Leveraging Advanced Imaging for TMD Patients with Dr. Drew McDonald
Dental Digest Podcast with Dr. Melissa Seibert
Release Date: 07/29/2025
Fraud, Documentation, and the Notes That Can Haunt You: A Dentist’s Guide to Staying Out of Trouble (Part 1) — with Evan Sampson, JD
Dental Digest Podcast with Dr. Melissa Seibert
Episode Description Most dentists think of compliance as a background concern—something administrative, abstract, or handled by “the office.” In reality, it’s one of the highest-risk, most overlooked areas of modern dental practice. In Part 1 of this two-part series, Dr. Melissa Seibert sits down with Evan Sampson, a healthcare attorney with over a decade of experience advising dentists and healthcare organizations on fraud, waste, abuse, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation. Evan has served as General Counsel to a major dental support organization and held senior compliance...
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Fee-for-Service Without Fear with Dr. David Eshom
Dental Digest Podcast with Dr. Melissa Seibert
Join Elevated GP: Register for the live meeting: Download the Injection Molding Guide: In Part 2 of this powerful series, Dr. Melissa Seibert continues her in-depth conversation with cosmetic dentist and AACD leader Dr. David Eshom, exploring the deeper psychological, business, and interpersonal frameworks that underpin a thriving fee-for-service practice. Together, they unpack the realities of transitioning away from insurance dependence, the emotional traps dentists fall into, and the communication strategies that safeguard both the patient relationship and the...
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Dr. David Eshom’s Blueprint for Patient-Initiated Dentistry
Dental Digest Podcast with Dr. Melissa Seibert
Join Elevated GP: Register for the live meeting: Download the Injection Molding Guide: n Part 1 of this two-part series, Dr. Melissa Seibert sits down with cosmetic dentist and AACD residency preceptor Dr. David Eshom for a powerful conversation that reframes how dentists think about photography, diagnosis, communication, and case acceptance. Drawing from more than 20 years of comprehensive cosmetic dentistry, Dr. Eshom reveals why extraoral photography—not intraoral cameras, not radiographs—is the single most effective tool for building trust and helping patients...
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Modern TMJ Surgery with Dr. Scotty Bolding
Dental Digest Podcast with Dr. Melissa Seibert
Join Elevated GP: Register for the live meeting: Download the Injection Molding Guide: In Part 2 of this powerful two-part series, Dr. Melissa Seibert sits back down with renowned oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr. Scott Bolding, whose orthopedic-driven approach to TMJ diagnostics and surgery is reshaping how dentistry understands joint disease. If you’ve ever wondered why TMJ patients get “punted” from provider to provider, why MRI-based diagnosis never became mainstream, or how degenerative joint pathology silently derails orthodontic and restorative outcomes, this...
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Orthognathic Surgery IS Airway Surgery: Dr. Scott Bolding on Rethinking Skeletal Positioning
Dental Digest Podcast with Dr. Melissa Seibert
Join Elevated GP: Follow @dental_digest_podcast Follow @dr.melissa_seibert on Description: In this episode, Dr. Scott Bolding — leading oral and maxillofacial surgeon and airway reconstruction expert — dismantles the outdated belief that sleep apnea is primarily a soft-tissue problem. He explains why the bone dictates the obstruction, why skeletal repositioning is the true driver of airway patency, and how maxillary advancement, mandibular rotation, and hyoid biomechanics can radically transform patient physiology. You’ll also hear how CBCT, DICE, and...
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Managing Occlusion in Wear Patients with Dr. Gregg Kinzer
Dental Digest Podcast with Dr. Melissa Seibert
Join Elevated GP: Follow @dental_digest_podcast Follow @dr.melissa_seibert on His interdisciplinary approach to dentistry is founded in both empirical research and clinical experience. He attended the University of Washington for both his undergraduate and graduate studies where he received his D.D.S. degree in 1995 and an M.S.D. and certificate in Prosthodontics in 1998. For his entire career, Dr. Kinzer has been committed to furthering the art and science of dental education. His unique ability to impart complex clinical processes in a logical, systematic and clear...
