Are you a well-rounded pediatric dentist? You might not be as much as you think. If I've learned anything about dentists, it's that they are resistant to change and easily get stuck in doing things the way they've always done them. A good dentist recognizes his or her own shortcomings, and isn't afraid to try new procedures and materials, and step beyond the edge of the comfort zone. Dr. Sean Whalen is a seasoned pediatric dentist and practice owner from Westminster, Colorado. We discuss differe...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr
This is the this third and final segment of our giant student loan story-time. Dr. Jared Johnson is a pediatric dentist and the owner of Arctic Dental in Muscatine, Iowa. He started his practice from scratch along with buying the practice building, buying a home, and piling all of these things on top of his large student loan debt. Proudly wearing the badge of "reverse millionaire" we discuss how he has financially and philosophically dealt with digging out this debt hole to have a thriving and ...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 34 min
We are continuing with part 2 of our special on soul-crushing student loans and how to deal with them! Unlike our last episode, the two guests today are pediatric dentists who provide the sole source of income for their families. Dr. Scott Folkman is a pediatric dentist in Layton, Utah. He started his own practice from scratch right out of residency, and has paid off 450K of student loans in 7 years. Dr. Folkman has utilized multiple rounds of refinancing to drop his interest rates. He is a grea...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 7 min
This week's episode is a special feature that should appeal to many of our dental listeners. We are talking about soul-crushing student loans and how to deal with them! Most of us leveraged some degree of student loans throughout our extensive education process, and these loans influence the financial decisions we make every day. This two-part episode series features multiple short interviews with pediatric dentists who have opened up about their career paths, and how they tackled large amounts ...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Steve Anderson is the owner and founder of Denco Dental Construction. He has helped design and build over 1000 dental offices throughout his 30 year career. He is also the author of the book DentalEase, The Essential Guide to Building the Stress Free and Profitable Dental Practice of Your Dreams. Steve discusses his career in the dental construction industry, changes and trends he has seen in the marketplace, and common problems pediatric dentists make when building out their office. We talk abo...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Dr. Shane Harpham is a pediatric dentist and the owner of Sea Smiles Pediatric Dentistry in Bluffton, South Carolina. Dr. Shane and I open a couple craft beers and talk about how to do the perfect class II composite restoration on a primary tooth. Some of the topics we discuss are: - Creating a team and environment to set you up for success - Treatment planning and case selection (composites vs SSCs) - Isolation techniques - Prep design, bonds, and finishing - Glass ionomers and Equia Forte - Ar...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 16 min
It's been 12 full months since we opened the doors of my startup practice here in Missouri, and we had a fantastic (but challenging) first year. I wanted to take the opportunity to do a bonus podcast and review some of the things I've learned after one full year of starting and running a busy pediatric dental practice. Cuivre Creek Pediatric Dentistry opened last October during the COVID-19 era, and in that time our team has a built a practice that has rapidly expanded to averaging 160+ new pati...
Oct 29, 2021•36 min
Our final episode from Bourbon and Baby Teeth 2021! Our last guest from BABT 2021 is Scott Childress of Magnify Dental Marketing. Magnify is a full-service digital marketing agency for dentists. Their services include startup branding and logo design, website re-builds, SEO, social media content development, and reputation management. Scott and I discuss how young, tech-savvy pediatric dentists can harness the power of the digital age to increase brand awareness and new patient flow. We talk abo...
Oct 26, 2021•41 min
Recorded live from Bourbon and Baby Teeth 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky! Diane Krueger is the founder and CEO of NuSmile. She founded the company in 1991 after noticing a demand from pediatric dentists for more esthetic options for restoring primary teeth. We discuss how the company has exploded since that time, expanding their product lines to include zirconia crowns, SSCs, and MTA-based products. Diane talks about how NuSmile has evolved as a company, different types of techniques involved in t...
Oct 19, 2021•35 min
Recorded live from Bourbon and Baby Teeth in Louisville, Kentucky! Dr. Richard Baxter is a prominent figure leading the pediatric dentistry community in the field of tongue and lip ties (or as he likes to refer to them "oral restrictions"). We sit down for an early morning chat over coffee after the previous long night of partaking in the black tie and bourbon formal evening event. Needless to say, some bourbon was drank and we were still shaking it off the next morning. We discuss how Dr. Baxte...
