The Dental Hacks Podcast

Enjoy the very first episode in of the Dental Hacks Podcast! 

Jason and Alan speak with Dr. Mitch Ellingson about running a business. Mitch is in charge of Spear Practice Solutions, the business/consulting arm of Spear Education. Most dentists are going to run into this quandry...how can you be a great clinician and run a great business. Mitch has some thoughts. A lot of them as it turns out! Some of what we discussed: The difference between a consultant and a business system Can your life look like a Newport cigarette commercial? What does "big data" look like with Spear Practice Solutions? Case acceptance...it's not like you think (spoiler: it's about recare efficiency) What is leadership really? How can Spear Practice Solutions help with this? Are consultants really just brought in to fire someone? How does investing in the team make a difference in your leadership and team performance? Garbage in/Garbage out and practice management software Links from the show: Spear Education Spear Practice Solutions Some links from the show: The Voices of Dentistry is just over

Let's say you had a chance to go back in time and tell yourself something about the future. Today Dr. Drew Byrnes is going to look back over the last two years of building his office to tell us what he might have done differently! Some links from the show: Park Smiles Dentistry (Drew's office) Buckeye Dental productions offer the best in team training and they're offering a great discount (5% off any order on top of any other discounts) just by using the coupon code "HACKS" at checkout! Go check out their amazing Survival Guides and get your team up to speed! Check them out at dentalhacks.com/buckeyedentalproductions!  

Welcome to season 1, episode 26 of the Clinical Hacks Podcast You're in for a treat today as we have Joshua Austin DDS as our guest.  Josh is a podcaster (Working Interferences),  an author (Pearls for your Practice - Dental Economics), a lecturer, and is generally "kind of a big deal". Today we talk about composites and specifically Bulk Fills. Highlights include: - What makes a bulk fill a bulk fill? - Does bulk fill mean the whole tooth gets filled up every time? - What's the downside to bulk fills? - What about dual-cure / auto-cure Bulk fills? - Who in the clinical hacks is bulk filling? - What about the o.g. bulk fill amalgam?  Or Glass Ionomer? - Josh cites studies, that's big time for us regular ass dentists. - Follow @dentinaltube on Instagram for biomaterials goodness. - What material would Josh use on his #1 fan? - Powerfill / Powercure - what's the story? - Everyone in this podcast will be at VoD presenting.. and you should come as well!   If you want to interact with us, head over to the closed F

Missy Fryer does a lot of things well. One of her best things...financial consults with patients. On today's Dental Hacks Daily she explains EXACTLY how to present financials to patients! She explains the "three positive response" rule and the training that any team member has to have before they can talk financials with patients. Some links from the show: Buckeye Dental Productions Voices of Dentistry Buckeye Dental productions offer the best in team training and they're offering a great discount (5% off any order on top of any other discounts) just by using the coupon code "HACKS" at checkout! Go check out their amazing Survival Guides and get your team up to speed! Check them out at dentalhacks.com/buckeyedentalproductions!

Dr. Michael Gunson is an oral surgeon who does just one thing. Orthognathic surgery. He joins Jason and Alan to talk about his understanding or the TM joint, occlusion and how that's changed over the years. Some of our topics include: Treating the TMJ is complicated. No two joints are the same. No two patients are the same. What is temporomandibular dysfunction? Does the literature measure what we think it's measuring? How is treating TMJ troubles like understanding schizophrenia? How does communication, listening and empathy relate to treating pain and dysfunction patients? Nose breathing and pattern recognition Pathology isn't in the thing, the pathology is in the relationships of the things Adaptation and asking the wrong question Hormone imbalances and classic presentations of TM dysfunction/facial development The checklist gets longer and longer (like a CVS receipt) What is interdisciplinary treatment? Where do dentists fit in facial esthetics? Mike will be teaching in a new, updated interdisciplinary t