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The E-B-C Concept: Designing the Implant Emergence Profile with Biologic Precision with Dr. Jonathan Esquivel,
Dental Digest Podcast with Dr. Melissa Seibert
Email me: dr.melissaseibert@gmail.com Join Elevated GP: Follow @dental_digest_podcast Follow @dr.melissa_seibert on In this second installment of Dental Digest’s conversation with Dr. Jonathan Esquivel, host Dr. Melissa Seibert and her guest push deeper into the artistry, biology, and discipline required to restore anterior implants that are as functional as they are beautiful. While Part 1 introduced Esquivel’s framework of space, volume, and time, this episode focuses on the next frontier—provisionalization, emergence-profile design, and the E-B-C concept that...
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Implant Aesthetics Unpacked: Biologic Design & Power of Provisionalization with Dr. Jonathan Esquivel
Dental Digest Podcast with Dr. Melissa Seibert
Email me Join Elevated GP: Follow @dental_digest_podcast Follow @dr.melissa_seibert on In this episode of Dental Digest, Dr. Melissa Seibert sits down with prosthodontist and educator Dr. Jonathan Esquivel for part one of an enlightening two-part series that explores the biologic and aesthetic complexities of implant restoration. Known for his meticulous approach and his evidence-based framework of space, volume, and time, Dr. Esquivel brings clarity to one of dentistry’s most challenging frontiers: the anterior aesthetic zone. They begin by examining why...
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Why Implants Aren’t Always the Answer: Biologic Respect and Restorative Restraint with Dr. David Attia
Dental Digest Podcast with Dr. Melissa Seibert
Email me: Dr.melissaseibert@gmail.com Join Elevated GP: Follow @dental_digest_podcast Follow @dr.melissa_seibert on Episode Summary In this powerful continuation of their two-part conversation, Dr. Melissa Seibert and Dr. David Attia dive beyond digital workflows to confront the deeper philosophical questions shaping modern implant dentistry. Building on last week’s discussion of data stacking, SmileCloud integration, and biologically driven design, this episode explores the nuanced realities of aesthetic-zone decision-making, ethical treatment planning, and the human side...
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Preservation as Regeneration: The Biology Behind Dr. David Attia’s Implant Philosophy
Dental Digest Podcast with Dr. Melissa Seibert
Join Elevated GP: Follow @dental_digest_podcast Follow @dr.melissa_seibert on In this first of a two-part series, Dr. Melissa Seibert sits down with Dr. David Attia—an international educator leading the charge in digital and implant dentistry—to explore how advanced technologies are revolutionizing multidisciplinary care. Together, they unpack how tools like SmileCloud, CBCT segmentation, and 3D facial scanning are allowing clinicians to “stack” digital data for unparalleled treatment precision. Dr. Attia shares how virtual patient workflows have streamlined...
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DR. DREW MCDONALD
Dr. Drew McDonald is a board certified orthodontic specialist with a strong focus on airway and temporomandibular joint-focused treatment planning, surgically-facilitated orthodontic treatment, and providing complex interdisciplinary care for patients. He lectures internationally on these topics and has contributed to literature and textbooks in these areas. Dr. McDonald is dedicated to advancing the profession of Orthodontics and Dentistry as a whole.
He graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and a minor in chemistry. No stranger to orthodontic treatment, young Drew spent five years in orthodontic treatment correcting his under-bite. It was his time spent in an orthodontic chair that spurred his desire to pursue orthodontics as a career one day.
Dr. McDonald attended dental school at the prestigious Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Known for it’s rigorous academic curriculum and intense clinical training, Dr. McDonald received many academic accolades while at Creighton including inductions into Omicron Kappa Upsilon (National Dental Honor Society) and Alpha Sigma Nu (Honor Society of Jesuit Universities).