Oct 12, 2021•46 min
We spend a lot of time talking on the podcast about rural pediatric dentistry, start-ups, and high caries risk populations. Let's shake it up and learn more about what practice is like out on the west coast of California. Dr. Evan Chang joins us to tell us more about what practice is like in San Fransisco. Dr. Change splits his time between practicing in a high-end FFS practice and a community health Medicaid clinic. Some of the topics we discuss: Challenges of the unique affluent community of S...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Dr. Kevin Kennedy is a pediatric dentist and the owner of Spring Creek Pediatric Dentistry in Clarksville, Tennessee. Dr. Kennedy's scratch-start practice is only 2 years old, but it has grown to a point where he is averaging 50 patient visits per day and a new patient flow of 200-250 per month. We have a great discussion on a variety of topics, including challenges of practicing in a military town, aggressive marketing budgets, knowing your numbers, and what Kevin's game plan is for when he hit...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr
Dr. Corey Hastings joins us on the podcast for this week's episode. Corey is a pediatric dentist in Missouri and recently opened his third pediatric office. He has an MBA and a passion for developing systems to optimize the delivery of quality pediatric dental care. This was a live episode we did in-person over a couple of craft beers. The initial conversation was supposed to focus on demographics to support a pediatric dental office, and we ended spending almost an a hour and a half going deep ...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 40 min
Dr. Robert Elliott is a pediatric dentist and the owner of Cary Pediatric Dentistry in Cary, North Carolina. "Bobby" is an active leader within the AAPD, a pediatric dental consultant, and also the founder and owner of a very successful private practice pediatric office. He frequently lectures at the AAPD annual session to young doctors on practice management topics and leadership skills. We sit down to chat about young pediatric dental practices and the common struggles they face. Dr. Elliott o...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Dr. Ted Beauchamp is an endodontist and the owner of Beacon Endodontics in Wentzville, Missouri. Dr. Ted served in the Army after dental school, where he completed a one-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency program, then received his certificate in Endodontics after an additional two-year residency. Dr. Beauchamp continued to serve his country, practicing in South Korea, and then at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, as Chief of Endodontics. He mentored and taught endodontics to n...
Sep 07, 2021•47 min
Dr. Chad Carpenter is a general dentist practicing out of Rapid City, South Dakota. Dr. Carpenter identified that there was a substantial access to care problem for high-risk kids in his population. He took matters into his own hands and started a general-anesthesia heavy pediatric dental office, employing both general dentists and pediatric dentists. His unique situation as a GP owner who employs pediatric dentists allows him to provide a unique perspective on dental care in a rural population,...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr
This week's episode is a podcast swap! Dr. Casey Goetz joins Michael Arias on The Dental Marketer Podcast. Michael's podcast focuses on marketing topics, campaigns, and strategies to help dentists grow their business. They sit down and discuss the startup process and talk about a range of topics including: - Choosing the right practice location - Practice lending - Using social media to increase patient flow - Cash flow in a start up And so much more! Check out Michael's marketing business and p...
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 53 min
Dr. Colin Boswell is a pediatric dentist practicing out of New Hampshire. He has a unique experience as a practice owner and shares some insight on his journey. Dr. Boswell bought an established practice, and ended up later partnering and merging with a former co-resident who had started a nearby scratch-start pedo office. The combination was highly successful and the two offices have grown synergistically. Dr. Boswell discusses his journey and talks about the importance of finding the right par...
Aug 17, 2021•47 min
The infamous Dr. Evan Hershkowitz joins us today for a Pedo Pearls Power Hour session. Some of you may know Evan as the guy who screams profanities about first primary molars on iPedo, or maybe as the guy who tells parents to get the f* out of my office (ok he actually doesn't say that, but we all wish we could to those helicopter moms). Dr. Evan and I break down listener questions today, including: - How many ops is ideal for a solo pediatric dentist? - What do pedo full mouth extractions end u...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 4 min
We have a very special guest for today's episode. Dr. Mike Kanellis has been practicing pediatric dentistry for over 40 years. Following his pediatric training at the University of Iowa, Dr. Kanellis started and operated a private practice in Muscatine, Iowa for 13 years. He then sold his office and made the transition into the world of academics and now acts as the associate dean for patient care at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. He continues to actively see pediatric patients at ...