Our clinical outcomes often depend on light cured materials. Dentists take for granted that their lights are delivering the right amount of energy, but how can you know? If you have more than one light, are they delivering the same amount? How can you make sure you aren't undercuring your light activated materials while minimizing the heat from your curing light? Alan and Jason are joined by Dr. Chris Salierno and Chris Felix of Bluelight Analytics to talk about curing lights! Chris is the chief scientist at Bluelight Analytics which is a company that helps dentists measure the quality and intensity of the curing lights in dental offices. Our friends at Bluelight are giving away one of their checkUP devices with a 1 year subscription on the Dental Hacks Nation! All you have to do is like and comment on our post there and you're entered to win! Buckeye Dental productions offer the best in team training and they're offering a great discount (5% off any order on top of any other discounts) just by using the cou

Welcome to season 1, episode 25 of the Clinical Hacks Podcast This week Kevin flies solo again and interviews the legend himself Dr Wade Pilling about full mouth rehabilitations. Highlights include: Cleveland Rocks! Or Doth Not Rock VOD 2020 Rocks Sedation Rocks Planning Rocks Two Cords Rock PVS Rocks Bite Registrations Rock 0M1, 0M2, and 0M3 Rock Lisi Press Rocks Make your provisionals Rock Wade’s FMR  course Rocks! Mac Jones word count:  0 Zach Meiners word count :0 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!

The last time we checked in with Dr. Drew Byrnes, he was just starting the building process of his beautiful new office. Now he's been in the new office for some months and he's got lots to say about the whole process! Drew tells us everything...the good, the bad and the ugly about the construction of his beautiful new office! Some links from the show: Park Smiles Dentistry (Drew's office) Buckeye Dental productions offer the best in team training and they're offering a great discount (5% off any order on top of any other discounts) just by using the coupon code "HACKS" at checkout! Go check out their amazing Survival Guides and get your team up to speed! Check them out at dentalhacks.com/buckeyedentalproductions!  

Jason and Alan had the privilege of sitting down with the one and only Dr. Frank Spear. We had an hour during the Spear Summit to pick up where we left off from episode 235 and it was very interesting. Frank opened the meeting with a talk that discussed the stories that dentists tell each other about where the profession is going and then presented some data that suggests a lot of these stories aren't exactly true. Some of the things we discussed: Why do insurance companies cover thing so differently from state to state? The beauty of practicing in groups. But not necessarily a DSO. Could someone become Frank Spear in the way that Frank did considering student debt as it is now? How did beautiful temporaries make a difference in Frank's career? Why does Frank feel responsible to help the narrative that dentists tell each other? What's the data the Frank would really like to see? Why is it so impossible to compare dental businesses and income across the country? How can you compare apples to apples? Take hom

Everything is marketing. From the parking lot, to the reception area to the way your team treats your patients...it's all marketing. Missy Fryer joins Alan to explain how a well trained team is probably some of the best marketing dollars you can spend! Missy explains how the "Dental Assistant Survival Guide-Beyond Spit Sucking" and the "Marketing Survival Guide" can change the way you and your team look at marketing your practice. Some links from the show: Buckeye Dental Productions Voices of Dentistry Buckeye Dental productions offer the best in team training and they're offering a great discount (5% off any order on top of any other discounts) just by using the coupon code "HACKS" at checkout! Go check out their amazing Survival Guides and get your team up to speed! Check them out at dentalhacks.com/buckeyedentalproductions!

Welcome to season 1, episode 24 of the Clinical Hacks Podcast This week Kevin flies solo again and interviews the legend himself Dr Wade Pilling about full mouth rehabilitations. Highlights include: - Kevin begs Wade to come to VOD 2020 Wade does helicopter skiing, Kevin does not, but he does ski! Wade went to dental school in Louisville Kentucky and practices near Boise Idaho Wade markets to patients to get them motivated for FMRs A lot of FMR patients need orthodontics first Periodontics is important in FMR The records appointment is the most important Photos, Panadent face bow, bite registrations and mock ups with composite. Show the patient their mock up in their own mouth Here is a link to Wade’s course in  2020 Mac Jones word count:  0 Zach Meiners word count :0  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!

How much energy does your curing light deliver? If you have more than one light, are they delivering the same amount? How can you make sure you aren't undercuring your light activated materials while minimizing the heat from your curing light? Alan and Jason are joined by Dr. Chris Salierno and Chris Felix of Bluelight Analytics to talk about curing lights! Chris is the chief scientist at Bluelight Analytics which is a company that helps dentists measure the quality and intensity of the curing lights in dental offices.  Our friends at Bluelight are giving away one of their checkUP devices with a 1 year subscription on the Dental Hacks Nation! All you have to do is like and comment on our post there and you're entered to win! 

