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Dentist Brain Candy

The podcast is designed for the dentist who likes to learn and improve their practice. The information and content delivered is designed to help the restorative dentist move their practice forward. Each week we start off with an quote that gets the metal gears turning, a book review which will be digested for the listener over a series of episodes pulling out relevant material and applying it to the dental practice. Next an article will be reviewed from the literature and available for download. The show will close with an interesting case that I have come across. Pictures and radiographs, when appropriate will be on the website to review as well. The benefits include having a virtual dental buddy that you can listen to and “hang out with” and talk shop and grow your experience, knowledge and enthusiasm for our profession.
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Now displaying: February, 2016
Feb 29, 2016

We start off with a double quote for today and then dig into the second part of the book review of Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson.  There are some really good tips in this book that I know will help your business.  We want to make sure we don’t call out other dental practices.  Do birth control pills increase the incidence of dry socket?  We will review a meta analysis that summarizes the current literature.  The interesting case we have today is an Odontogenic Keratocyst, which has been renamed by the WHO as Odontogenic Keratotumor, in a young lady with basal cell nevus syndrome.

Feb 22, 2016

In this episode we begin with a snappy quote from Oscar Wilde which was inspired after watching Point Break in the theatre.  I then review an article that compare the quality of life (QOL) prospectively for two implants or four implants in the mandible.  They made each patient experience two implants and an overdenture and then four implants and an overdenture and vice versa. REWORK by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson was then started with over ⅓ of the book reviewed and summarized.  The case presentation today was about a really sweet lady that had been in a severe car accident.  She was repaired before originally by another surgeon and came to me for evaluation and reconstruction. I repaired the facial deformities by reconstruction the orbital vault first for the enophthalmos and vertical dystopia.  I then used a CT to mirror image the unaffected side and make a custom facial implant out of PEEK.  The patient also required a BSSO for the mandible deformity.

Feb 15, 2016

In this episode medication related osteonecrosis of the jaws is discussed in detail.  Based on the latest position paper by AAOMS, a detailed discussion of the medications that can cause this necrotic bone, the diagnosis and staging and then treatment of the disease is reviewed.  I think anyone doing dentistry today needs to be aware of this material, especially developing a risk profile and treatment protocol in your office.

Feb 8, 2016

Marilyn Monroe starts us off with a profound quote.  We then talk about and conclude our book review of Good to Great by Jim Collins.  We discuss momentum and the flywheel.  How to achieve massive success and change through Kaizen is touched upon as well.  There are some disturbing photos of a very large ulcer on the soft palate and a discussion of the work up and final diagnosis.

Feb 1, 2016

We start off with two quotes from American proverbs and then continue on the breakdown of Good to Great by Jim Collins digging deeper on the Hedgehog Concept.  Chapter 6 is focused on a culture of discipline on how to create that environment in your practice.  Create a STOP DOING list.  Technology accelerators are also discussed.  How do you evaluate tech?  960 B dollars of debt has gone up greatly since the last survey and this review goes through student debt and the influence this debt has on choices for new dentists.  The case review is on a case of excess gingival tissue around an anterior dental implant and resolution using the CO2 laser.

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