Sales can be a dirty word in dentistry, but it doesn’t have to be. Dr. Bao-Tran Nguyen, co-founder of Fast Growth Practice, tells us about her approach to marketing that will actually get you excited about…shh… sales. Remember, we’re not selling something people don’t need. Therefore, your sales strategy shouldn’t be selling certain types of treatments. Instead, the strategy you should focus on is how you communicate with patients. Dr. Nguyen offers advice on the right power questions to ask tha...
Jan 12, 2022•39 min
At the heart of Dental Slang, we are all about communication. How we talk to patients is one of the most important elements of our practice. And now that patients can find us on social media and research everything they need to know before they even come in for treatment, it’s vital that we know how to talk to them and approach their treatment planning with care. Dr. Elaine Halley discusses how to do just that. As a practicing dentist and the Clinical Director of a group practice with 8 differen...
Dec 15, 2021•47 min
Dental Slang is going all the way to New Zealand to talk to Dr. Andrea Shepperson — digitally, of course. Dr. Shepperson is a dentist and educator who has spent much of her career building an international family of dentists. When she took a year off from school to travel the world, who would have guessed she’d create a network of dentists and mentors from all over the globe! We never stop learning as dentists, she says, and this motto has carried her through her career. When she started her own...
Dec 08, 2021•56 min
Dr. Taite Anderson is here to talk about the art of what we do. We dare you not to be inspired to look at dentistry and oral surgery a little bit differently after this conversation. We can’t wait for Dr. Anderson’s new book — The Art of Oral Surgery — which is where this idea of dentist-as-artist really comes to life. Dr. Anderson discusses case studies and analogies he plans on using in the book and dives deep into the creative process involved in writing, organizing, and publishing a dental t...
Nov 17, 2021•53 min
Slangers — get ready to welcome back Dr. Amanda Seay, the cosmetic dentist who moonlights as an extraordinary dental photographer. She’s releasing her new book on dental photography, See , just in time for the new year, but what if we told you that dental school was never part of her plan? Would you believe it? Dr. Seay was a completely different person before dental school. She never really had a solid plan for her future, and perfecting smiles never even crossed her mind. She was a dancer, tra...
Nov 10, 2021•45 min
Endodontics is intimidating, but it can be a lot easier than you think. Dr. William Nudera is in his tenth year as an endodontics professor and is here to teach us a little bit about the instruments and the tricks of the trade he uses daily. Finding the best instruments is a good place to start, but it’s not about the brand name for Bill. He recommends getting a few samples from multiple companies and playing around with them. Endo files are all the same size these days, and to find the best one...
Nov 03, 2021•51 min
The last time we had Dr. Wael Garine on Dental Slang, we discussed non-verbal slang and prosthodontics. Dr. Garine is without a doubt a wizard when it comes to prosthetics and implant dentistry, but it’s his new role as Director of Operations at the Seattle Study Club that earned him a spot on Incisal Edge Magazine’s 2021 list of most influential people in dentistry. Dr. Garine currently owns a multi-practice in Florida and operates out of two locations. Running a multi-practice sort of fell int...
Oct 27, 2021•36 min
The slang Dr. Ali Afshar uses to describe his dental repertoire is “tacklebox”, and his tacklebox includes implant surgery, restoration, and treatment planning. He uses both free-hand and guided surgeries, which is a skill he thinks many lose in dental schools that promote only guided surgeries. If you only learn guided surgery, you may be missing out on the technical knowledge needed to help your patients plan out their treatment and healing processes. Dental students are graduating school and ...
Oct 20, 2021•54 min
Dr. Lou Shuman was lucky enough to have grown up with many different mentors, including Henry Goldman. His father partnered with Goldman and ultimately ended up inspiring him to pursue his own dental career. But Dr. Shuman wanted to do things a bit differently. He wanted to create a group practice that would give everything his patients would need in one place, and it eventually grew into a practice with 10 dentists and 25 team members specializing in different things. But life can take a turn y...
Oct 13, 2021•46 min
Dr. Céline Higton is all about taking the initiative. That’s how she’s ended up with 26,000 followers on Instagram. When she graduated from dental school in London, Dr. Higton knew she wanted to focus on a more personal type of dentistry. She was advised by a mentor to forget the job advertisements for the larger practices and pick out which private practices she wanted to work with. Then it was only a matter of tailoring a CV and cover letter and hand-delivering it to each one. This advice prov...
