The Dental Hacks Podcast

Alan welcomes back long-time friend and fellow 1997 dental school graduate, Dr. August de Oliveira. They take a trip back in time, reminiscing about the early days of the online forum Dentaltown, where Dr. de Oliveira pioneered sharing cases for critique with his "CERECs du Jour" thread. The conversation then fast-forwards to the present, focusing on the technologies impacting dentistry today. Dr. de Oliveira shares his transformative experience with Pearl AI, explaining how it has significantly boosted his practice's production by identifying more same-day dentistry and serving as an invaluable "second set of eyes" on radiographs. They also explore the hype versus reality of augmented reality, the evolution of intraoral scanners, and look ahead to future innovations like dental MRIs and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). Some links from the show: CERECS du jour thread on DentalTown Pearl AI Join the Very Dental Facebook group using the password "Gary," "Timmerman," Hornbrook" or "McWethy," "Papa Randy"