The Dental Hacks Podcast

Jason and Alan are joined by prosthodontist Dr. Doug Benting to talk about treating the edentulous arch! A lot of dentists have very little experience with dentures and edentulous arches and for this reason, many (most?) dentists don't like dentures! Doug is here to help! Is a high school kid that starts working in a dental lab destined to be a prosthodontist? Is "all on x" all it's cracked up to be? How do you know when someone's dentition is "terminal?" Are we too quick to take teeth out? Dealing with the psychology of people who are probably going to lose their teeth New and interesting ways to treat edentulous arches with implants Keeping teeth even though you know they're eventually going to be lost? What's up with digital dentures? Printing dentures vs. milling Instagram vs. the fundamentals...why learn dentures? Some links from the show: Treating the Edentulous Arch at Spear Dentsply Sirona WaveOne Gold with X-Smart IQ handpiece the and the Gutta Smart System The Dental Hacks Nation closed Faceboo