Totally Oral Podcast

Sunny Pahouja , who runs the Dental Investment Group on Facebook, joins Clint and Russell to talk about current market trends, inflation, where and how to invest your money, how to appreach spendign money in your practice and why Ohio State likes to emphasize the "THE" in their name so much. 

This week Russ and Clint talk with Dr. John Pasicznyk who is a dentist in Naples, FL who runs an implant focused office.  We talk about JP's journey from owning five dental offices and the awfulness of that to being a partner at a DSO focused on AoX and how much more he enjoys Florida over the midwest.  We also talk about the craziness about how he learned how to do zygomatic implants.  They invol...

Anthoney Gonzalez returns to the show to talk about LANAP laser therapy and how it has enhanced the perio health of his patients.  He also goes into detail about DNA testing to determine the type of bacteria that is invading a given oral flora and how treatments through debridement, laser therapy and antibiotics and target specific pathogens afflicating a patient. 

The Godfather, Lance Timmerman, returns to discusses appropriate times to crown a tooth vs a direct resin restoration.  He argues that what sometimes may be viewed as aggressive may actually be conservative in the grand scheme of things. 

This week Clint and Russ talk with Dr. Gina Dorfman the Founder of Yapi.  Full disclosure that while Russ has been a long time user of Yapi and Clint is a new user of Yapi neither are paid to do this interview.  We just both like Yapi a lot.  We discuss with Gina the importance of doing online scheduling, online payments, and how Yapi helps integrate patient communcation and automation into your o...

This week Russ and Clint catch Steven Vorholt as he drives across the Phoenix desert going in and out of coverage and discussing his pathway from Ohio to Arizona to soon to be California.  We have discuss what it is like being a traveling surgeon, how to suceed at doing that, as well as why he decided to leave that role.  Finally we discuss clinical implant stuffs because of course we do.  Last bu...

Dr Matt Bickel goes Totally Oral and talks about being a dentist in "the good part of New Jersey". Most importantly, Matt shares his experience of being embezzled and what steps dentists can take to help decrease the chance of that happening to them. 

Clinton and Russell interview Dr Amy Nygren of Reno, Nevada, who is a Wolfpack fan as well as a lover of musicals.  Dr Nygren is known as the "Dr Amy Who Sings" in the office to distinguish herself from the other Dr Amy in the office, who is known as the "Dr Amy Who Boondoggles".   Listen to her journey as a dentist since her time at UNLV as well as her passion for drama and performing in communit...

Dr James Martin goes Totally Oral this week to discuss his perspective on how dentists can achieve financial success and be happier within the profession.  He also shares what pitfalls to avoid.  Dr Martin has a podcast called " Dentists Who Invest ", as well as online courses on his website dentistswhoinvest.com .  He also has some upcoming courses in person in London and possibly some other loca...

Clint and Russell talk with Dr. Chonway Tram this week.  Chonway practices in a little town just west of Los Angeles called Rancho Cucamonga where he owns a 4 operatory fee for service office and does a lot of digital dentistry.  We talk about Chonway's path to learning digital and why he loves digital dentistry.  We finish off talking about new graduates path to learning digital dentistry as well...

This week Clint and Russ interview Dr. Jesse McGuire an orthodontist out of Goodyear, AZ.  We talk about his journey from DSO medicaid orthodontist in Texas during the late 2000's and early 2010's and then moved to Phoenix to join another DSO to starting his own private practice office five years ago.  We talk about the challenges of running an ortho office and how he decides what to incorporate a...

You listened to his other half with Dr Caroline Michaels, now hear the rest of the story with Dr  Shawn Rajendram , who runs a rural practice in central Ohio (sorry, THE central Ohio). Hear about all the challenges and successes Dr Raj has experienced in The Buckeye State. 

This week Clint and Russ talk with Dr. Arthur Volker .  Artie practices out of Queens, NY and pretty much devotes his office to direct restorative.  The man just loves composite and we pick his brain about it for the better part of an hour from technique to patient management.  We talk about what he teaches and his courses at both Bioclear and Cosmodent.  Also we ask how the heck a dentist who lov...

