The Dental Hacks Podcast

Today's Very Dental Extra is brought to you ad free by our friends at Ivoclar! Dr. John Nosti is a practices and teaches comprehensive restorative dentistry to dentists all over the country. In his first guest appearance on the Very Dental Podcast John and Alan have a wide ranging conversation about John's origin story, restorative dentistry and specifically how important a quality curing light is! Pork Roll or Taylor Ham? The John Nosti origin story! (he started in orofacial pain!)  Teaching with the Hornbrook Group--->Clinical Mastery Series How did he build a practice in "big case dentistry?" The three best photos in an introductory exam The new patient interview  Big cases come out of hygiene...how do you change the conversation? "Your teeth look different to me today." Communication and meeting the patient where they are The best closing line! Why should you avoid the eBay/Amazon curing light? 5 second cure vs. 5 second timer Who is curing the composite? Dentist or assistant?  Rock the Drill! Some link