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Artie Volker Travels to Prevent Burnout

Totally Oral Podcast

Release Date: 10/08/2024

Dr. Steven Shao's Us the Way to Better 3d Printing show art Dr. Steven Shao's Us the Way to Better 3d Printing

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This week Russ and Clint interview Dr. Steven Shao from California who just loves technology.  The man finds any excuse to bring his Midas anywhere and talk about it including to Japanese customs agents.  We talk about his experience trying to bridge R&D and sales and end users (i.e. dentists) experience at Sprintray and where he thinks the next generation of materials will go.

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Ben Walsh Talks About His Groovy New All-in-One 3D Printer All the Cool Kids Will Have show art Ben Walsh Talks About His Groovy New All-in-One 3D Printer All the Cool Kids Will Have

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Ben Walsh from joins and to talk about the new all-in-one 3D printing hitting the market soon, the ZyloEdge.   Listen and find out if the is the next piece of equipment for your office!

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Bellyaching about IDS with Wayne Glassoff show art Bellyaching about IDS with Wayne Glassoff

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This week Russ and Clint talk with Wayne Glassoff who is a dental technology consultant and runs where he sells and supports multiple CAD/CAM systems.  Wayne was one of Sprintray's original employees and has more or less seen it all in the 3d printing space.  We talk about the current technology coming out from IDS in Cologne, Germany and stuff that has just been released.  We talk about the pros and cons of all the stuff coming out and what is exciting and less exciting.

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Trent McCord Mints More Smiles show art Trent McCord Mints More Smiles

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This week Russ and Clint talk to Dr. Trent McCord out of Northwest Arkansas.  Trent runs out of his office with the goal of providing more dentures and extractions for no charge to patients in need.  We talk about his process and how he got started doing his non-profit.  It is a pretty cool story.   Also Russell mentions that Nate Lawson recommended.  

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Dr. Shant Aharonian puts too much Brown in His Crown show art Dr. Shant Aharonian puts too much Brown in His Crown

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This week Russ and Clint talk with Dr. Shant Aharonian from Burbank, California.  Shant runs a small cosmetic focused office that emphasizes 3d printing.  We discuss printing and milling and smile design.  Shant teaches on smile design through photography and how to communicate with both patients and with labs using photography.  Also Shant will be giving a for Free CE through Hass Bio on the Amber Mill. If you want to contact him, his email is [email protected].  His practice website is .

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Dr. Melissa Zettler is a consistent badass show art Dr. Melissa Zettler is a consistent badass

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This week Russ and Clint talk with Dr. Melissa Zettler out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.  We talk about the fun of running a dental office in a state that likes to tax you on your gross income (like MN), managing staff (especially when you hygienist goes crazy), and trying to get AACD credentials.  We finish off with the importance of being consistent.  

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300 dollar aligners with Dr. Baron Grutter show art 300 dollar aligners with Dr. Baron Grutter

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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 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. ...

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Dentistry Gone Wild with Dr. Robert Ramsey show art Dentistry Gone Wild with Dr. Robert Ramsey

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This week Russ talks with Dr. Robert Ramsey who runs the Facebook group 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.  

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Bridge Back Better With Stephen Trahan show art Bridge Back Better With Stephen Trahan

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and speak with .  Listen and hear his adventures in the Bayou, going to dental school in Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina, being a military dentist and how he ended up in The State. 

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Matthew Hernandez: Denturist, Consultant, Entrepreneur show art Matthew Hernandez: Denturist, Consultant, Entrepreneur

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and talk with , a third generation denturist from who now resides in the lovely town of , Washington. has started and sold DSO's multiple times and continues to seek opportunities that can help boost the profession. He has also hunted wild packs of hogs, which actually sounds somewhat dangerous, even when armed with uzis or whatever type of hunting item one chooses. 

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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.