This week Russ and Clint talk with Wayne Glassoff who is a dental technology consultant and runs Dental Print Solutions where he sells and supports multiple CAD/CAM systems.  Wayne was one of Sprintray's original employees and has more or less seen it all in the 3d printing space.  We talk about the current technology coming out from IDS in Cologne, Germany and stuff that has just been released.  We talk about the pros and cons of all the stuff coming out and what is exciting and less exciting.

This week Russ and Clint talk to Dr. Trent McCord out of Northwest Arkansas.  Trent runs Mint For More out of his office with the goal of providing more dentures and extractions for no charge to patients in need.  We talk about his process and how he got started doing his non-profit.  It is a pretty cool story.  

Also Russell mentions low cost sectional matrix bands from Russia that Nate Lawson recommended.  

This week Russ and Clint talk with Dr. Shant Aharonian from Burbank, California.  Shant runs a small cosmetic focused office that emphasizes 3d printing.  We discuss printing and milling and smile design.  Shant teaches on smile design through photography and how to communicate with both patients and with labs using photography.  Also Shant will be giving a One Hour Webinar for Free CE through Hass Bio on the Amber Mill. Shant's Instagram

If you want to contact him, his email is [email protected].  His practice website is Smile Design Burbank.

This week Russ and Clint talk with Dr. Melissa Zettler out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.  We talk about the fun of running a dental office in a state that likes to tax you on your gross income (like MN), managing staff (especially when you hygienist goes crazy), and trying to get AACD credentials.  We finish off with the importance of being consistent.  

Russ and Clint talk with Baron Grutter this week.  Baron is a dentist out of Michigan who while doing all things bread and butter loves technology and teaching.  He also recently created two one day online classes Blue Sky Bio.  One focuses on ortho and the other focuses on surgical guides.  Both classes can be found on this Blue Sky University which is also where Russell's class is found.  Baron's class is more polished than Russell's but that is just how Baron rolls.  

In our podcast, we talk about Midwinter and Lab Day and how Lab Day is clearly superior to Midwinter.  We also talk about 3d printing and why so many more dentists are getting into the lab space and doing their own lab work.  Also we talk about why Baron is not going to be 3d printing aligners anytime soon.

If you want to see when Baron is giving in person courses, go to https://www.barongrutterdds.com to learn more.  

This week Russ talks with Dr. Robert Ramsey who runs the Facebook group Dentistry Gone Wild which offers a humorous non-political take on dentistry that we all often need in the world of dental facebook.  We talk for the hour about Robert's journey from JnJ to dentistry, and why we both left Corporate America to go do dentistry.  Robert talks about the DSOs he works for and his experience doing HMO dentistry (spoiler alert: it isn't all that bad).  Finally we discuss refunds and specialists.  

Clinton and Russell speak with Stephen Trahan. 

Listen and hear his adventures in the Bayou, going to dental school in Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina, being a military dentist and how he ended up in The Lone Star State. 

Clinton Timmerman and Russell Schafer talk with Matthew Hernandez, a third generation denturist from Texas who now resides in the lovely town of Mukilteo, Washington. Matthew has started and sold DSO's multiple times and continues to seek opportunities that can help boost the profession.

He has also hunted wild packs of hogs, which actually sounds somewhat dangerous, even when armed with uzis or whatever type of hunting item one chooses. 

This week Russell talks with Dr. Josh Nagao.  We talk about the importance of continuing education and how honestly... good CE kinda costs money.  We both love Pathways, and Josh teaches at Pathways.  Josh talk about the courses that he and Dr. Wade Pilling teach together.  The next one is an FP1 course being taught April 24-25.  If you want to sign up, reach out to one of them via Facebook.  We also talk about the importance of comprehensive treatment planning as well.

This week Russell talks with Dr. Usa Bunang and Dr. Jay Siddiqui about their new study club called the DMV 3D Printing and Digital Dentistry Study Club.  They focus on teaching dentists about practical applications of digital dentistry in the DC, Maryland, and Viriginia area from all aspects of dentistry from surgical guides to ortho to restorative.  We talk about why they formed the study club and their goals.