The Dental Hacks Podcast

Highlights include: We have a special guest, Dr Alan Mead himself! We pimp Voices Of Dentistry We discuss treating sleep apnea Kevin tells a story Kevin highly recommends this course from 3D dentists And this course! Here is a great video for an introduction to sleep apnea implentation We use C.O.D.E. for medical billing Alan and Zach have hang ups We use the optisleep appliance Mac Jone word count …zero.

Jason and Alan spoke with Dr. Marcos Vargas who is an educator and teacher. Marcos teaches at the University of Iowa and explains why today's dental schools aren't maybe the same animal as they were 20 years ago. layering, color matching and how materials are simplifying simplifying means less inventory 3M universal shades are essentially the body shades from Filtek Supreme Ultra layering vs. bulk fill insurance patients vs. layering and "ultimate esthetics" "insurance company pays for function" what dentists know about teeth vs. what patients know about teeth what's new with 3M bulk fill technology Marcos's schedule at University of Iowa is split between research, lecture and clinical instruction How to practice in a dental school Dental school isn't what it used to be, it's much better to be a dental student now! Teaching digital dentistry in dental school Do dental students understand the debt that they're getting into? The Dental Hacks also had a chance to talk with Dr. Paul Feurstein! Paul is a dent

The Clinical Hacks Ring In The Dam New Year! Highlights include: No New Year’s Resolutions except just be nice! Kevin uses Coltene Non Latex Rubber Dam Zach uses Hedy Isodam Kevin uses lube Kevin uses this template Zach uses PacDam…which looks way cooler Kevin uses this punch Zach uses this punch Zach uses this block out resin Kevin likes winged 14A and 12A rubber dam clamps for molars Both use Optragate in the anterior We pimp Voices Of Dentistry Mac Jone word count …zero.

The Dental Hacks are joined again by Dr. Jason Smithson, this time with a "face to face" interview from the 2019 Spear Summit! The Hacks had a chance to see Jason speak twice on the first leg of his "North American tour" and we got all the details of what's coming up for one of our favorite educators and clinicians! Some highlights include: The Arizona--->North Carolina-->Philadelphia tour Simplifying posterior composites bulk fill composites are ready for prime time Social media and the "I can't do that" phenomenon Anterior layering and being too thick The return of anterior gold restorations People pay for what they want, not what they "need" Jason's treatment planning procedure, "a method of co-discovery" treating to health vs. treating for esthetics Demanding vs. Demands Committing to a practice philosophy If you can, should you? (the ethics of different tiers of dentistry) How "minimally invasive" dentistry is making things difficult for esthetic outcomes Some links from the show: Dentsply Sirona SDR

Happy New Year Dental Hacks Nation! We're doing some rebranding of the Dental Hacks Daily and Alan talks about that on today's episode! Coming in February 2020...Dental Hacks Shorts!

Enjoy another classic Dental Hacks episode, this time featuring Dr. Tarun Agarwal!

Jason and Alan are joined by two dental social media rock stars, Dr. David Rice of IgniteDDS and Irene Iancu (aka: toothlife.irene) of the Tooth or Dare podcast! David knows young dentists. He's an educator and coach and spends a lot of his time helping new dentists find their way after dental school. His message is a lot more hopeful than what you hear from some people and his reach is really huge! David also spent some time talking about 3M's new Xerostomia Relief Spray. Dentistry hasn't done a great job for our patients with dry mouth and 3M has made a product that can really make a difference for them! Irene Iancu is a hygienist, educator, social media maven and entrepreneur! She's got a great podcast called "Tooth or Dare" and she'll be podcasting live at the Voices of Dentistry with her new co-host. She's fascinating on a lot of levels, but we spent a lot of time explaining how she, as a hygienist, is opening a dental practice! If you've ever wondered how a dental practice owned by a "nondentist" can w

Welcome to season 1, episode 30 of the Clinical Hacks Podcast The gang is back for another podcast Highlights include: Zach’s top three Christmas movies are: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, and A Christmas Carol….with Captain Picard… Mac’s favorite Christmas movies are : National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Friday After Next and Love Actually. Kevin’s favorite  Christmas movies are : It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, and Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job Merry Chrimbus Special We talk about sectional matrices Kevin uses Triodent from Ultradent Mac uses Triodent Super Curve and rarely Bioclear Zach uses iMatrix by Pacdent Mac mentions margin elevation bands Zach sometimes used a Greater Curve band All use a Tofflemire for a sole distal lesion Mac’s top 3 products he’s thankful for: LM dental ergomax mirror handles and Zirc crystal HD mirror heads The Planmeca Cone Beam The 301T dental elevator by Zoll Dental The NSK electric Handpiece

Enjoy another classic Dental Hacks episode, this time featuring Dr. Tarun Agarwal!

