The Dental Hacks Podcast

Dental Economics is a magazine that no doubt all of our listeners have seen and many read on the regular. Alan is joined by immediate past editor, Dr. Chris Salierno and newly installed editor Dr. Pamela Maragliano-Muniz (past editor of DentistryIQ.com) to talk about a wide variety of topics! Chris's new gig is Chief Dental Officer with Tend! Chris's new uniform? Pam is the new editor of Dental Economics...she was perfectly placed to fill Chris's shoes! As past editor of dentistryiq.com, she was the perfect pick! The role of "curating" content for readers/followers. Helping to decide what's important to get out there is a really important role and Pam has GREAT TASTE! Pam's cat wall paper is literally all I need to know. Pam is a hygienist, dentist/prosthodontist. She chose her school because she wanted to play hockey. Al goes off on a wild tangent about how poorly dentists do prevention in dentistry (NOT hygienists) How do people make healthy changes? How can we push people into heal

Dr. Russell Schafer is a rare breed. You see, he likes dentures. So I knew I had to have him on! We talk about dentures, learning dentures, digital dentures, the Voices of Dentistry and all kinds of other stuff! Some of the topics we covered: The Voices of Dentistry website is up and registration for dentistry's favorite meeting is open! Go check out the lineup and book your room! Russell practices differently than most folks! He caters to the patients that no one else wants to see. "Market toward disease!" Most dental CE points dentists to a place where they compete for some very specific patients Russell on Medicaid...whole case dentistry a la Comfort Dental style Why does Russell like dentures? It took working with a good lab tech Ryan McCall as an influence Saving teeth vs. treating more teeth Help patients feel like they "aren't throwing money away" Restoring the Edentulous Arch from Spear changed Al's outlook on dentures...it's cosmetic dentistry Immediate dentures done

You know what sucks?  Well lots of things I guess, but in dentistry one of the many things that sucks is when you put in a 2nd molar crown or MO filling only to see it on recall and the patient is complaining they are packing food around it.   Why does this happen?    You know what sucks worse?  When you re-do said restoration for free only to see it happen AGAIN. Why does this happen? What can you do about it? Kevin offers some solutions orthodontically. Zach gives some bad advice out of frustration for incidents where this has happened to him. “Splint early and splint often”. Has this happened to you? What did you do about it? Did it work? There is also a thread on this topic that recently came up in the Very Clinical Facebook Page.  Check it out. A big thank you to Dr. Rod Kurthy! None of this conversation would be possible without the work of Rod, who updated his concept “Walking Forward” in 2019. Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! When you choose to buy

Dr. Chris Ramsey and Dr. Rob Ritter join Alan to talk about what it takes to have a successful dental partnership and the amazing course they've designed to show you execute the kind of dentistry that you want to do from consult to finished case! Some of the topics they discussed were: When do you renovate your office and what kind of dental office decor stays "timeless." "The Protocol" is a course that Ritter and Ramsey designed to show people HOW they execute the broader concepts that you might learn from Spear, Kois or Pankey. A complete workflow from consult to finished case The benefits of small group learning in combination with hands on. Dental partnerships are notoriously bad! How Ritter found Ramsey The mechanics of a long term dental partnership "You can't have two kings in the castle" is the WRONG way to look at things. You work for the partnership and the partnership is bigger than any one person. The solution: lose the ego Ritter and Ramsey 2.0 The upside of a function

In this riveting episode, each of the Very Clinical guys discusses their methods for doing basic extractions. Highlights today include: Mac and Kevin are talented at extractions and do it all Zach's not a huge fan of extractions, can the guys give him some tips to up his game? The gang each share how they'd take out a tooth #19 from start to finish Opioids?  Are we part of the solution or contributing to the problem? Products or techniques discussed by each hack: Kevin Double block with Septocaine #23 Forceps PGA Sutures Dr. Pimple Popper Mac Block with Lido, Septo infiltration 301T Elevator A. Titan forcep Benacel 600 mg of Ibuprofen + 1 Extra Strength Tylenol = great pain relief PTFE Suture Make the Root Smaller or the Hole Bigger Zach Proximators Learning Minor Oral Surgery If you want to interact with us, head over to the closed Facebook Group The Very Clinical Facebook Group We want to produce episodes about the questions you have, it's a great place to post a clinical topic, you don't even have to po

