The Alan Mead Experience

The Alan Mead Experience

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The Alan Mead Experience episodes

  • Episode 059: Live at the Voices of Dentistry with Dr. Stephanie Zeller

    Alan is joined by podcaster and prosthodontist Dr. Stephanie Zeller at the amazing Voices of Dentistry summit! We talk about the state of prosthodontics, the importance of photography and how Instagram is bringing sexy back to pros!

    Best of Prosth Instagram

    Stephanie's Instagram

    Dr. Zeller's photography courses with Dr. Miguel Ortiz? Seattle, San Francisco

    48 min
  • Episode 058: Pre Voices of Dentistry Ramblings

    This episode was recorded with a new recorder/mic in the car about 3 days before lift off for Voices of Dentistry!

    I'm excited about VoD! I can't wait to soak up some sun and see in person all those people that are only voices in my headphones! Today's episode is just some thoughts I'm having on my way to work using a new recorder/mic that I'm bringing to the VoD. I hope to see you there!

    Voices of Dentistry

    Yellowtec iXm mic/recorder

    28 min
  • Episode 056: total joint replacement premedication rant

    Premedication for total joint replacement in the dental office has been common for a lot of years. We (mostly) shouldn't be doing it now. Al rants about this.

    Premier Dental Periowise probe

    Some links to read:

    From the New England Journal of Medicine : “Staphylococci (S. aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococcus species) account for more than half of cases of prosthetic-hip and prosthetic-knee infection12 (Fig. 2). S. aureus infection is particularly common in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.13 Other bacteria and fungi cause the remainder of cases.14,15Propionibacterium acnes is a common cause of infection associated with shoulder arthroplasty.16 Up to 20% of cases are polymicrobial, most commonly involving methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) or anaerobes.17 Approximately 7% of cases are culture-negative, often in the context of previous antimicrobial therapy.18” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2850113/

    From the CDC “Any medication can have serious side effects. For antibiotics, those side effects can include adverse drug reactions and Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).(8-11) Patients who are unnecessarily exposed to antibiotics are placed at risk for serious adverse events with no clinical benefit. The misuse of antibiotics has also contributed to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance, which has become one of the most serious and growing threats to public health.(12) Unlike other medications, the potential for spread of resistant organisms means that the misuse of antibiotics can adversely impact the health of patients who are not even exposed to them. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates more than two million people are infected with antibiotic-resistant organisms, resulting in approximately 23,000 deaths annually.(13)” (CDC)

    AAOS guidelines

    ADA Guidelines


    "Meet the new guidelines, same as the old guidelines"

    35 min
  • Episode 054: Al on losing everything (part 2)

    Everyone has feelings. But does everyone realize how feelings can affect you?

    In the second episode about Stoicism and rehab Alan talks about how he learned about dealing with his emotions and what life was like in long term treatment for addicted health care professionals.

    Premier Dental Slix composite instruments

    49 min
  • Episode 053: Al on losing everything (part 1?)

    What if you woke up tomorrow and couldn't do what you've been doing your whole life. What would your life be like? How would you survive? Your host has some experience with this. Depending on the feedback I get, this will be part 1 of a series if you find it valuable.

    Premier Dental Periowise Probes

    49 min
  • Episode 052: Dr. Drew Byrnes on Fee for Service dentistry and the Voices of Dentistry conference

    Dr. Drew Byrnes, host of the "Fee for Service Dentist" podcast joins Alan to discuss what "fee for service" really means and how hard it is to actually name a podcast.

    What is "fee for service?" Is it cash only? Simply being out of network from all insurances? What strategies are there fore surviving in a fee for service practice? Dr. Drew Byrnes is going to find out!

    The Fee For Service Dentist podcast

    The Voices of Dentistry summit (use code VOD100)

    The Comfortview Lip and Cheek retractor by Premier Dental Products

    51 min

About The Alan Mead Experience

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Alan Mead is a dentist with too much time on his hands and too much recording equipment in his basement! Each week he brings you entertaining and informative content featuring interesting dental…