Dr. Mike Skramstad and Dr. Meena Barsoum are part of the team at CEREC Doctors and they sat down to talk with Jason and Al! We talk about the history of CEREC and education in the chariside CAD/CAM world. This history is very interesting and the future is even more so! Some of the topics we discussed: Is German a harder language to learn than Spanish? Does Rich Rosenblatt thing Meena is the worst student he's ever had? How many CEREC mills do they actually have at CEREC Doctors (spoiler alert: it's 36!) What's the sweet spot for length of video? When did the hands on courses switch to Primescan? Is now the very best time to be a CEREC dentist? What's the future of CEREC software? Will it ever be separate from the hardware? Will milling outside of the CEREC ecosystem always be for experts? Implant workflows in the CEREC system (milling custom healing abutments anyone?) How has seeing CEREC failures helped with preparation styles? What is a "ghost contact?" How much are user concerns/suggestions taken into ac

Al has always been kind of bad at planning for the next year. Dr. Kevin Donlin is a dentist in the National Guard who has learned to plan in advance because he has to! The two of them discuss how they look ahead at holidays and vacations and how to get better at this skill. We also discuss why everyone needs to sign up for Voices of Dentistry!

Welcome to season 1, episode 23 of the Clinical Hacks Podcast 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!

Missy Fryer joins Al to talk about the brand new, just released 2020 version of the "Dental Office Survival Guide!" Missy and her partner MaryBeth Bajornas have been doing their "Dental Office Survival Guides" for several years. These are the best guides on the market for training your team. Today's episode features the first two pieces of the guide called "Systems and Checklists" and the "Digging For Gold quarterly planner." Missy is one organized OM and she's created a simple and comprehensive way to get your office right up to speed! Some links from the show: Buckeye Dental Productions Voices of Dentistry

Jason and Alan were joined by Chicago dentist Dr. Jim McKee. Jim is one of a special breed of dentists that has created a practice that focuses on pain patients and patients with TMJ issues. How did Jim become interested in occlusion and TMJ? How has imaging changed the game for Jim's patient treatment? "The imaging isn't for you. The imaging is for the patients!" How does pain relate to malocclusion and why is pain often the last thing to show up? How does Jim "front load" the patient education process? What are Jim's favorite educational aids for TMJ/pain? How did oral surgeon Dr. Mark Piper influence Jim's philosophy? Which comes first: airway or joints? What's the best way to learn TMJ? How is he using CBCT in his office? How does he use the MRI? How did Jim build his restorative practice using the what he'd learned about TMJ and occlusion? Can you create new patient flow by focusing on TMJ? Why shouldn't TMJ be a specialty? Are TMJ specialists a "dumping ground?" Direct vs. indirect treatment options

Dr. Justin Bhullar and Dr. Paul Etchison started Dental Business Mentor . We've talked about how valuable this product can be for dentists in episode 134 and episode 132. They're both podcasters and they're both "idea guys." For creative people the ideas that always come up are the easy part. Following through...that's the tough part. Some links from the show: The Dip by Seth Godin Paul's podcast: Dental Practice Hero Podcast and book Justin's podcast: The High Performance Practice The Voices of Dentistry Dental Business Mentor, use coupon code "hacks350" for $350 off of your yearly membership! Microcopy has everything you need to adjust zirconia before cementation! Check these product out (and request a free sample) at dentalhacks.com/proxichek, dentalhacks.com/diamondfinisher and dentalhacks.com/bitechek! I use  

Welcome to season 1, episode 22 of the Clinical Hacks Podcast Kevin sits this one out this week to wash his hair while Mac and Zach talk to Colin Lathrop. Colin has been really active in the Clinical Hacks FB group with posts about composite rehabs and other cool tricks and hacks. - How did Colin get into dentistry? - How do you talk to patients about big case dentistry? - What courses do you take to get there? - Treat everyone who comes into your office nicely, you never know who might refer that next big case! - Ortho/restorative combo cases are where it's at.   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!