Totally Oral Podcast

Clint and Russ talk with Dr. Jared Christopherson this week.  Jared is a dentist in Cheyenne, WY and talks about what brought him back to Wyoming after going to school in the Midwest and Pacific Northwest.  He also talks about his minor vice/passion of playing poker and how that brought him to Vegas to take Russell's course and learn how to start printing dentures. 

Clint and Russell talk with Travis Rodgers about his elctronic referral system that is simple to use thorugh dental operating softers.  Check out OneClickReferral.com and find out thow this system can benefit you!

At Voices of Dentistry, Russ and Clint met Derik Van Ness who owns Big Life Financial.  We initially begin discussing the Employee Retention Credit which neither of us knew anything about and moved on to other topics in financial advice and tax strategy.  While Derik is not a CPA, he works with CPAs to do a lot of the leg work to help make sure that you aren't paying more in taxes than you should.  If you want to learn more about Derik and his company, go to Big Life Financial.

Dr. Kyle Shank used to own a dental office in Indianapolis but decided he needed a change of pace.  He sold his office, and he and his orthodontist wife moved to Montana.  He works as an associate in a couple different offices and runs a one person crown and bridge lab.  We discuss the common issues that Kyle sees given that he understands the clinical, lab, and business aspects of dentistry.  If you want to contact Kyle, you can find him on Facebook or email him ddscrafted@proton.com.  

Clinton and Russell had a chance to meet Vanessa Vitagliano and Jared Parente of Dental Warranty at Voices of Dentistry.   Vanessa and Jared explain their business model that protects their client’s dental work by adding a fee for each procedure, similar to any other item a person may purchase and warranty.  Listen to what they have to say and see if Dental Warranty could be an added benefit for your office.

Zach Meiners and Jason Lipscomb go Totally Oral at VoD 2023.  Just like any good superhero movie, Jason gives the origin story of Voices of Dentistry and how it all came together. Jason and Zach discuss insurance companies and how dentists could take the power back if everyone joined forces like the Wonder Twins.  Zach laments how getting his dream car, a lowered GEO Metro, didn't give him the street cred he was seeking. If only he had taken up the keytar like Jason did. 

Russell and Clinton talk to Assen Dobrikov, owner of Dani Dental Studio. Listen and find out how he went from Eastern Europe to the Grand Canyon State. 

This week Russ and Clint talk with Paul Lowry about dental membership plans.  Paul created The Dental Menu to help a practice create dental membership plans with common sense bookkeeping techniques that offer an alternative to adjusting production/collections, while also adding ways to build value with your patients. While Russ will admit he was skeptical of Paul initially as we've heard a lot of dental membership companies with similar services, Russ was pretty impressed by the end of the interview and thought that Paul had some great points especially with the ideas from a business perspective. Give it a listen.

Russell Schafer and Clinton Timmerman find out just how soon-to-be Doctor Lisa Nelson makes her mark in the dental field and Doctor Kelsi Lewis discusses her scratch practice in Austin, Texas and how Texas is surprisingly behind the times in not letting hygienists anesthetize patients. The magical wonders of freeze dried Skittles is mentioned and everyone also wonders why Donald Ducks has no pants but puts a towel around his waste when stepping out of the shower. 

This week Russ and Clint interview Dr. Lane Ochi. Lane discusses his "retirement" and how he is transitioning out of dentistry.  We talk with him on debt, Fee For Service offices, Rolex ownership, and buying bikes.  He educates us on planning for retirement and where he sees dentistry moving towards.  Overall a great episode.

Another VOD 2023 podcast where we interviewed Mr. Jay Glazer.  We discussed the company he works for Crazy Dental and DC Dental.  We talk his journey into dentistry and how the dental supply business has changed in the past few decades.  We talk about the business model of dental supply business from customer service to overhead to supply management and the cost of free shipping.  If you want to find out more about his company, go to www.crazydentalprices.com. 

This week Russ talks with Dr. Joshua Wyatt.  Josh owns and runs a seven office DSO in Tampa, Florida call My Dentist Group and we talk about the challenges of ownership from ordering supplies, marketing, and staffing both hygienists and dentists.  

Clinton Timmerman and Russell Schafer chat with Steven Dold of Wichita, Kansas, at Voices of Dentistry 2023 and ask him all the hard hitting questions we've all wanted answers to, such as giving Septo for blocks, if CR is a myth and if Han really fired first (he did).   

In this episode, Russ and Clint interview Dr. Natalie Ballas.  Natalie is a dentist in Portland, OR who is crushing it.  We discuss her journey from West Virginia to Cleveland back to WV for dental school to Oregon to buy a dental practice.  We discuss managing patients as a more or less FFS office in a strong PPO market but also the importance of just doing what you love and living where you want to live.  While our discussion went all over the place, we think that it is still a cool story.  Give it a listen!  

Clinton Timmerman and Russell Schafer kick off Voices of Dentistry 2023 with Abraham Hoellrich from the Buckeye State.  Find out all the juicy information he possess that may or may not pertain to classified documents found in Kevin Fryer's garage.  

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. 

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!