Oct 06, 2021•40 min
Dr. Travis Campbell may have known he wanted to be a dentist since he was three, but he had no idea the path his dental career had planned for him. He is now recognized as the Dental Insurance Guy. No one breaks down dental insurance like Dr. Campbell. In this Dental Slang episode, we discuss coding, when to file a claim (and when not to), as well as the right time to take an x-ray. Dr. Campbell also tells us about his new book, Understanding Dental Insurance: A Guide for Dentists and Their Team...
Sep 30, 2021•47 min
DC Dental Clinical Director Dr. Lisa Germain shares her passion for dental education and training on this episode of the Dental Slang podcast. She’s working to bridge the gap between endodontists and dental implants—which is no easy task. Dr. Germain has taken on this challenge in stride thanks to her unique perspective on what it means to be a better endodontist and a better dentist. To Dr. Germain, being a better dentist means giving patients complete dental care. Learning about implants is ju...
Mar 18, 2020•30 min
Jodi and our guest, Dr. Rich Madow, are swapping a lot of slang on this episode. From the elusive “golden age” of dentistry to giving patients the “royal treatment”, dentists are using all sorts of slang to communicate with their dental team these days. After all, to be a successful dentist, communication with your team is key. And building a successful dental team is Dr. Rich’s specialty. You might recognize Dr. Rich from the annual TBSE Dental Convention in Las Vegas, but on this episode we’re...
Mar 11, 2020•36 min
This episode of the Dental Slang Podcast is special because we’re talking to one of the most innovative dentists in the industry, Dr. Gina Dorfman. Dr. Dorfman, the co-founder of YAPI, knew she wanted to be a dentist at 16, but running her own business was her ultimate goal. Fast forward two decades later and not only does she have her own dental practice, she’s also created a signature piece of software that’s changing the way we run our offices. YAPI is an automated software program that integ...
Feb 26, 2020•46 min
We’re learning the slang of a very distinguished dentist on this episode of The Dental Slang Podcast. Dr. Bill Dickerson has quite the resume - he’s the founder and CEO of the Las Vegas Institute of Advanced Dental Studies, he’s a published author (more than just dental books too!), and he was also one of Jodi’s favorite professors while she studied at Baylor. But we aren’t just talking about classroom studies today. Dr. Bill is here to discuss what he’s been focusing on for the past twenty year...
Feb 12, 2020•31 min
Dr. Amy Creech-Gionis is popping in on the Dental Slang Podcast today all the way from Florida. She’s bounced around different kinds of dental offices during her career in Tampa and has pretty much seen it all. She started in a small downtown office and worked her way through DSOs and family practices to get to where she is today. She has a good sense of what she likes to do, what she doesn’t like to do, and how it’s all influencing the future she’s building for herself in the dental industry. A...
Jan 29, 2020•32 min
It’s rare to find a talented, business savvy practitioner who’s also an advocate for the dental community. Dr. Tony Feck is one of those clinicians, which is why we’re so excited to have him on today’s episode of the Dental Slang Podcast. This mentor and coach founded the Sunrise Dental Solutions community, which is known for bringing dentists together to offer help and support. We all know dentists have an aversion to change, and Tony says that’s one of the biggest challenges he faces when teac...
Jan 15, 2020•41 min
Welcome back, Slangers! Our guest today, Dr. Amanda Seay, is a comprehensive restorative dentistry guru with several accolades in dental aesthetics and cosmetic dentistry. She’s also been developing several fresh techniques for dental photography with fellow Dental Slanger Dr. Adamo Notarantino, which she will be teaching in their upcoming courses for 2020. We talk a little bit about those courses on today’s episode, but mostly we’re chatting about what it takes to get to the dental status Dr. A...
Jan 01, 2020•31 min
It’s time for another episode of the Dental Slang Podcast! Today’s guest is a true dental legend. Dr. Michael Cohen is the founder of the Seattle Study Club, and he’s hopping on the mic today fresh from a presentation in Copenhagen. The topic of that presentation—dental education—comes up in today’s episode, but first we discuss what inspired him to found one of the most well-known study clubs in the dental community. The creation of the Seattle Study Club network stemmed from a need for continu...
Dec 18, 2019•31 min
We really like what Nobel Biocare is doing for the dental industry. This company thinks outside the box and isn’t afraid to question all the “tried-and-true” practices we’ve been comfortable using for decades. But it’s time for a change, and Dr. Scott MacLean, an international lecturer for Nobel Biocare, is on The Dental Slang Podcast to talk about the new era in dentistry. Scott calls the changes coming to the dental industry a “renaissance.” He specializes in dental implants, and he’s sharing ...
