Totally Oral Podcast

Drs Clinton Timmerman and Russell Schafer furthers the legacy created by Dr Lance Timmerman by interviewing guests who can bring insight in to the field of dentistry.

Rapid Shape brings German Engineering to 3d Printing 07/20/2025

Rapid Shape brings German Engineering to 3d Printing This week Russell talks with Juli Bar Lev and Kelly Fincher about Rapid Shape and 3d printing in 2025. We talk about Rapid Shape's new printers from their chairside One printer to their ortho production line printer. We talk about the features from force feedback monitoring to light source calibration sensors as well to ensure quality prints. If you want to find out more about Rapid Shape printers, go to /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/37469565

Bart Cothran: Miyo Maestro and Oven Whisperer 07/08/2025

Bart Cothran: Miyo Maestro and Oven Whisperer This week Russell talks with Bart Cothran who is a CDT out of Orlando, FL who specializes in difficult esthetic fixed ceramic cases and teaches Miyo both in small classes but also by coming out to offices to teach them as well. We talk about his journey to become a CDT and how he started teaching Miyo. We also talk about his transition from owning a lab to going back to being an employee for in Orlando where he focuses on more difficult cases. If you want to sign up for one of Bart's courses or hire him, you can reach out to him on Facebook or you can find his courses on . /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/37329835

Jae Brimhall: From Sea To Shining Sea and Everything In Between 06/28/2025

Jae Brimhall: From Sea To Shining Sea and Everything In Between and talk with , who is bestie's with Clint's long lost cousin and is an orthodontist in Texas and New Mexico. Jae is on a personal adventure to see every national park by 2027 and is close to completing his goal. He said they've all been great so far but nothing compares to the /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/37199450

LabFest 2025 with Nowak Dental 06/07/2025

LabFest 2025 with Nowak Dental Russell this week talks to Brandi Nowak and Mary Beth Starr of . We talk mostly about the upcoming which is the 1st annual conference that is focused primary on the business of running a dental lab. Also we talk about how Nowak Dental got its start and what it is like to sell to dentists and labs. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/36902810

Steffany Mohan: Why Have Just One Practice When You Can Have Six? 05/30/2025

Steffany Mohan: Why Have Just One Practice When You Can Have Six? and are joined by , who hails from the greater Des Moines area of the Hawkeye State. Steff has gone from owning one office to five, including a sleep center, and even has some that are completely fee-for-servcie vs others that are heavy PPO. If you're possibly looking for a job or even just need someone to talk to, Steff invites you to reach out at . Ask her to tell you about her favotire story from her days. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/36772205

Caddyshack and Dentistry: Peter Bowman on Owning a Golf Course and Dental Practice 05/23/2025

Caddyshack and Dentistry: Peter Bowman on Owning a Golf Course and Dental Practice joins and from The Granite State to talke about his small town practice that is bursting at the seams and how he came to be a co-owner of a golf course, one of the best Par 3 courses in America. Listen to find out his story...and if you may possibly like to join his office as he is looking for a new associate! /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/36686290

Paolo Lubrano, MDT, the Implant Concierge 05/12/2025

Paolo Lubrano, MDT, the Implant Concierge joins and to discuss how his company, Implant Concierge, best serves dentists in streamlining the planning and fabrication of implant guides. He also gives his insight into the best way to experience his home country, Italy. Listen and see if can be an added benefit to your office! /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/36529225

Boom! John Madden Talks All Things CDT 05/01/2025

Boom! John Madden Talks All Things CDT joins and to talk about his digital removable lab, John Madden Prosthetics, and his goal to create a lab that is 100% digital. John also teaches of the University of Minnesota and has yet to smash a student's poured up impression in front of him or her. This is another benefit of going digital. Listen and hear all the adventures of being a lab tech in the Upper Midwest. If you want to learn about printed metal frameworks, go to If you want to learn more about AI Designed Dentures, contact or go to . /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/36384705

Dr. Steven Shao's Us the Way to Better 3d Printing 04/21/2025

Dr. Steven Shao's Us the Way to Better 3d Printing 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. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/36239505

Ben Walsh Talks About His Groovy New All-in-One 3D Printer All the Cool Kids Will Have 04/10/2025

Ben Walsh Talks About His Groovy New All-in-One 3D Printer All the Cool Kids Will Have 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! /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/36091320

Bellyaching about IDS with Wayne Glassoff 03/31/2025

Bellyaching about IDS with Wayne Glassoff 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. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/35933975

Trent McCord Mints More Smiles 03/24/2025

Trent McCord Mints More Smiles 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. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/35846470

Dr. Shant Aharonian puts too much Brown in His Crown 03/15/2025

Dr. Shant Aharonian puts too much Brown in His Crown 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 . /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/35708830

Dr. Melissa Zettler is a consistent badass 03/09/2025

Dr. Melissa Zettler is a consistent badass 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. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/35596600

300 dollar aligners with Dr. Baron Grutter 03/04/2025

300 dollar aligners with Dr. Baron Grutter 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. We also talk about 3d printing and why so many more dentists are getting into the lab space and doing their own lab work. Also we talk about why Baron is not going to be 3d printing aligners anytime soon. If you want to see when Baron is giving in person courses, go to to learn more. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/35527680

Dentistry Gone Wild with Dr. Robert Ramsey 02/10/2025

Dentistry Gone Wild with Dr. Robert Ramsey 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. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/35215680

Bridge Back Better With Stephen Trahan 02/01/2025

Bridge Back Better With Stephen Trahan 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. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/35110665