Teresa Duncan joins Alan to talk about the recently legal action taken by the American Dental Association against Delta Dental. Teresa's company is Odyssey Management where she used to be primarily a consultant. Now she spends most of her time educating dental teams about all things dental insurance! This timely topic is a "must hear" for all dentists and their teams. Teresa features an in depth discussion about the lawsuit on her own podcast, "Nobody Told Me That with Teresa Duncan." So what does this lawsuit mean for me? The three main points of the lawsuit: market allocation conspiracy price fixing conspiracy revenue restriction conspiracy a monopsony is a market structure in which a single buyer substantially controls the market as the major purchaser of goods and services offered by many would-be sellers. The CEO pay gap between Delta and other "for profit" companies Delta Dental "reserves" Claims processors = data collection for insurance companies Speculation on what might happen with this lawsuit

Enjoy another classic Dental Hacks episode, this time featuring Dr. Rich Rosenblatt!

Welcome to season 1, episode 28 of the Clinical Hacks Podcast The 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 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!

Enjoy another classic Dental Hacks episode, this time featuring Dr. Rich Rosenblatt!

Jason and Alan had the chance to interview a bunch of superstars at the Greater New York Dental Meeting in NYC! 3M let us use their amazing booth to speak with some really interesting folks including Dr. John Weston and Dr. Artie Volker! John is a frequent speaker on cosmetic and restorative dentistry and the Hacks talked with him about the ins and outs of seating indirect restorations! The only cement in John's office: Unicem 2 Treating Zirconia...how do you clean (Zirconia Oxide...Ivoclean, Zirclean) Unicem 2 cementation technique (one second, tack cure) Multiple unit cementation (light cure) QwikStrip Do you really even need Ivoclean? Could alcohol or hypochlorite work? (3M says yes!) Try on protocols High Translucency zirconia vs. lithium disilicate Anesthesia for crown cementation (almost never!) gluma for the unanesthetized  patient Artie Volker has been on the show a bunch of times and the native New Yorker doesn't disappoint! Jason and Alan discussed composites and the Bioclear method with him, w

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Welcome to season 1, episode 28 of the Clinical Hacks Podcast Mac Jones passed out just prior to the recording due to stress and anxiety, don't worry he's ok Kevin and Zach powered through.  This was recording during Thanksgiving week and the gang wanted to give thanks for different dental products that make their life easier or save/make them money. Highlights include, but are not limited to: Optragate Hedy Isodam Vortex Blue 15.04 Edge Glidepath Canon Rebel DSLR Lester Dine Camera System Flash Air Cards Samsung Tap A 10" Pac-Dent IMatrix Parkell Diamonds Teflon Tape Koolbond SE (a clone of Prelude SE) Cerec 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!

Do us a favor and go vote for the Dental Hacks podcast at www.dentalhacks.com/vote! Enjoy a classic episode featuring an interview with Dr. Ryan McCall!

Jason and Alan had the privilege to speak with Dr. Rebecca Bockow, a dual trained orthodontist/periodontist and cutting edge advocate for understanding airway. Rebecca has been teaching at Spear Education for a couple of years and will be one of the instructors in the newly revamped "interdisciplinary treatment planning" course that Spear is putting together. She's also been featured on our "Queens of the Airway" episodes as well. The Dental Hacks had a wide ranging discussion with Rebecca which included: How does a dentist decide on a dual specialty and why orthodontics/periodontics? (spoiler: she almost ended up as a prosthodontist!) Expansion before expansion was cool The Airway "Ah HA" moment How teaching is a type of marketing for a reknowned specialist like Rebecca The paradigm shift to treating younger patients orthodontically Pediatric airway screening with a one page questionnaire What in the whole world needs to change to better address airway issues How can regular dentists understand and evaluate

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Welcome to season 1, episode 27 of the Clinical Hacks Podcast You've heard Kevin Fryer be the interviewer before, but it's his turn to be the interviewee. What's the back story on Kevin? childhood dental trauma actually turned Kevin into a dental enthusiast 1989 Graduate of THE Ohio State University Regular-ass dentistry for the first 25 years Strupp's mailed newsletter was a practice changer for him in the non-internet era Dental Town was a paradigm shift PowerProx braces was his first step into his current practice life Cerec was a massive practice shift 3D Dentists got him into sleep apnea, implants, and more ortho Implant Pathway got him 10X'd on his Implants Multiple Equipment purchases, Cone Beam, newer Cerec - is it paying off? Would Kevin do it again?  Would he do it in a different order? 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 p