Dec 11, 2019•29 min
Dr. Adamo Notarantonio may be one of the most accredited cosmetic dentists in the country, but he also has another talent that we’re showcasing on this episode of The Dental Slang Podcast: photography. If you haven’t signed up for one of the COLLIDEoSCOPE photography courses with Adamo and his partner, Dr. Amanda Seay, this podcast just might be the inspiration you need. Adamo discusses the blessing and the curse that is social media and how we, as dentists, can use it to grow our practices. Tha...
Dec 04, 2019•34 min
If you’ve been avoiding endodontics in your dental career, today’s episode of The Dental Slang Podcast is for you. Dr. Bill Nudera is here to put your mind at ease about every aspect of endodontic procedures. Bill has served as a dentist in the Air Force, earned an MA in oral sciences, and has been running his own full-time practice for 20 years. In his prolific career, he’s seen (and learned) a thing or two about what not to do when treating endodontic cases. It was Bill’s time in the Air Force...
Nov 27, 2019•37 min
Welcome back, Dental Slangers! Dr. David Little is joining us on today’s episode. David is the co-founder and Clinical Director of Little Implant Co., one of our favorite suppliers. And it isn’t just the company’s high-quality dental implants that puts it on the top of our list. It’s David’s passion for education and mentorship that inspires us. David is what we call a “seasoned” dentist. When he’s not managing his multidisciplinary practice in San Antonio, he’s teaching live surgeries, implant ...
Nov 20, 2019•31 min
Welcome back to the Dental Slang Podcast! We’ve got a wonderful guest today. Dr. Parag Kachalia is talking with us from California, from the heart of Silicon Valley, and he’s sharing some serious knowledge bombs when it comes to the future of dental technology. Dr. Parag is one of the Seattle Study Club’s Top 10 Young Educators, so you’re guaranteed to learn a little something on today’s episode. First and foremost you will learn what Dr. Parag is a traveling man. He and his family take a trip a...
Nov 13, 2019•40 min
This episode of The Dental Slang Podcast is an important one. Dr. Paul Goodman of Dental Nachos fame is joining us today to talk about how we can all work together to create a more positive influence in the dental community. More specifically, Paul shares his strategy for engaging with fellow dentists not only online but face-to-face. Meetups are an important part of Paul’s engagement strategy, and you’ll hear why in today’s episode. When Paul isn’t engaging with his Nacho community or speaking ...
Oct 09, 2019•43 min
You might recognize today’s guest as one of our sponsors, but we just can’t talk enough about Berman dental instruments. That’s why we brought Dr. Lou Berman, founder of Berman Dental Instruments, onto the podcast today. As an entrepreneur of many ventures, Lou’s got plenty of slang to spare. Working across different industries not only “heightened his business acumen” as he says, but it also helped him become a better dentist. If you think there aren’t many business opportunities for dentists t...
Oct 02, 2019•29 min
If you’re looking for new dental slang, today’s episode is for you. Coming fresh off a great dental day today, and Jodi is sharing some of her new slang right off the bat. Our guest today, Dr. Paul Feuerstein, also shares the slang he learned in his first week of practicing dentistry, but that’s not all he’s talking about today. The godfather of dental technology has his own tips and tricks for using slang to boost the morale at your dental office. Paul is a real rockstar in the dental office. H...
Sep 25, 2019•35 min
It might be a little early, but I’m calling it - today’s guest is our favorite by far! Dr. Alan Mead is a podcasting guru and one of the inspirations behind the production of the Dental Slang podcast. Alan has been listening to podcasts since the early 2000s, downloading them to his mp3 player (if anyone remembers those anymore). He’s always been fascinated about people coming together remotely to talk about the things they’re passionate about, and today he’s hosting two podcasts of his own. But...
Sep 14, 2019•50 min
Never stop learning. No matter what field you work in - never stop learning! For all the dentists listening in out there, this goes beyond staying up-to-date on dental tools and practices. That’s important too, of course, but today’s episode is about learning something new, something modern. That’s right - we’re talking about social media marketing! We invited Dr. Brian Baliwas onto the podcast today to share a little about what he knows about social media and all of its slang. Brian will be dis...
Sep 13, 2019•30 min
