes on this one!

The Brain Trust returns to discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of heroic dentistry. Is it ALWAYS a bad choice? How can you help patients know when they're making a choice that everyone is going to regret? Our panel includes endodontist Dr. Brooke Blicher, Dr. Ayesha Zarahullah, Dr. Paul Amato and Dr. Will Wyatt. They'll make you laugh and make you think about your treatment plan decisions in the short term and long term!

Some links from the show:

Please go take our dental podcasting summit survey

Iesha (You're welcome)

I'm not a smart man

Go Hack Yourself:

Jason: Rustoleum Dry Erase Clear Coat

Alan: NSK electric slow speed handpiece

Hackisode 4: the Shared Practices Podcast release with Dr. Richard Low Aug 19, 2016

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Alan and Dr. Richard Low talk about the upcoming release of a new and innovative dental podcast. Be sure to look for it on iTunes and anywhere else podcasts are available and subscribe! The first episode is coming out next Monday, August 22!

The Shared Practices website

Get it on iTunes!

Doing it Yourself with Dr. Shawn Van de Vyver (DHP109) Aug 16, 2016

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What happens when you pay a company to handle your office's web presence way too much money and they screw it up? You figure out how to do it yourself! Or at least you do if you're Dr. Shawn Van de Vyver. In episode 109 we introduce you to Shawn Van de Vyver, a dentist who understands marketing better than anyone you know and who has learned to harness all the amazing tools available online to create and manage leads as well as automate almost any process you can imagine. He's a unique individual and he let Alan sleep on his couch.

In today's Brain Trust we talk about "herodontics." Have you ever done something at a patient's request that you were pretty sure wasn't going to work? Do you ever find yourself treating a patient that you can just tell you should have sent on their way? The Brain Trust explores this bizarre tendency in some dentists (Alan is guilty, big time). Our Brain Trust features Dr. Brooke Blicher, Dr. Will Wyatt, Dr. Ayesha Zaruhullah and Brain Trust noob Dr. Paul (the Italian Smith) Amato. You'll learn that 1) you aren't the only one with these regrets and 2) how to stop it!

Some links from the show:

The Dental Economics Principles of Practice Management Conference (Jason and Alan will be podcasting LIVE!)

Please go take our dental podcasting summit survey

Go Hack Yourself:

Jason: CEDR Solutions

Alan: Start Your Dental Podcast (the podcast of Jonathan VanHorn)