The Dental Hacks Podcast

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

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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!