Matthew Hernandez: Denturist, Consultant, Entrepreneur 01/19/2025

Matthew Hernandez: Denturist, Consultant, Entrepreneur 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. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/34914815

Taking Great CE with Dr. Josh Nagao 12/30/2024

Taking Great CE with Dr. Josh Nagao This week Russell talks with Dr. Josh Nagao. We talk about the importance of continuing education and how honestly... good CE kinda costs money. We both love Pathways, and Josh teaches at Pathways. Josh talk about the courses that he and Dr. Wade Pilling teach together. The next one is an FP1 course being taught April 24-25. If you want to sign up, reach out to one of them via Facebook. We also talk about the importance of comprehensive treatment planning as well. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/34663595

Usa and Jay Started a Study Club! 12/10/2024

Usa and Jay Started a Study Club! This week Russell talks with Dr. Usa Bunang and Dr. Jay Siddiqui about their new study club called the . They focus on teaching dentists about practical applications of digital dentistry in the DC, Maryland, and Viriginia area from all aspects of dentistry from surgical guides to ortho to restorative. We talk about why they formed the study club and their goals. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/34363035

How to Avoid Trouble With the Board 11/27/2024

How to Avoid Trouble With the Board had to take an unexpected trip to , and attend a dental board meeting. He learned some pearls he thought he should share to help listeners avoid any potential trouble in the future. also shares going to the new Implant Pathways center in Arizona and how rad it is. In summation to avoid problems with a dental board: 1) Shit’s gonna happen 2) Document, document, document 3) Contact your patient and show concern; document that you contacted your patient 4) Be honest—with your patient, your lawyer, in your notes, in your testimony to the board. Honesty is the best policy. 5) Refer when indicated. Referring and documenting that you referred can go a long way. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/34112156

Dental Transitions with Justin Morgan 11/23/2024

Dental Transitions with Justin Morgan goes totally oral with and to talk about what both practice purchasers and practice sellers need to be mindful of when it comes to selling and buying a practice. Listen and find out what advice Justin may have for you! Reach out and seek his counsel! /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/34112081

Dentistry Down Under with Dr. Andrew Ip 11/12/2024

Dentistry Down Under with Dr. Andrew Ip Russ talks with Dr. Andrew Ip from Sydney, Australia. Andrew is a second generation dentist who works in both his mom's practice and his dad's practice and teaches CAD-CAM dentistry as well. We talk for the hour about what it is like to practice in a former British colony as well where the technology is taking us. It is a cool discussion. Links: for his website and reviews of printers for his videos #ai_ortho_implant for his Instagram /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/33891782

Delaney for Dandy...and Other Fun Stuff 11/01/2024

Delaney for Dandy...and Other Fun Stuff joins and to talk about growing up in the field of dentistry, experiecing the Northeast after college at the and purhcasing a practice in . Delaney ripped off the band-aid when she bought her office and went immediately. Listen and find out how she has made her success in The Yellowhammer State, and how has been a great asset to her business. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/33747302

Simplify Dentistry with Mustafa Shah Khan and Richard Offutt 10/29/2024

Simplify Dentistry with Mustafa Shah Khan and Richard Offutt This week Russell talks with Dr. Mustafa Shah Khan and Richard Offutt about their new platform and social group Simplifiy Dentistry. Their goal is to bring clinicians together on a wide variety of topics from clinical skills to business discussions. In our podcast we talk about how social media has evolved over time and how dentists have gravitated towards it. We also talk about the downsizing of Align and Dentsply Sirona as well as why maybe that has happened. Finally we discuss what might be done about the hygiene shortage. If you want to go to their website it is . Also their is active as well! /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/33658547

Tales From the Dentist's Wife 10/21/2024

Tales From the Dentist's Wife shares what it's like marrying into a profession she previously knew nothing about and all the many joys the field of dentistry bring her. was presumably out 3D printer shopping but will be back with us next week. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/33543142

Baking in PHX with Abraham Hoellrich and Lance Timmerman 10/14/2024

Baking in PHX with Abraham Hoellrich and Lance Timmerman This week Russ talks in person with Dr. Abraham Hoellerich and Dr. Lance Timmerman live at Pathway Symposium after hours. We talk about a variety of topics such as how to fix CE events, how Abe built his office into the magnificient beast it is, bringing staffs on trips, as well as how sedation. Lots of cursing as well... you have been warned... /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/33443402

Artie Volker Travels to Prevent Burnout 10/08/2024

Artie Volker Travels to Prevent Burnout 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 in Oct 2024 and he will be speaking at the in 2024. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/33370352

Dr Jeff Hoos Always Wanted to be a Dentist 09/29/2024

Dr Jeff Hoos Always Wanted to be a Dentist This week Russ talks with Dr Jeff Hoos who create the H&H technique. He also runs the Facebook group and own a rather large office with 4 other dentists. We talk about his career since he graduated in 1978 as well as how stuff has changed and go on various topics. We end the conversation talking about as well which he likes. /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/33251677

Rapidshape and How the Market is Driving 3D printing 09/22/2024

Rapidshape and How the Market is Driving 3D printing This week Russ and Clint talk with Sam Katacic VP of Sales for Rapidshape. We talk at length about the changes in the market for 3d resins and how automation is driving a lot of changes. Rapidshape has validated over 200 resins on their platform and has processes to ensure that each print is routine and predictable. This is really nice especially if you have staff turnover, it is easy to train new employees to your resin. Also Russ gets pretty excited to hear about their curing unit which doesn't need N2 to cure but rather uses a vacuum. He will be looking into that product for sure. If you want to learn more about Rapidshape, go to . /episode/index/show/totallyoral/id/33157682

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