Open Wide Podcast

By Dr. Scott Drucker and Jinesh Patel

Dr. Scott Drucker and Jinesh Patel explore the intersection of oral healthcare, technology, business, and startups. The duo discuss the hottest topics driving forward the fields of oral health and bro... more

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June 15, 2026 Episode 76 - Conversation with Heather Trombley | DentalEZ
Scott and Jinesh chat with Heather Trombley, President and COO of DentalEZ. Heather discusses her journey from rocket scientist to DentalEZ. They then take a deep dive into topics like IoT, data, and AI, as they pertain to dental equipment and remote equipment monitoring.

1:28 Introducing Heather Trombley
3:12 Heather's journey to and through dental
10:00 Remote equipment monitoring and IoT
21:12 DSO impact on product development and sales
27:24 TotalOp
39:17 Future opportunities with data and AI
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58min
June 03, 2026 Episode 75 - Leveraging AI
Scott and Jinesh chat about how dental tech companies and dental practices may be able to find leverage using AI to code tools bespoke to the needs of the company.
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29min
May 21, 2026 Episode 74 - Conversation with Brendan Messenheimer | The DSO Reckoning
Scott and Jinesh chat with Brendan Messenheimer, Managing Partner at HealthStream Ventures, about the ongoing 'freeze' in DSO acquisitions and upcoming struggles Brendan expects in the DSO industry.

1:19 Introducing Brendan Messenheimer, background pre HealthStream Ventures
7:34 Historical setup for current problems
17:30 A frozen DSO market, DSO nay-sayers validated
28:13 Doc-led groups vs PE backed groups
45:45 Lessons learned
53:31 Failures on the horizon
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1h 5min
May 12, 2026 Episode 73 - Conversation with Ralf Tomandl | HR for Health
Scott and Jinesh chat with Ralf Tomandl, Chief Operating Officer at HR for Health. They discuss Ralf's journey to and through dental, and his experience joining HR for Health right before Covid hit. Ralf shares some of his experience and lessons learned from event-based marketing, and highlights some of the biggest HR mistakes dentists make.

1:42 Introducing Ralf Tomandl
4:35 Journey to dental and pre HR for Health
18:46 Joining the HR for Health, and growth through Covid
24:53 Event-based marketing
40:42 HR for Health product and value prop
48:00 HR mistakes to avoid
53:42 Partnerships and conferences
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1h 1min
April 27, 2026 Episode 72 - Leadership Labs Conference
Scott and Jinesh recap several highlights of the Leaderships Labs Conference, and share a couple conversations recorded at the conference itself.

1:25 Leadership Labs conference recap
19:02 Conversation with Mike Towle, Motor City Dental Partners
30:39 Conversation with Jason Bodnar, Cataloochee Dental Group
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48min
April 21, 2026 Episode 71 - Conversation with Stephen Thorne | PDS Health
Scott and Jinesh chat with Stephen Thorne, Founder and CEO of PDS Health. They discuss the oral-systemic connection and how PDS Health is paving the way for medical-dental integration. It takes a herculean effort to change how our healthcare and payer ecosystems think about oral health, and Steve shares some of the challenges he's tackling to push the profession forward.

1:33 Introducing Steve Thorne
3:13 Going all in on medical dental integration
12:09 The patient experience
15:50 Funneling patients across the medical-dental divide
20:46 Training the medical and dental teams
22:41 Dental 'insurance'
33:21 Epic EHR
47:52 Salivary diagnostics
53:20 Back in startup mode
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1h
April 14, 2026 Episode 70 - Conversation with Elliot Zibel | ClariFi Health
Scott and Jinesh chat with Elliot Zibel, serial entrepreneur and Founder of ClariFi Health. They take a deep dive into Elliot's background with focus on his DSO Select Dental Management and technology startup ClariFi Health.

1:30 Introducing Elliot Zibel
3:29 Elliot's entrepreneurial experience before dental
13:25 Entering the dental space from an investor perspective
19:21 Approach at Select Dental Management
29:31 Using data to actually change behavior
48:11 ClariFi Health journey
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55min
March 31, 2026 Episode 69 - Conversation with John Stamper | John Stamper Media
Scott and Jinesh chat with John Stamper, founder and CEO of John Stamper Media. John recaps his journey to and through dental. He shares both his perspective and strategy around content marketing for companies looking to build meaningful relationships with their clients (both current and prospective).

2:00 Introducing John Stamper
4:09 From submarines to dental drills
18:44 John Stamper Media
22:03 Ideal Customer Profile
24:36 Creating brand with content
39:39 Advice for companies regarding content production
44:31 Short form vs long form
49:34 Importance of batch producing
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1h 2min
March 26, 2026 Episode 68 - ER Visits Rise, Software Gains, MAGNETOM MRI, DSO Woes
Scott and Jinesh discuss the recorded uptick in dental-related ER visits, Planet DDS's data on the impact of dental practice software, Dentsply's MRI venture, and recent negative press concerning DSOs.

2:44 Dental-related ER visits increase
6:42 Software improves practice performance
10:59 MAGNETOM MRI Machine
23:54 DSO financial woes
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31min
March 17, 2026 Episode 67 - Conversation with Kevin Tallman | Mango Voice
Scott and Jinesh chat with Kevin Tallman, CEO of Mango Voice. Kevin takes us through his entrepreneurship journey before dental, and then dives deep into his journey at Mango Voice. He chats about integrations and partnerships, his ideal customer profile, and the massive impact AI is having on his company and the dental space in general.

1:15 Introducing Kevin Tallman
3:04 Accounting and oil field tech to dental tech
17:22 Getting into Mango
21:32 Integrations and Partnerships
26:40 AI changing the game
52:23 Ideal customer profile
55:16 Future of the front office
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1h 3min

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