Zach and Kevin talk about how they use nitrous oxide in their practices!  Highlights include: Go Chiefs! We pimp Voices Of Dentistry We discuss treating nitrous oxide in the dental office Zach is pro Kevin con Zach has his office plumbed Kevin recommends this class for oral sedation Both agree nitrous oxide is good for same day dentistry Zach explains his protocol Kevin discusses hair care tips Mac Jones word count …zero Do me a favor...invite a friend or colleague to become a listener to the Very Dental podcast. Better yet, show them how to download a podcast on their phone! Also, go join the Very Dental Facebook group using password: Timmerman! Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! The Very Dental podcast is brought to you by the Wonderist agency. The best marketing agency to build your website, logo, SEO, design, Google Ads, social media and on. And on. Marketing your dental office...the Wonderist Agency can help! Find out more at wonderistagency.com! Very

As a dentist, do you compare the experience you've had with the medical establishment to the experience you try and offer in your own office? Recently, Al had a medical experience that he couldn't help but compare to his dental office. It's interesting, kind of funny and a little sad to compare but definitely worth the thought exercise! Do me a favor...invite a friend or colleague to become a listener to the Very Dental podcast. Better yet, show them how to download a podcast on their phone! Also, go join the Very Dental Facebook group using password: Timmerman! Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! The Very Dental podcast is brought to you by the Wonderist agency. The best marketing agency to build your website, logo, SEO, design, Google Ads, social media and on. And on. Marketing your dental office...the Wonderist Agency can help! Find out more at wonderistagency.com! Very Dental is also brought to you by our friends at Microcopy Dental. Single patient use carb

By popular demand, we have Colin Lathrop back this week to discuss doing big case dentistry in composite. Highlights include: - What kind of patients are good candidates for a composite rehab? - How do you do a composite rehab in a digital era? - How can you make the process not suck? - What are the benefits of a composite rehab? - What materials and equipment does Colin use to make it all happen? - How does Colin price these types of cases? - How are these cases holding up? If you want to interact with us, head over to the closed Facebook Group Clinical Hacks We want to produce episodes about the questions you have, it's a great place to post a clinical topic, you don't even have to post a photo!

Dr. Alan Mead of the Very Dental podcast was gracious enough to join us again this week. And we start off with old school internet videos: Bonus:   He got a web redemption!                     Then we got into some hot caries removal talk. What burs do you use? To Dye, or not to Dye? Do you leave any caries?  Why or why not? Caries removal is a divisive topic.. did we get it right?  wrong?   Let us know in the Very Clinical Facebook Page! Do us a favor...invite a friend or colleague to become a listener to the Very Dental podcast. Better yet, show them how to download a podcast on their phone! Also, go join the Very Dental Facebook group using password: Timmerman! Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! The Very Dental podcast is brought to you by the Wonderist agency. The best marketing agency to build your website, logo, SEO, design, Google Ads, social media and on. And on. Marketing your dental office...the Wonderist Agency can help! Find out more at

Have you ever heard of "Getting Things Done?" It was a book/system to help people be more productive. Al was affected by this back in the blogging days (the late oughts) and found an interesting practitioner by the name of Merlin Mann. Merlin's blog "43 Folders" was on my reading list for years between 2008-2012 or so. He's an interesting thinker and he coined a phrase that stuck with me. That phrase was "ubiquitous capture." Today's episode is about how I've tried to incorporate the concept into dentistry.  Do me a favor...invite a friend or colleague to become a listener to the Very Dental podcast. Better yet, show them how to download a podcast on their phone! Also, go join the Very Dental Facebook group using password: Timmerman! Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! The Very Dental podcast is brought to you by the Wonderist agency. The best marketing agency to build your website, logo, SEO, design, Google Ads, social media and on. And on. Marketing your den

The Very Clinical gang is back together and we're talking about one of the least favorite part of our jobs, numbing people up. Highlights this week include: What kind of syringes, needles do we use? What brands of anesthetic do we carry? Topical? How do we numb maxillary teeth?   How does it change for operative vs. endo vs. surgery? How do we numb mandibular teeth?  Differences between anterior and posterior? How do we troubleshoot a difficult to numb tooth? Septocaine for blocks, do we do it? Buffering?  Is it needed? Why does Zach suck so much with anesthetic and what can he do about it? If you want to interact with us, head over to the Very Clinical Facebook Group! We want to produce episodes about the questions you have, it's a great place to post a clinical topic, you don't even have to post a photo!

The Very Dental guys discuss regular ass magnification. Mac tries to be coy with his 3.5X loupes... THEN mid-episode has a reveal you won't want to miss.  Kevin one ups everyone with his level of magnification, but mainly because his eyes suck big time. Zach has the most pathetic journey of magnification you could imagine, but admittedly he's on a pathway towards redemption. Does your team magnify?  Do you magnify at home like we do? How about headlights? Tell us more about how you magnify at the office and get on there to make fun of Zach and his overseas cheap loupes on the Very Dental Facebook Group.

