The Very Dental Podcast Network

Latest Episodes:

AME: Bart and Al Fix Dental School Apr 03, 2023

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Returning guest and dental school bestie Dr. Bart Schultz joins Alan to talk about how they would fix dental school if they were given the chance.

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The Wonderist Agency is basically a one stop shop for marketing your practice and your brand. From logo redesign to a full service marketing plan, the folks at Wonderist have you covered! Go check them out at verydentalpodcast.com/wonderist!

Enova Illumination makes the very best in loupes and headlights, including their new ergonomic angled prism loupes! They also distribute loupe mounted cameras and even the amazing line of Zumax microscopes! If you want to help out the podcast while upping your magnification and headlight game, you need to head over to verydentalpodcast.com/enova to see their whole line of products!

CAD-Ray offers the best service on a wide variety of digital scanners, printers, mills and even their very own browser based design software, Clinux! CAD-Ray has been a huge supporter of the Very Dental Podcast Network and I can tell you that you'll get no better service on everything digital dentistry than the folks from CAD-Ray. Go check them out at verydentalpodcast.com/CADRay!

Group Function: Everyone Loves Free Money with Strategic Tax Planning Mar 31, 2023

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If you listen to podcasts, you've heard a bunch about new eligibility for the ERC (Employee Retention Credit). Maybe you're interested in finding out if there really is "free money" available! My guests Tadd Legas and Taylor Costa from Strategic Tax Planning can help you understand how it really works and if you might be eligible for a tax credit from the ERC!

Some links from the show:

Get your ERC Estimate with Strategic Tax Planning

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Very Clinical: Dr. Steve Vorholt Has a Scalpel and Will Travel Mar 28, 2023

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Dr. Steven Vorholt joined the guys at Voices of Dentistry in Scottsdale to talk "myths and tips!"

First things first...Vorholt has some really interesting news about what he's doing and you'll hear about it here! (Go check out the new podcast here!)

Steven's myth: Implants last forever/don't need maintenance. Also "internal hex are the devil."

Steven's tip: the discount double cure...curing sensitive teeth by curing the composite again two weeks later!

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AME: Dr. Craig Harder on Las Vegas, Labs and the Single Use Time Machine Mar 27, 2023

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Alan is joined by Dr. Craig Harder to help reignite the magic of the Alan Mead Experience podcast!

Here on the AME we have conversations with dentists, but not necessarily about dental stuff. For instance, we reminisce about Las Vegas before weed and when buffets were cheap, the best dog breed (Labrador Retrievers) and Craig talks about what he would do if he could go back in time and change something from his past. It's a great conversation!

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Very Dental: The Interesting Journey of Dr. Ed Feinberg Mar 24, 2023

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Alan had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Ed Feinberg at Janary's Voices of Dentistry meeting. Ed is a restorative dentist and teacher who has one of most interesting stories we've ever heard on the Very Dental podcast!

Ed's been practicing dentistry since 1977 and went into practice with his dad (Dr. Elliot Feinberg)...a pioneer in FMR and restorative dentistry and now Ed practices in Peoria, AZ!
Ed's 100,000 photos and cases traced back to the 1950's!
Ed doesn't struggle with recurrent decay because of his 3d tooth preparation techniques and subgingival placement of margins on uncut tooth structure
The "Mason tooth jar" concept of crown margins
"Butt joint margins cannot be sealed" and why zirconia crowns are prone to recurrent decay
The lost art of casting metal and how Ed has started using milled metal restorations!
Copper band impressions (aka: impressioning the root surface below the margin)
"There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over."
Why model work matters (and why they should be doing model work in dental school)
Multiple appointments allow for a "fresh set of eyes."
What did Ed's practice look like?
How implants changed the "crown and bridge" practice
Ed's "ground game" marketing his practice

Some links from the show:

The Onward Program

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Very Clinical: Simplify Your Surgical Kit with Dr. Steven Dold Mar 21, 2023

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Dr. Steven Dold sat down with Zach and Kevin at Voices of Dentistry in Scottsdale to talk "myths and tips!"

Steven's myth: You need a lot of surgical instruments to take out teeth. Are your surgical kits full of "wants" or "needs?"

Steven's tip: For extractions, cutting a root tip into pieces early in the process rather than making a save for later. #gamechanger #morecutting

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The Alan Mead Experience: 5 Things You Can Do to Fight Burnout Mar 20, 2023

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Burnout. The very real phenomena experienced by many of us. Dreading the work. Dreading the routine.

Most dentists (and humans, for that matter) experience burnout at times. Your humble host is no exception and frankly is barely hanging on until Spring Break next week. I tried to come up with some tips to help beat burnout and this is what I came up with besides the obvious (and helpful) "take a vacation":

Knock something off your long term "to do" list
Fire a patient that you hate seeing
Exercise
Take a break from social media
Get deeply involved in something (a book, podcast, cooking, woodworking project)...something that you can find a flow state in

What things have you found help with burnout?

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Very Dental: Overtreatment and Ethics with Dr. Dennis Hartlieb Mar 17, 2023

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Alan is joined by one of the best teachers in clinical dentistry, Dr. Dennis Hartlieb. Dennis has a podcast called the DOT Sharecast

Continuing education is about taking away something, not everything.
Needs, values and resources
Dental school expectations...dentistry doesn't last forever
YOU remember the compromises that the patient does not
A riff on second opinions and overtreatment
Overtreatment makes us ALL LOOK BAD
Is All-on-X overused in dentistry? Is implant education pushing this too much?
"The last treatment that you'll need." Except when it isn't.
Treat patients...not procedures.
Ethical pressures...mostly financial
Medical documentation-->box checking
Relationship driven dentistry
"You can't harvest the same day that you're planting seeds."
"Don't start what you can't finish."
Polishing a turd
Failed teeth vs. failed implants
Heroics and your skill set
"Are you going to be mad at me if...?"
If you have to show the patient the chart you've already lost
Is dentistry easy?

Some links from the show:

Dental Online Training (DOT Hands On)

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Very Clinical: The Most Important Myth in Dentistry with Dr. Dan Smith Mar 14, 2023

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Dr. Dan Smith joins the guys to talk "Myths and Tips" at VoD 2023!

Dan's myth: Facebook and Instagram dentistry is clinically irrelevant. The stuff you see on social media is more about flexing for other dentists than it is for patients.

Dan's tip: micro diamonds for carving composite anatomy if you're into making anatomy.

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Shorts: Are Ergonomic Loupes for You? Mar 13, 2023

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Today Alan is joined by David Becker of Enova Illumination! Alan sat down with David to talk about ergonomic/angled prism loupes! Although the technology isn't new, it's definitely the hot thing in magnfication!

Some links from the show:

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