Dentist Brain Candy

In this episode I discuss SmileSIM which is a new dental simulation service for communicating complex treatment plans and before and after simulations with patients as well as a Prebiotic lozenge called smartmints and these things are protective Anne from Carrie and improve your oral health.

This week I discussed teledentistry in-depth as well as easy sales tools and tips for Implant case acceptance and how to respond to negative reviews online

In this episode I discuss the appropriate timing of a wisdom tooth consult and timing of extractions when they are necessary. I discuss anatomical guidelines and parameters and then go into depth on what my third molar consult is like including a description of the logistics from beginning to end with each team members role.

This week I start the discussion off talking about solar navigation and three different ways that you can determine Direction based on the Sun.  This expands app on last week's discussion of celestial navigation I didn't go into whether there's a link between kidney stones and salivary Stones we discussed virtual reality in surgical training and a group out of England that has created a virtual surgical training program we also discuss the use of intraoperative computed tomography or basically a CT scan in facial trauma surgery and whether or not an abnormal swallow pattern sometimes called an infantile swallow can lead to an increase probability of relapse in orthognathic surgery and with relapse if there's more likely to be an abnormal swallow pattern this week is jam-packed full of information so make sure you tune in and enjoy.

First of all I announce how you and your team can learn how to have an invincible dental practice which is vitally important in today's world of Rapid change including decrease reimbursements and competition from corporate Dentistry. Sign up for this CE event at the Davenport on eventbrite.com.  I didn't go in and discuss some articles including how are Dental training assist us with surgical procedures and gives us an advantage and I discuss the three different periods of Imaging an advantage over the last 100 years in imaging in dentistry and oral surgery I round out this week's discussion and podcast by going over an article that discusses how much noise is a dentist exposed to both in the clinic and in the operating room. These articles are enlightening interesting and I think I find this episode invaluable.

This week we discuss the triggers for oral lichen planus and list out what those triggers are and whether trigger avoidance actually helps patients or not. Anybody that sees or treats patients with oral lichen planus will find huge benefits from this discussion and with knowing what these possible triggers are. In addition will discuss with her surgery first reduce his total treatment time in your class 3 skeletal profile patients and we will discuss whether incisions made using a surgical Blade versus an electrocautery unit heal any better when compared to each other. This episode is going to be very useful and I hope you enjoy

In this episode I break down to interesting topics. The first is discussing triggers with oral lichen planus. Patience with biopsy proven oral lichen planus we're given a questionnaire in this Prospect of study to see what the triggers were and if avoidance of the triggers was helpful for these patients. A list of the typical and most common triggers is also given for your review. I also discuss the odds and likelihood and reasons for plate removal with jaw surgery. This discussion will help you have a better feel for when patients will have plates removed and if they are likely to have an improvement in signs and symptoms with removal of those plates.

In this episode I discuss different review papers on the topic of concussions. We discuss the diagnosis of a concussion, the management of a concussion, the return to life and return to sports requirements for concussive patients as well as medications and indications for different medications with the concussed patient. 

This week we discuss a novel method to circumvent posture related musculoskeletal disorders in dentistry and oral surgery using prism glasses. We also discussed the history of dental implants over the last 100 years which is timely since this is the 100 year anniversary of the American Association of oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons as well the 75th anniversary of the Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.

In this episode I discuss what the prognostic factors are for persistent diplopia after orbital blowout fractures. I also discuss an article that did a benchtop study on the neurotoxicity of articaine versus lidocaine and found that there was no difference in toxicity which would suggest that Articaine may be acceptable for inferior alveolar or mandibular nerve blocks

This week I discuss an interesting survey that was done by the American Association of oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons that is the second annual survey. Their survey asks questions about prescribing patterns and attitudes of oral surgeons. Over 300 people responded to the survey and the results are quite interesting.

This week I discussed Facebook live and successes other businesses have had with Facebook live and ways and tips and tricks on how you can implement this into your dental practice to increase patient engagement brand awareness in the bottom line generate more patients so you do not want to miss this one.

In this episode I discuss the appropriate timing of a wisdom tooth consult and timing of extractions when they are necessary. I discuss anatomical guidelines and parameters and then go into depth on what my third molar consult is like including a description of the logistics from beginning to end with each team members role.

This week we talked about office managers and the goal of the office manager and some daily and weekly checklist for the office manager. If your office manager can complete these tasks and duties you will have one well-honed machine of a dental office.

This weekend discuss two articles from the most recent Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and the first one is on the risk factors affecting the prognosis of descending necrotizing mediastinitis from a dental infection the second article that I discuss is a discussion about the development of the Dual degree program in oral maxillofacial surgery

In this episode, I go over last month's International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial implants and discuss three articles that I thought were relevant.  One article was on the effectiveness of platform switching to preserve bone levels. Another article was on whether or not bone levels and success rate of implants were affected by moderately controlled diabetics and the third article was on two different sized elevation techniques one using a trephine and one using an osteotome and bone grafting material to see if there was a difference in success rates and the amount of bone that was generated.

In Your Face Oral Surgery channel has gone live with vids that are sure to delight! This week I go over the first dental VR company, Google Adwords 101 tutorial among many other things that you do not want to miss!

This is the second part of a 2-part episode where I have a very lively discussion with Patrick Jenkins from wealth advocates. Patrick Jenkins is a friend of mine and a fantastic financial planner with a wealth of knowledge and today he will eliminate the changes in the tax code as well as Financial investment options and a discussion on 529 plans and planning for your children's education. I know you will find this insightful educational and I would encourage you all to contact Patrick to enlist him for his services.

This is the first part of a 2-part episode where I have a very lively discussion with Patrick Jenkins from wealth advocates. Patrick Jenkins is a friend of mine and a fantastic financial planner with a wealth of knowledge and today he will eliminate the changes in the tax code as well as Financial investment options and a discussion on 529 plans and planning for your children's education. I know you will find this insightful educational and I would encourage you all to contact Patrick to enlist him for his services

This week I talked to the founder of Clario I thought their new offering taking their product to the next level using text messages. This change is so revolutionary that it comes with the rebranding and name change to Kinect. Now with one sweet you can increase the number of reviews that you get for your practice as well as communicate with your patients decreasing no-shows and increasing appointments made even after hours