AzDA's Audio Amalgam podcast

Updates from the Executive Director of the Arizona Dental Association (AzDA) as well as AzDA members, programs, and community leaders. This exclusive member dentist benefit takes a deeper dive into the current issues, obstacles, and opportunities dentists in Arizona face on a day-to-day basis, including: hot button issues, advocacy and new legislation, BODEX and the Dental Practice Act, licensure, business advice, AzDA member benefits, member dentist guest features, Q&As, and even roundtable discussions. This is practical, applicable, and insider advice that member dentists practicing in Arizona absolutely need to know.

Preventing dental-legal entanglements with BODEX 11/01/2023

Dental embezzlement. How to protect yourself, and what to do if it happens 10/03/2023

Demystifying ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 10/02/2023

Creating and leveraging the heck out of a patient referral program 09/11/2023

Workforce and staffing challenges—a frank conversation between three established dentists 09/01/2023

Spotlight on the AzDA member dentist Dr. Kent Tuttle and his Smile Movement 08/03/2023

Response to the "Arizona dental board fails to protect public, hold dentists accountable" article published by ASU Cronkite School of Journalism 07/21/2023

What dentists can do to prevent and be prepared to respond to a Board complaint 06/16/2023

30 sec teaser: what dentists can do to prevent and be prepared to respond to a Board complaint. 06/16/2023

Relaxing recordings for dentists by Dr Eric Curtis 10/03/2022

Special care dentistry at the Center for Advanced Oral Health at A.T. Still University 01/08/2020

Dental politics and what's it like to run for ADA President 01/06/2020

Doctor / patient relationships—have they changed? 01/06/2020

Being a female dentist—how are things different/similar? Also, dental communities—can we do better? 12/16/2019

Being a female dentist—how are things different/similar? Also, dental communities—can we do better? (41min) Inscriptions' Editor Dr. Eric Curtis discusses women in dentistry (the similarities and differences between female and male dentists) as well as online versus in-person dental communities with AzDA Past President Dr. Allison House. This candid conversation covers a lot of ground, but it's honest, spirited, and amusing. You'll enjoy it! 0:00 – 9:00—Dr. House’s background (and you thought you had it rough in dental school). How a dentist saving her dad’s life, and challenges of being a female dental student. How the dean of her dental school devastated her with a handshake. 9:01 – 12:00—What Dr. House did after dental school—she had $250k of debt and $75 in her pocket. What she “thought” dentistry would be like. Her challenging experience in a nondentist-owned practice—what shocked her. 12:01 – 17:00—Dr. House’s transition into private practice. Mistakes she made and what she learned to appreciate. Her quick philosophy in dealing with insurance. 17:01 – 21:50—Dental team female or male? Boundaries with female and male dentists. How female and male dentists relate to their teams and their patients. Why Dr. House hasn’t wore scrubs in almost 20 years. 21:51 – 24:00—Obstacles Dr. House dealt with as a female dentist. Juggling motherhood with career aspirations. 24:01– 27:00—Dr. House publicly shares her early-career experience in nondentist owned practice. She received support and judgement. She helps to get a law passed regarding corporate dentistry. 27:01– 32:00—How Dr. House prepared to become AzDA’s youngest president, and why she developed AzDA’s Women in Dentistry program and other communities at AzDA. Other communities Dr. House envisions creating. Are online communities really the answer for dentists who want community? 32:01– 35:20—Dentists and their fear of admitting mistakes, and how the internet made it worse. An informal, casual dentist-only community that supports and encourages—Dr. House’s vision compared online trolls. 35:21– 38:00—Dental students see Dr. House as the “perfect” dentist. She sets them straight quickly about her and expectations. 38:01– 41:00—Dentistry as a commodity—really? Patients have no idea how tough dentistry is, and dentists need to communicate it. /episode/index/show/azda/id/12421199