Welcome to Teeth & Titanium, Episode 54 – Is the MD worth it? with Dr. Mark Engelstad

This episode features:

Current Events

            - Gophericious Exchange

            - ICOMS Saturday Special

Guest

            - A discussion with Dr. Mark Engelstad on medical licensure

                        Part 1 - Time Experience Cost - Do you want a MD?

                        Part 2 - MD as an asset 

                        Part 3 - Solutions

Fan Mail

            - Questions for Dr. Engelstad

Resident reminder

            - What can prospective residents do to help them find a good program fit

Journal Club 

            - The Third Rail

            - Comparison of Two-Point Versus Three-Point Fixation in Treatment of Zygomaticomaxillary 

                        Complex Fractures: An Updated Meta-Analysis.

Recommendations

            - Drawn out suspense

            - Million dollar werewolf

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Hosted by Dr. Wendall Mascarenhas and Dr. Oscar Dalmao

Produced by Dr. Brad W. Ray

Articles/Books cited in this episode:

Substack; https://substack.com/@markengelstad?utm_source=global-search

Dodson TB. The Third Rail. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2025 Apr;83(4):397-398.

Guo L, Cheng T, Feng L, Feng J, Li X. Comparison of Two-Point Versus Three-Point Fixation in Treatment of Zygomaticomaxillary Complex Fractures: An Updated Meta-Analysis. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2025 Apr;83(4):448-455.

Welcome to Teeth & Titanium, Episode 53 – Brad Goes Back 2 Back

This episode features:

Current Events

            - ICOMS Singapore, let’s go!

            - Calling each other out

            - Mumbo Jumbo mystery solved

            - OSOMS virtual event

            - ACOMS Faces & CAOMS Ski and learn reviews

            - T&T Travel guide

Fan Mail

            - A little tease

            - Gentleman?

            - In memoriam

            - T&T 52 feedback 

Resident reminder

            - Benign odontogenic lesions requiring excision

Journal Club 

            - The Value Proposition of Board Certification

            - Timing a Surgeon's Retirement: Balancing Experience With Age-Related Decline

            - Outcomes of implants placed in sites of previously failed implants: a systematic review and 

                        meta-analysis

Recommendations

            - Never stop exploring

            - Relax, its only golf

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Hosted by Dr. Wendall Mascarenhas and Dr. Oscar Dalmao

Produced by Dr. Brad W. Ray

Articles/Books cited in this episode:

Cillo JE Jr,. The Value Proposition of Board Certification. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2025 Mar;83(3):265-266.

Posnick JC, Kaban LB. Timing a Surgeon's Retirement: Balancing Experience With Age-Related Decline. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2025 Mar;83(3):267-268.

Gareb B, Vissink A, Terheyden H, Meijer HJA, Raghoebar GM. Outcomes of implants placed in sites of previously failed implants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2025 Mar;54(3):268-280.

Welcome to Teeth & Titanium, Episode 52 - “Nerve Repair with Dr. Michael Miloro”

This episode features:

Current Events

            - Its cold, time for ski and learn(s)

Guest - Dr. Michael Miloro DMD MD FACS

Resident reminder

            - Nerve Injury Classification

Journal club - 

            - Does Cannabis Affect Your Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Practice? 

            - Airway Management in Microvascular Reconstruction of the Oral Cavity: Is Immediate 

            Extubation Possible?

THEN WE HAVE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!! 

Recommendations

            - A man of the people

            - Marco?

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Hosted by Dr. Wendall Mascarenhas and Dr. Oscar Dalmao

Produced by Dr. Brad W. Ray

Articles/Books cited in this episode:

Aghaloo, Tara. Does Cannabis Affect Your Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Practice? J Oral Maxillofac Surg,Volume 83, Issue 2, 127 - 128.

Le JM, Gigliotti J, Aljadeff L, Ying YP, Ponto J, Morlandt AB. Airway Management in Microvascular Reconstruction of the Oral Cavity: Is Immediate Extubation Possible? J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Oct 31:S0278-2391(24)00910-8

Will publish tomorrow AM

Welcome to Teeth & Titanium, Episode 51 - The Crisis Debate Rages On

This episode features:

Current Events

            - Its a New Year

            - Organizing our schedules

            - Renumeration for on-call emergencies

            - The bet that will not go away

            - New Year’s Resolutions

Fan Mail

            - Mo on the scope of practice

            - Blue Book Board Review

            - Mumbo Jumbo and a detailed explanation

Resident reminder

            - Dysplasia, OSCC, and Indications for a surgical neck dissection procedure

Journal club

            - Depth of Invasion Threshold for Recommending Elective Neck Dissection in T1 or T2 Oral

            Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Recommendations

-   Known vs the unknown

-   Striking Oil

-   Youth games

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Hosted by Dr. Wendall Mascarenhas and Dr. Oscar Dalmao

Produced by Dr. Brad W. Ray

Articles/Books cited in this episode:

Shih H, Khanna M, Thomas J, Makhoul NM, El-Hakim M. Depth of Invasion Threshold for Recommending Elective Neck Dissection in T1 or T2 Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2025 Jan;83(1):102-112. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2024.10.006.