Russell and Clinton are joined by Mohamed Attia of Alexandria, Virginia, who recently lectured at the annual AGD meeting about clinical pitfalls he wants to help dentists avoid.  These suggestions come into play for every day practice, from working with a wife (try to avoid that) and taking an x-ray for emergency patients, even if one was recently taken. Take a listen and perhaps find a pearl or t...

This week Russ and Clint talk with Dr. David Yang who is the owner of True North Dental and runs The Real World Dentistry Facebook group.  David is a hygienist turned dentist who practices in Flagstaff, AZ and runs a Fee for Service office and essentially is a super GP.  The man does everything from teaching to 3d printing to all on X treatment to re treatment.  We finish the conversation talking...

This week Russell interview Dr. Caroline Michaels is an oral pathologist based out of Columbus, Ohio who runs a private practice clinic called Capital Oral Pathology . She sees patients, accepts referrals, and reads biopsies.  If you want to email her, her email is CapitalOralPathology@gmail.com .   We talk about her journey to becoming a oral pathologist as well as her experience opening an offic...

This week Russ goes solo with a dentist who graduated with him Dr. Sarah Bihm.  Sarah owns an office in Crowley, La but is active in the Louisiana Dental Assocation.  Russell wanted to get her on as she is so active as he wanted to hear her opinion on what does the Louisiana Dental Assocation do as well as why should dentists join the ADA and organized dentistry.  We also talk about her practice a...

Russ and Clint talk with Dr. David Sanders from Illinois this week.  David owns an office that focuses on IV sedation.  We discuss where he was trained and how he chooses his cases and when he decides to punt.  We also discuss family dynamics as he practices with his sister who is also a dentist and also practiced with his father who started offering sedation back in the 70's.  

Clint and Russ speak with Dr. Matthew McMasters this week who practices in Ardmore Tennessee which is literally on the Alabama-Tennessee border.  We start out discussing what it is like working in a small town and how he has changed over time from trying to offer Smithson composites to just "A2 make it work."  Finally, we talk about about how to choose CE courses that will bring the best ROI.

Russ and Clint interviewed Dr. Joshua Grenier.  Josh is an Air Force trained dentist who works as an associate in Rhode Island and also owns a small lab there as well.  We talk with Josh about his experience in the military as well as how he incorporates 3d printing as an associate and as a lab owner.  He also speaks for Pacdent and will be speaking at the upcoming Greater New York meeting.  If yo...

Russell Schafer and Clinton Timmerman interview Yoana Yurova of Lone Star Dental Arts . Check out her tricks of the trade to create better results when working with your lab.  Is cord better vs using a laser or Traxodent? What about Zirconia vs Emax for anterior restorations? Does cream cheese belong on hotdogs?  Listen and find out!

This week Russell interviews Eugene Royzengurt LD which Russell finds out stands for Licensed Denturist. Eugene is one of the few licensed denturists in Utah where he teaches at the GPR program.  He owns a small one man lab and lectures as well.  Russell and Eugene discuss various aspects of removable prosth for the hour as well as how removable has moved up in promenience in the world of dentistr...

This week Clint and Russell talk with Dr. Andrew Turchin.  Andrew works in beautiful Aspen, Colorado and practices as a Fee For Service doctor focusing primarily on full mouth restorations and cosmetic cases.  We start out discussing how Andrew got his start as well as how Dr. Larry Rosenthal is a better cosmetic dentist than you are and why he moved from NYC to the Rockies. The conversation goes...

This week Russell interviews Robert Duque from 3Disc.  Robert came down from New Jersey to NOLA to show off the 3Disc Heron scanner to Russell, and overall it was a good week.  Russell decided to wrap up the week with a podcast.  One of the cooler features of the Heron is the ability to size Kinder zirconia crowns which can be found on YouTube .  Also Russell was impressed that 3Disc paired all th...

Irene Iancu closes our Voices of Dentistry 2003 experience, discussing such topics as owning a dental office as a non-dentist, life in Toronto, and what duties she feels hygienists should have. Alan Mead even joins us to give an important announcement.