Totally Oral Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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.  

This week Russell talks with Dr. Mustafa Shah Khan and Richard Offutt about their new platform and social group Simplifiy Dentistry.  Their goal is to bring clinicians together on a wide variety of topics from clinical skills to business discussions.  In our podcast we talk about how social media has evolved over time and how dentists have gravitated towards it.  We also talk about the downsizing of Align and Dentsply Sirona as well as why maybe that has happened.  Finally we discuss what might be done about the hygiene shortage.

If you want to go to their website it is simplifydds.com .  Also their Facebook page is active as well!

Kelly Tipple shares what it's like marrying into a profession she previously knew nothing about and all the many joys the field of dentistry bring her. 

Russell Schafer was presumably out 3D printer shopping but will be back with us next week. 

This week Russ talks in person with Dr. Abraham Hoellerich and Dr. Lance Timmerman live at Pathway Symposium after hours.  We talk about a variety of topics such as how to fix CE events, how Abe built his office into the magnificient beast it is, bringing staffs on trips, as well as how sedation.  Lots of cursing as well... you have been warned...

This week Russ and Clint get to talk with Dr. Artie Volker.  Artie talks about his recent residency he finished in Italy and we talk about how we enjoy taking courses and learning new things and talking with colleagues.  

If you want to see Artie speak, you can find him at Dig-A-Palooza 2024 in Oct 2024 and he will be speaking at the Greater New York meeting in 2024.

This week Russ talks with Dr Jeff Hoos who create the H&H technique.  He also runs the Dental Insights Facebook group and own a rather large office with 4 other dentists.  We talk about his career since he graduated in 1978 as well as how stuff has changed and go on various topics.  We end the conversation talking about Dentapreg as well which he likes.

This week Russ and Clint talk with Sam Katacic VP of Sales for Rapidshape.   We talk at length about the changes in the market for 3d resins and how automation is driving a lot of changes.  Rapidshape has validated over 200 resins on their platform and has processes to ensure that each print is routine and predictable.  This is really nice especially if you have staff turnover, it is easy to train new employees to your resin. Also Russ gets pretty excited to hear about their curing unit which doesn't need N2 to cure but rather uses a vacuum.  He will be looking into that product for sure.  
If you want to learn more about Rapidshape, go to Rapidshape.de.

This week Russ talks with Dentscape AI co-founders Bill Chou and Sylvie Liu, DDS along with their VP of Business Development Ryan Axelson.  They've all been on the podcast before when Russ went to Smilecon in 2022.  On the previous podcast, they talked about PreTeeth AI Pro which does smile design using AI to simulate what is possible doing different treatment modalities. 

Dentscape AI is a web based software that currently can design bite splints and crowns using a simplified interface with the goal being to expedite the entire process so that labs can design units in a day and be more efficient.  We talk about the process of developing the AI as well as why they first started with bite splints rather than crowns as well as why humans are still needed to guide the AI.  If you are interested in hearing about how AI is "done," it is a cool conversation.

If you are a lab interested in partnering with Dentscape, contact Ryan.  His email is ryan@dentscape.ai or you can find him on Facebook as well.  If you prefer LinkedIn, his page is https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanaxelson/

Also as a disclaimer, they have given me Russell a few free credits to try out their software, but I am not being paid to endorse them at all.  These people are friends of mine.

This week Russ interviews Allison Norris an RDH who pivoted to working in the industry.  We talk about her journey and how she founded the The Dentele Group which focuses on placing non-clinical roles in the dental industry.  She essentially helps everyone from FDs at small dental offices to dentists who want to work for major companies like Henry Schein.  We also talk about her app that she is developing called Cakewalk which is meant to be Indeed for Dentists to help with hiring new staff.  If you want to reach out to Allison, you can find her on Facebook or you can email her at AllisonNorris@thedentelegroup.com.