Welcome to Teeth & Titanium, 50th Anniversary Episode with special guest Dr. David Psutka – The TMJ Centre of Excellence

This episode features:

Current Events

            - CAOMS Annual Executive Meeting in Toronto 

Special Guest

            - Dr. David Psutka, the first Titan of Teeth and Titanium

Resident reminder

            - Is There a Better Way to Select Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residents?

            - How to excel as a Resident

Journal club

            - Revision of the Wolford protocol for managing infections in temporomandibular joint 

            prostheses: an updated surgical approach.

Recommendations

-   Self Improvement

-   ReTreads

-   Poly Sci Thriller

-   Follow your ideas

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Hosted by Dr. Wendall Mascarenhas and Dr. Oscar Dalmao

Guest Contributor Dr. Antoine Chehade

Produced by Dr. Brad W. Ray

Articles/Books cited in this episode:

Bouloux GF. Is There a Better Way to Select Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residents? J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Dec;82(12):1507-1508.

de Las Fuentes Monreal M, Escorial Hernández V, García Jiménez T, Muñoz-Guerra MF. Revision of the Wolford protocol for managing infections in temporomandibular joint prostheses: an updated surgical approach. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Dec;53(12):1065-1067.

Welcome to Teeth & Titanium, Episode 49 - Reframing Complications

This episode features:

Topic

            - Reframing your mind with case reviews

Current Events

            - ODSA Meeting

            - Wendall’s new rad ride

            - Saudi Update

Fan mail

            - El Paso Cleft Conference

            - US Pass Application

            - Mr East Coast

            - AI Furst

            - Ski-U-Mah Invite

Resident reminder

            - Cleft Lip and Palate Review

Journal club

            - What Affects Healing Rates in Patients Treated for Medication-Related Osteonecrosis 

            of the Jaw? The Role of Operative Therapy and Other Clinical Factors

Recommendations

-    Solids or Stripes

-    Daddy’s little girl

-    Netflix Suggests

-    Retreads

-    Revenge

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Hosted by Dr. Wendall Mascarenhas and Dr. Oscar Dalmao

Produced by Dr. Brad W. Ray

Articles/Books cited in this episode:

Fujimori M, Toriyabe Y, Sakakibara N, Nojima M, Makino S; Hokkaido Association of Hospital                             Dentistry Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Research Group. What Affects                                  Healing Rates in Patients Treated for Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw?                               The Role of Operative Therapy and Other Clinical Factors. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024                           Nov;82(11):1441-1455.

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

Welcome to Teeth & Titanium, Episode 48 - Find Your People with Dr. Justine Moe

This episode features:

Current events

-   Feedback on OMFS in Crisis and Influencer status

-   Rencontre Annuelle ASCBMFQ recap

-   Wendall’s solution to streamlining licensure 

-   A call for a Canadian Match and standardizing reference letters

Fan Mail

-   Middle East Correspondent Challenge

-   O’Reilly, Blitzer, Rogan or Huberman

-   Adult Disney

Interview 

-   A range of topics with Dr. Justine Moe  

Resident Reminder

-   Diagnosis and management of Sialadenitis?

-   What makes a strong or weak resident?

Journal Club

-   Predicting the Future Focus of Orthognathic Surgery: Outcome-Driven Planning and Treatment With Function, Esthetics, and Occlusion as Key Indicators.

-   Can a Low-Fidelity Arthroscopic Simulator Improve Technical Expertise in Performing Temporomandibular Joint Arthroscopy?

Recommendations

-    Steaming the pigskin

-    Omertà

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Hosted by Dr. Wendall Mascarenhas and Dr. Oscar Dalmao

Produced by Dr. Brad W. Ray

Articles/Books cited in this episode:

Miloro M, Han MD, Kwon TG, Xi T, Borba AM, Reyneke JP, Caminiti M. Predicting the Future Focus of Orthognathic Surgery: Outcome-Driven Planning and Treatment With Function, Esthetics, and Occlusion as Key Indicators. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Oct;82(10):1329-1335.

Chou J, Tenaglia M, Ho A, Valenti J, Davis C, Choi D. Can a Low-Fidelity Arthroscopic Simulator Improve Technical Expertise in Performing Temporomandibular Joint Arthroscopy? J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Oct;82(10):1203-1211.

The Diversity Bonus: How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy by Scott Page

Behind Her Scalpel: A Practical Guide to Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with Stories of Female Surgeons by Cathy Hung (Author), Rania Habib (Author), Leslie Halpern (Author), Victoria Mañón (Illustrator)

Women in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Network - Facebook Group

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Welcome to Teeth & Titanium, Episode 47 - Is OMFS in Crisis?

