This week Clint and Russ do a small prequel to Voices of Dentistry 2023 and interview Matthew Yu and Brian Schweers.  We talk about each of their practices and how they incorporate digital dentistry into their offices.  We finish up talking about work life balance.

Due to some setbacks our intended episode did not work out, but we tried to salvage what we could of our interview with the Patient Whisperer himself, Paul Homoly, at Voices of Dentistry 2022.  

Check out all of Paul Homoly's materials and come also say hi to Russell Schafer and Clinton Timmerman at Voices of Dentistry 2023 in Scottsdale. 

Russ and Clint talk with Dr. Cecil Santiago who is a dentist and dental materials researchers in California who owns a company named Dental Materials 101.  We discuss how the new printed materials are being fabricated and the importance of understanding the basics of materials.  We also discuss Dr. Santiago's journey to starting his own company and his work in the field.

This week Clint and Russ talk with Dr. John Ha out of Honolulu, HI.  You might know John from his guest appearance on Hawaii Five-O or from his posts on Facebook.  John runs a practice focused on implants and full mouth rehabs in an area with a dentist to population ratio of around less than 1:150.  You read that right, not 1:1500 which is around the average but 1:150.  We talk about extensively about marketing as well as discuss John's niche.  

This week Russ is in Miami while Clint braves the cold in Washington and they talk with Dr. Joshua Austin.  Josh lectures on mental health both for dentists and for patients in his presentation Chamfered Psyche.  Everyone shares a bit of their mental health journey as well as talking about the importance of mental health care in day to day lives.  If you want to learn more about when and where Josh is speaking next, go to his website Austin Dental Seminars to learn more.

Rich Rosenblatt and Frank Clayton return once more to discuss end of year scheduling and staff payouts.  Rich also discusses the real reason it's best to work for his company at this time of year. 

Happy holidays and merry freaking whatever!

This week, Russell interviews Jessica Knott, Damien Bonner, and Matt Newman.  Jessica is part of Ackuretta and both Damien and Matt are from Cad-Ray.  We discuss how new 3D printed materials will be recognized under the ADA as ceramic crowns and how to incorporate them into your practice.  Coupled with Cad-Ray's new software Clinux, the goal of Ackuretta and Cad-Ray is to be able to design and fabricate a crown in a comparable time as a milled crown to work well in a dentist's office.   We also discuss how meeting come back and how great IDS in Germany is.

This week Russ and Clint discuss Clint's job at a unicorn practice as well as how we handle staff bonuses.  We talk about patient management while Lucas is barking in the background.  We finish off with an interesting ethical case that Russ had.  

This week Russell gives his final interview from Smile Con 2022.  He was fortunate to have Ayush Bagla CEO of Ackuretta and Ryan Axelson CRO of Ackuretta on to discuss a lot of the non clinical aspects of 3D printing such as R&D of new resins and printers as well as which directions 3d printing is going in.  Good interview especially if you want to see non-dentists talking about dentistry.

So Clint is on the road and Russell has been busy so we created an episode last minute.  Russ debates whether or not to replace his desktop scanner or upgrade whereas Clint talks about his trip to Pueblo, CO to pick up his old crap and either move or remove it.  We have an in depth conversation on how should one equip a dental office as well as the importance of seat belts.  Russ discusses his plans to put his dog into witness protection if needed and Clint explains what Kelly isn't excited about him bringing home.