"Digital" Dentures and Workflows with Dr. Darin Dichter (DHP290)

Jason and Alan were joined again by Dr. Darin Dichter of Spear Education to talk about a bunch of great stuff!

• What does the Spear campus look like in the time of Coronavirus?
• How have they been able to change the practice management and clinical education to work remotely?
• Study clubs 2.0
• Is the Spear kitchen doing take out?
• How is Arizona looking for going back to work? What else has he heard?
• Social media is a nightmare
• Darin's digital workflow stuff...mostly conceptual
• Digital dentures...getting ready for prime time
• The edentulous/denture workshop with Dr. Doug Benting
• What part of "digital" dentures are digital? Printed trial base? Intraoral impressions?

Some links from the show:

"I'm Just Here for the Dumpster Fire" t-shirts

Spear Education

Restoring the Edentulous Arch (we want to take this one!)

Go Hack Yourself:

Jason: Northern Tool air purifiers, etc.

Al: One low carb bars

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