This episode features:

Current events

-   Are we influencers?

-   AAOMS recap

-   Oscar’s thoughts on conferences

-   CTRead in the news, again

-   Time to pick the next generation of surgeons

Fan Mail

-   Our Middle East Correspondent

-   Comments on coronectomies

-   A Furst

-   Mission Smile

Journal Club

-   Beyond the Hype: Practical Artificial Intelligence Uses for Today's Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

-   Evaluation of a Fully Digital, In-House Virtual Surgical Planning Workflow for Bimaxillary Orthognathic Surgery

Topic - Is Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in crisis?

Resident Reminder 

-    Pulse Oximetry

Recommendations 

-    When fiction becomes reality

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Hosted by Dr. Wendall Mascarenhas and Dr. Oscar Dalmao

Produced by Dr. Brad W. Ray

Articles/Books cited in this episode:

Mission Smile; https://missionsmile.org/ - [email protected]

Watt M, Zhu S, Deol N, Ferraro N. Beyond the Hype: Practical Artificial Intelligence Uses for Today's Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Sep;82(9):1027-1029.

Gagnier D, Gregoire C, Brady J, Sterea A, Chaput T. Evaluation of a Fully Digital, In-House Virtual Surgical Planning Workflow for Bimaxillary Orthognathic Surgery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Sep;82(9):1038-1051.e1.

Mascarenhas, Wendall RE: Abstract Thinking. Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Volume 82, Issue 8, 894

Maron, Glenn, RE: Academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: The Road Not ForsakenJournal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Volume 82, Issue 7, 747

Welcome to Teeth & Titanium, Episode 46 – The Face is Forever with Dr. Kevin Lung

This episode features:

Current events

-    Polska or København?

-    Toronto-Buffalo Mixer

Fan Mail

-    Deferred like pulp testing

Guest Dr. Kevin Lung (Edmonton, Alberta)

-    Career path and the pediatric OMFS practice

-    The sacrifice to move the specialty forward

-    Alberta access model

-    Custom Orthognathic surgery

Resident Reminder 

-    Tips on preparing for board examination

Journal Club

-    Today's Interns, Tomorrow's Colleagues

-    The Rise of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Agonists: Considerations for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

-   What Is the Incidence of Anesthesia-Related Adverse Events in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Offices?

Recommendations 

-    Sincerely yours,

-    America’s golden girl

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Hosted by Dr. Wendall Mascarenhas and Dr. Oscar Dalmao

Chaperoned by Dr. Brian Rittenberg      Produced by Dr. Brad W. Ray

Articles/Books cited in this episode:

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant

Aghaloo T. Today's Interns, Tomorrow's Colleagues. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Aug;82(8):887.

Wang TT, Nadella S, Sakano T, Wang S, Burris BJ. The Rise of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Agonists: Considerations for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Aug;82(8):888-890.

Wiemer SJ, Mediratta JK, Triana RR, Card J, Rallis D, Rieck KL, Holmes E, Krishnan DG. What Is the Incidence of Anesthesia-Related Adverse Events in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Offices? A Review of 61,237 Sedation Cases From a Large Private Practice Consortium. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Aug;82(8):895-901.

Welcome to Teeth & Titanium, Episode 45 - 4 Year Anniversary

This episode features:

Current events

-    4 years of Teeth & Titanium

-    CAOMS and McGill 50th Celebration recaps

Fan Mail

-    People are avoiding Wendall

-    Chuffed

-    El Paso Craniofacial Symposium Invitation

4 year Anniversary Episode Recaps

-    Dr. Ben Davis, Dr. Paulo Maló, Mohammed from TaxHeroes.ca, Dr. Jasjit Dillon, Dr. Peter Aquilina, Dr. Carlos Aparicio, Brady and Lukas from PWL Capital, Dr. Joseph Friedlich

Resident Reminder / Journal Club

-    An Old Technique as an Alternative to Coronectomy in Lower Third Molar Surgery: Extraction! 

-    The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis and progression of oral cancer 

-    Promoting Responsible Antibiotic Usage in Dental Implant Procedures 

Recommendations 

-    Lose the braces

-    The beautiful game

-    Leave nothing behind

-    Protect that airway

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Hosted by Dr. Wendall Mascarenhas and Dr. Oscar Dalmao

Produced by Dr. Brad W. Ray

Articles/Books cited in this episode:

Pippi R. An Old Technique as an Alternative to Coronectomy in Lower Third Molar Surgery: Extraction! J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Jul;82(7):743-745.

Cwintal M, Shih H, Idrissi Janati A, Gigliotti J. The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis and progression of oral cancer. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Aug;53(8):629-634.

Edibam NR, Prasanna R, Le B. Promoting Responsible Antibiotic Usage in Dental Implant Procedures. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2024 Jul;82(7):741-742.

Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life by Bill Perkins

El Paso Clef symposium; https://elpasochildrensfoundation.org/online-giving-cleft-symposium-2024