Aug 03, 2021•54 min
Pedo full mouth tooth extractions? Distal shoe candidates? Hypoplastic 6-year molars? Distals of primary canines? Today we talk about all of the things that make us cringe as pediatric dentists. How do you handle these tough restorative situations? As pediatric dentists, the dentistry we do is both incredibly simple, yet incredibly complex and challenging at the same time. Dr. Tyler Johnson is a practicing pediatric dentist out of Grand Forks, North Dakota, who joins host Dr. Casey Goetz. They b...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Thad Harker is the Project Advisor for Primus Dental, a design-build medical construction company that has built hundreds of dental offices across the midwest and beyond. Thad advises dentists on projects ranging from building out small existing lease spaces, all the way up to ground-up, multi-million dollar stand-alone buildings. His 20 years in business to business, bio-medical, and construction consulting allows him to help his dental clients design and build the office of their dreams. We ha...
Jul 08, 2021•1 hr 8 min
This is a short, live episode with Dr. Arik Amin. Dr. Arik graduated from dental school in 2020 and has spent the application year working in public health. He matched and will be an incoming resident at the NYU pediatric dentistry program in Columbia, Missouri. Dr. Amin came to the office today to shadow and watch a little live-action. We went to lunch and logged a quick podcast talking about what new updates are happening in the world of applying to pediatric dentistry residencies. The audio i...
Jun 30, 2021•22 min
Sedations are a huge part of what we do as pediatric dentists. In the era of alternative techniques to manage caries, it's important to keep our sedation skill set sharp to provide the highest level of care possible. Dr. David Bailey joins us to break down how he makes it work in his busy Wyoming office. Dr. Bailey has a wealth of sedation experience that he shares with us, with a hats-off to the great Stephen Wilson and his effective triple-cocktail method. We debate open vs closed airways, in-...
Jun 24, 2021•1 hr 2 min
This is our first episode of the Pedo Pearls Power Hour! A chance to throw a beer back and talk about pediatric dentistry just like the good ol' days of residency. We break down listener questions, clinical pearls, and even share a few humble flexes of successes we have in our profession. Dr. Nate Green and Dr. Casey Goetz read three different listener questions/comments regarding the following topics: 1: Pediatric dentist associateships 2: Business plans to secure practice loans 3: When can you...
Jun 16, 2021•52 min
Dr. Ben Popple is pediatric dentist in Georgia who started a scratch practice out of residency for $250k. Six years later, he is building his third office with 18 chairs in a ground-up build. The theme of this episode is minimizing the expenses of your start-up. We identify what things you need to do to keep your costs down, including choosing a contractor, dealing with equipment reps, knowing how to find affordable/used equipment, and reinvesting practice income during the growing years. If you...
Jun 08, 2021•1 hr 8 min
A couple weeks ago we interviewed a pediatric dentist who had established a busy, successful practice in a small town of 7,000 people. In this episode, we decided to switch things up and talk to a pediatric dentist practicing in New York City, a city with 8 million people! Dr. Arielle Faden is a pediatric dentist who associates at multiple practices throughout New York and New Jersey. We discuss what life is like practicing in a competitive urban environment, specifically Manhattan. We talk abou...
Jun 01, 2021•56 min
Where does a pediatric dentist put money in 2021? Let's talk a little about the personal finance and wealth-building side of pediatric dentistry. Evan Koch is a Certified Public Accountant holding the Personal Financial Specialist designation of the American Institute of CPAs. Evan's extensive tax planning experience allows him to incorporate individual and business tax strategies into comprehensive financial plans that include pension planning, wealth management, and business structuring. His p...
May 25, 2021•57 min
Dr. Robbie Matthews is a pediatric dentist and the owner of Happy Campers Pediatric Dentistry in Peoria, Arizona. His young practice has exploded in growth over a very short period of time, even in a competitive area. Dr. Casey and Robbie sit down with a beer to go over strategies for growing a pediatric dental practice. We review how to post authentic Facebook content, TikTok, giveaways, and other social media pearls. The main strategy we discuss is simple... you have to "run for mayor" and bec...
May 18, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Dr. Kaitlin Hoogeveen is a pediatric dentist in a small town in Iowa with just 7,000 people, yet she has grown exponentially and reached her current office capacity within 3 years of starting her practice. We discuss what life is like being the only pediatric dentist in an expansive rural setting, both the advantages and the challenges. We also talk about practice logo design, marketing in a small town, avoiding burnout, and also alternative techniques to conventional drill-and-fill dentistry. C...
May 13, 2021•50 min
