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Group Function: Don't Buy The Farm Jan 19, 2024

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Al was recently a guest on the "Totally Oral Podcast" with Dr. Russell Schafer and Dr. Clint Timmerman! This episode is a crossover with Totally Oral recorded around last Thanksgiving. The guys asked Al a bunch about NON-dental stuff, specifically the horse farm that he lives on/helps take care of. It's pretty funny and gives a little background about life on the farm! This conversation goes all over the place, so buckle up!

Some links from the show:

Totally Oral Podcast

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Very Clinical: "Soft Hands" and the Ketodontist Jan 16, 2024

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In today's episode Zach and Kevin throw back to VoD 2022 where we asked meeting participants to weigh in on the questions that our listeners want to know! We feature repeat guests Dr. Matthew Standridge (the Ketodontist) and Dr. Mike "Soft Hands" Keller!

The questions:

How did COVID affect your practice?
You have to have a crown on #2...what material do you choose?
Did you/would you place sealant on your own children?
Your significant other needs ortho...wires/brackets or aligners?
If your own #29 needed endo/core and crown/crown lengthening, would you do it or go right to an implant?
If your significant other had a slight diastema between 8 and 9 would you suggest ortho, resin or porcelain?

Do you want to weigh in? Join us in the Very Clinical Facebook group!

Check out Kevin's endo course at the 3D Dentists retreat!

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AME: Why Do They Hate Us? Jan 15, 2024

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Al recently read an article by Matt Yglesias called "Dentists are bad." (sic)

Even worse...he read the comments.

As these things tend to do, it devolved into a bunch of horrible anecdotes about terrible things that dentists have done to innocent patients.

So, why do they hate us? And more importantly, what are dentists doing wrong to make them hate us?

Al has thoughts.

Some links from the show:

"Dentists are bad" (sic) by Matt Yglesias (it's probably behind a paywall
the Gell-Mann effect

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Group Function: We Like Sportz! Jan 12, 2024

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Al is joined by Dr. Kevin Fryer and Dr. Zach Meiners to talk NFL playoffs!

It's fine. We talk about mouthguards for like, 40 seconds, so it qualifies as a dental podcast but we mostly talk about football. Why the divergence from our typical dental amazingness? It turns out that each of these hosts of Very Dental Podcast shows has a team in the playoffs! We talk about the past season and how much we're looking forward to this weekend full of professional football!

The predictions:

Kevin's prediction: Browns 27, Texans 20
Zach's prediction: Chiefs 17, Dolphins 10
Al's prediction: Lions 21, Rams 10

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Very Clinical: Dr. Sarah Pierce on Adding Endo Efficiently Jan 09, 2024

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The guys are joined by Dr. Sarah Pierce of Brentwood, TN! Sarah works with Dr. Sully Sullivan of Sullivan Dental Partners (aka: The Millennial Dentist)! As it turns out, Sarah is a new grad and recently took Kevin's amazing endo course at the 3D Dentists Retreat in Raleigh, NC.

What is it like to work at Sullivan Dental Partners?
What is it like to take Kevin's Endodontic Digital Workflow course?
How did Sarah's approach change after taking Kevin's course?
Why is Kevin jealous of Sarah's practice situation?
How has Zach changed endo since the CBCT?
Why is Zach jealous of Sarah being a new grad and having all the tech from the start?
Complications?
How was the retreat and what flavor was the 3D Dentists Kool Aid?

Check out Kevin's endo course at the 3D Dentists retreat!

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Very Dental Student: What Students Need to Know About Occlusion with Dr. Jaz Gulati Jan 08, 2024

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Mohammed is joined by the one and only Dr. Jaz Gulati of the Protrusive Dental Podcast! Jaz is known for his occlusion credentials and Mohammed got to ask ALL his occlusion questions to perhaps the most enthusiastic occlusion educator I've ever heard!

You aren't going to want to miss a second of this incredibly informative episode!

Always check preop occlusion
Articulating paper
Centric relation
Facebows...when do you use them? When you don't? And why!
Can digital impressions/bite relations replace analog dentistry?
Occlusal diagnosis and how it can affect single tooth dentistry.

Did you find this stuff helpful? Check out the Protrusive Dental Podcast for more! Jaz used this interview as one of his episodes that you can see here!

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Very Dental: "Who Do You Think You Are?" with Dr. Matt Standridge Jan 05, 2024

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Alan is joined by Dr. Matt Standridge. Matt is a dentist in Kansas who teaches orthodontics and has his own podcast and health coaching program! Matt has had a really interesting journey over the last 10 years that Al has known him. He's bought multiple practices, become digital and became a well known educator. It's a nostalgic walk through the history of the podcast (Matt was early money as a Brain Trust guest) and how dentistry has changed over the last decade or so.

Matt offers his thoughts on the differences between "comprehensive orthodontics" and cosmetic orthodontics and why it's OK to not always do comprehensive. He also talks about the fundamentals vs. the tools (aligners and brackets/wires) and why the fundamentals always win that argument.

Some links from the show:

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Very Clinical: Scenarios with Erin and Gary! Jan 02, 2024

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Kevin and Zach ring in the New Year with another episode featuring the Superfans...Dr. Erin Elliott and Dr. Gary Holtzclaw! As they are want to do, Zach throws out more scenarios for our panel to discuss!

New patient snapped off #7 and HAS TO leave the office with a tooth. You've got no preop impression, etc.
How do you handle audible gas in the operatory? Own it or ignore it?
A crown on a previously asymptomatic tooth that now hurts. "It didn't hurt before..." What do you do?
You're way behind and a hygiene check explains that the filling you did 6 months ago is "rough" or "never felt right." What do you do?

Check out Kevin's endo course at the 3D Dentists retreat!

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AME: A 2024 Reset? Jan 01, 2024

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Is there a way to "reset" your appreciation for your job and your life in 2024? Al has thoughts! Happy New Year!

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Very Dental: Ask Questions, Then Be Quiet with Dr. Gary DeWood Dec 29, 2023

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"Why can't I talk to my patients like Gary does?" -me, quite often

In today's throwback episode Alan is joined by Dr. Gary DeWood. This interview was recorded at the amazing Spear Summit 2022 and they guys had another really good conversation about communication, among other things. Some of the topics they covered:

Staying in the question until the questions are coming from the patient
How the dental model is wrong
People figure out a way to do the things that they have value for
Assume that the patient thinks that they're healthy until you understand that they don't
How aligners have made people value the position of their teeth
Ask questions and then be quiet
Why the hygiene op is the worst place to talk about dental health
Having the hygienist "refer" the patient to the doctor
Lawn mowers and believing it's possible
The mindset change of financing/making payments
Patients need to know that you'll make it financially possible
"We're going to do whatever we can to make it possible"
In office financing vs. outside payment plans...what's the limit that doc can be the bank?
Gary on the "dead zone" in your practice
"You know who will pay you." The information that the dentist has that the bank doesn't! (It's a superpower!)
"The gift of a dental benefit plan..."
Getting access to Gary (and Amy) through Spear Practice Solutions
If you value the team, let them do this!
Gary on job descriptions
Consulting vs. coaching
Whose heel marks are in your parking lot? Yours or your team's?
Give the patients a chance to say "yes" to your best treatment

Links from the show:

Spear Practice Solutions

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