The gang is back together and we're talking about how we deal with failures. - What is each of our most epic fails? - How has failure shaped the way we practice? - We run through some failure scenarios: - failure to diagnose - restoration fails too quickly - procedural error - poor experience perceived by the patient - How do we deal with failure emotionally? Mac Jones word count:  We actually let him talk quite a bit! If you want to interact with us, head over to the closed Facebook Group Very Clinical We want to produce episodes about the questions you have, it's a great place to post a clinical topic, you don't even have to post a photo! Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! The Very Dental podcast is brought to you by the Wonderist agency. The best marketing agency to build your website, logo, SEO, design, Google Ads, social media and on. And on. Marketing your dental office...the Wonderist Agency can help! Find out more at wonderistagency.com! Very Dental is

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!

The Clinical Hacks Get White Highlights include: Go Chiefs! We pimp Voices Of Dentistry We discuss treating teeth whitening Neither do in office whitening Zach tried Kor Both use Opalescence

This week the gang gave Zach the week off and replaced him with someone with an amazing laugh, Dr. Aly Sergie. The topic this week was hydrogen peroxide in Dentistry. Listen as Aly gets all bubbly with enthusiasm over his favorite chemical of all time. Highlights include: -Zach is lost and the FBI is searching for him – Aly laughing Aly describes his happy accident Aly describes how 35% hydrogen peroxide is magical unicorn tears A crazy Russian Hacker pours hydrogen peroxide into pig blood Aly likes gingivectomies Don’t lose an eye! How to order 35% hydrogen peroxide Mac Jones word count:  47.5  If you want to interact with us, head over to the closed Facebook Group Clinical Hacks We want to produce episodes about the questions you have, it’s a great place to post a clinical topic, you don’t even have to post a photo!

What is a "lot of money" to you? Maybe a better question...what amount of money would you spend without thinking much about it?  Al discusses some interesting concepts about how we think about money, and maybe more importantly how our patients do. Also, what have dental benefits done to change this concept in our patient population? Do me a favor...invite a friend or colleague to become a listener to the Very Dental podcast. Better yet, show them how to download a podcast on their phone! Also, go join the Very Dental Facebook group using password: Timmerman! Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! The Very Dental podcast is brought to you by the Wonderist agency. The best marketing agency to build your website, logo, SEO, design, Google Ads, social media and on. And on. Marketing your dental office...the Wonderist Agency can help! Find out more at wonderistagency.com! Very Dental is also brought to you by our friends at Microcopy Dental. Single patient use carbide

We open with a full 11 minutes on baseball so if you just want the dental chat, start the podcast a few minutes in.   This week we have a short chat on terminal dentition. What is terminal dentition?  How hard is it to make that call? Is it harder to make that call when you’ve seen the patient for 10+ years then a new patient? When do you quit restoring? What clinical criteria vs. patients health vs. financial considerations go into the decision? How is your comfort level with dentures, extractions, pre-prosthetic surgery, etc?  Does that factor into your personal choice of whether to recommend dentures vs restorations. Please join the Very Clinical Facebook group to discuss this episode and much much more! Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! The Very Dental podcast is brought to you by the Wonderist agency. The best marketing agency to build your website, logo, SEO, design, Google Ads, social media and on. And on. Marketing your dental office...the Wonderist A

Alan had the distinct honor to moderate a round table with four of Spear Education's visionaries! He was joined by Dr. Gregg Kinzer, Dr. Jeff Rouse, Dr. Ricardo Mitrani and Dr. Bob Winter to discuss a wide variety of topics! They started off with "how did you get into dentistry" and it went all over the place from there! This is one you don't want to miss! Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! Some links from the show: Spear Education Spear Online The Very Dental podcast is brought to you by the Wonderist agency. The best marketing agency to build your website, logo, SEO, design, Google Ads, social media and on. And on. Marketing your dental office...the Wonderist Agency can help! Find out more at wonderistagency.com! Very Dental is also brought to you by our friends at Microcopy Dental. Single patient use carbide burs, diamond burs, polishers and a variety of single use products that make your office more efficient, make your infection control simpler and your d

It seems like a lot of very dental people would like to get out of dentistry. Al takes a highly unscientific look at this phenomena and what is behind it and follows it up with a few bold suggestions.  Keep your eyes open on the feed for a new show on the Very Dental podcast network called "We Are All Broken" where we'll delve into some of the issues that dental people deal with and how we can make those issues better! Some links from the show: The Peaceful Practice podcast Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! The Very Dental podcast is brought to you by the Wonderist agency. The best marketing agency to build your website, logo, SEO, design, Google Ads, social media and on. And on. Marketing your dental office...the Wonderist Agency can help! Find out more at wonderistagency.com! Very Dental is also brought to you by our friends at Microcopy Dental. Single patient use carbide burs, diamond burs, polishers and a variety of single use products that make your off