The Dental Hacks Podcast

The first day of school puts Al in a contemplative mood. How good are you at seeing things through someone else's eyes? Does this skill have any application in dentistry? Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! When you choose to buy from our sponsors you're helping support the podcasts that you love! The Very Dental Podcast network is 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 dentistry better! Find more information at verydentalpodcast.com/microcopy Dentures get a bad reputation in dentistry. Quite a few dentists even brag about how long it has been since they have done a denture. Dr. Russell Schafer wants to reverse this trend. So if you want to learn to hate dentures less, you need to take Russell's course on November 12-13th 2021 in New Orleans! Learn techniques to streamline

Alan is joined by Jay Glazer of Crazy Dental. Jay is Al's "connection" in the dental industry. They talked about a bunch of stuff and some of the topics they cover were: What's the difference between Crazy Dental and DC Dental? Al hates it when reps show up in your office. Sales reps vs. a really good website. (Jay was a rep) Is Alexa listening to you? Jay is a big fan of the Voices of Dentistry! What has changed in the dental industry since COVID (Jay was HOSPITALIZED!) The dental industry is obsessed with PPE The supply chain is really trying to catch up...where will dentistry get hit? Why has Al switched to Crazy Dental? Al's eBay handle: a2thdoc Why does Al deserve a Lamborghini from Audible.com? Why do dentists hate the dental industry? Is the dental tax real? Have you ever seen the 3M Innovation Center? Why does Al still use Sof Lex discs? Because that's what he learned on at Minnesota! UPS drivers Why should Zach Meiners find a new hobby? Some links from the show:

Do you look at the schedule in advance? Do you remember the name of your problem patients? Al reflects on how the way he views his "hair on fire" patients has changed over the years and whether it's for the better.  Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! When you choose to buy from our sponsors you're helping support the podcasts that you love! The Very Dental Podcast network is 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 dentistry better! Find more information at verydentalpodcast.com/microcopy Dentures get a bad reputation in dentistry. Quite a few dentists even brag about how long it has been since they have done a denture. Dr. Russell Schafer wants to reverse this trend. So if you want to learn to hate dentures less, you need to take Russell's course on November 12-13th 2021 in

Can you knock out a crown prep from start to finish in 40 minutes? Over the last couple of years I've put together a workflow that's leisurely yet thorough and gets great results for the classic single unit crown.  I'd be curious to hear if you have tweaks that can make this even better!  Some links from the show: Template/Temp Tray from Clinician's Choice Medit i500 intraoral scanner Premier Knit pack cord Premier Traxodent Ultradent Astringident X Vividprime desensitizer Cosmedent MirrorImage Itena Dentotemp Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! When you choose to buy from our sponsors you're helping support the podcasts that you love! The Very Dental Podcast network is 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 dentistry better! Find more information at verydentalpodc

Aka: Instagram wants Al to get a Husky! Al discusses how he’s influenced what Instagram puts in front of his eyeballs by watching videos to the end, and saving stuff for later on Instagram! If you’d like to have a more pleasant social media experience, you should check this episode out!  Some links from the show: Reply All episode Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! When you choose to buy from our sponsors you're helping support the podcasts that you love! The Very Dental Podcast network is 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 dentistry better! Find more information at verydentalpodcast.com/microcopy Dentures get a bad reputation in dentistry. Quite a few dentists even brag about how long it has been since they have done a denture. Dr. Russell Schafer wants to reverse th

Any dentist or dental team member that spends any time in a medical office cannot help but notice the distinct differences in how we treat patients and deliver care. Dr. Tarun Agarwal joins Alan to candidly (and I mean CANDIDLY) talk about what physicians could learn from dental offices and what dental offices might learn from medicine! Some of the topics include: T-Bone talks about meetings and the Voices of Dentistry How COVID affected 3D Dentists...getting back in to "course shape." How hard is it to perf a tooth? Hard...but not impossible! What's new at 3D Dentists? The history of the 3D Dentists retreat. "This is how education should be." Living together is an interesting way to learn The treatment center/addiction during COVID Al's medical problems What medicine can learn from dentistry (and vice versa) The patriarchal approach of medicine may have a place in dentistry Two diabetics walk into a room Water shaming...what is the right amount of water? having to pee all t

How do you make decisions about purchases and other things? Do you make lists, do the research and struggle to choose or do you get the first thing that checks all of your boxes? Alan discusses "The Paradox of Choice" and how it's influenced the way he makes choices. Some links from the show: "The Paradox of Choice" by Barry Schwartz Salsa Cutthroat Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! When you choose to buy from our sponsors you're helping support the podcasts that you love! The Very Dental Podcast network is 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 dentistry better! Find more information at verydentalpodcast.com/microcopy Dentures get a bad reputation in dentistry. Quite a few dentists even brag about how long it has been since they have done a denture. Dr. Russell Schafer

Alan invites you to join him (and lots of other Very Dental people) at two upcoming (and amazing) events! The first is the Vedder Society meeting this September 24-26th in beautiful Bellaire, MI!  Second is the Voices of Dentistry summit on January 21-22, 2022 in spectacular Scottsdale, AZ! Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! When you choose to buy from our sponsors you're helping support the podcasts that you love! The Very Dental Podcast network is 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 dentistry better! Find more information at verydentalpodcast.com/microcopy Dentures get a bad reputation in dentistry. Quite a few dentists even brag about how long it has been since they have done a denture. Dr. Russell Schafer wants to reverse this trend. So if you want to learn to hate

Kevin and Zach spend way too much time talking about their favorite reruns on TV Kevin likes The Office Zach likes Curb Your Enthusiasm  We give Crazy Dental a shout out…. Check them out! Then we actually talk about redoing your dentistry First class 2 fillings Then crowns Then root canals Then dentures (ugh) Then night guards and sleep appliances Then we talk about the dirty secret of orthodontics Then implant complications Go to the Very Clinical Facebook group and join! 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! Check out our amazing speaker/podcaster line up in Scottsdale, AZ on January 21-22, 2022!   Would you like to support the podcast? Then you should take a look at our sponsors! When you choose to buy from our sponsors you're helping support the podcasts that you love! The Very Dental Podcast network is brought to you by our friends at Microcopy Dental. Single patient use carbide burs, diamond burs,

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!