Brews and Tiny Teeth, The Unfiltered Pediatric Dentistry Podcast

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 - Areas that Class II restorations frequently fail - The importance of learning from your failures and always trying to improve

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 patients per month. We've had a lot of growing pains with such a high demand for our services, and I'd like to share some of the mistakes and lessons learned that might be able to help out young practice owners. On this episode, I review 5 key lessons that I've learned as my first year as a private practice owner. These topics include: 1. Managing the work stressors that keep a dentist up at night 2. Pushing yourself to set goals and tracking your KPI's 3. Hiring and managing staff, treating them well while balancing a healthy overhead 4. Understanding your patient population 5. Why branding and social media is so important Lots of exciting things to come on future episodes of the Brews and Tiny Teeth Podcast. Feel free to reach me with any questions at cgoetz@troypediatricdentist.com, or hit me up on Facebook messenger at Casey Goetz.

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 about targeting the correct demographics, the power and affordability of Facebook marketing, creating organic content, how Google reviews (and Google business account) influence SEO, and hacks that dentists can use to easily improve SEO and ranking without breaking the bank. Link to learn more about Magnify Digital Marketing: https://askmagnify.com/

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 the fabrication of crowns, and how the industry has changed over time. We do a cost-analysis of how using a more affordable SSC can translate into substantial material savings over the course of a pediatric dentist's typical year. We also talk about how NeoPutty is changing the way MTA is used, and its clinical applications.  Diane was a great guest and I enjoyed learning more about what goes into creating their products. Check them out at https://www.nusmile.com/

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. Baxter became so passionate about TOTs, different modalities to perform releases, performing releases on wiggly toddlers or during nitrous oxide sedation, and what current updates are in the literature for supporting these procedures. Dr. Baxter truly is a wealth of information on the topic, and you can tell how passionate he is about it when we speak. Dr. Baxter's Tongue-Tied Academy Course: https://www.tonguetiedacademy.com/courses/TTA Link to Dr. Baxter's Tongue-Tied Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tongue-Tied-String-Impacts-Nursing-Feeding/dp/1732508208

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 San Fransisco Utilizing a therapy dog in the office Spending time developing relationships with patients early, and how sometimes watching decay lets you do better dentistry in the long-run  Working closely with referral sources and how they can help you think outside the box Keeping your treatment planning skills sharp while working in a FFS practice Did Covid kill the future of study-clubs? Are we forever doomed to zoom calls and virtual dental meetings? Stay tuned for future episodes from the Bourbon and Baby Teeth Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. We have a lineup of exciting guests to bring on, you wont wan to miss it!

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 hits his office capacity. Dr. Kennedy also operates a separate tongue-tie clinic as a component of his practice, so we discuss that as well. Dr. Kennedy really impressed me with his story and how he has grown his practice. You can tell how organized and driven he is just by listening to him speak about pediatric dentistry. He's a great guy and a wealth of knowledge, so please enjoy the podcast!

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 into conversations on pediatric dental hot-button topics. This podcast is raw, unfiltered, and unscripted. It's a good one, even though we don't stick to an agenda! Some of things we talk about: - Demographics for a pediatric dental office - Rural vs urban pediatric dentistry - Solo vs group practice, single-location vs multi-location - Prophy palace vs restorative heavy practices - How do you convince an associate to buy in? And are associates more likely to start their own practice? - How pediatric dentistry can be an isolating profession

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 owns two pediatric dentistry consulting companies. Pedo Springboard is a one-on-one consultation service for young pediatric dentists interested in doing a startup. His second company, Pediatric Dental Directions, is a consulting company more tailored to improving systems, numbers, and KPIs in more established practices. Dr. Elliott also runs Pedo Boot Camp, a CE course designed to help practice owners improve the efficiency of their systems in their practices. We discuss some fantastic topics in today's episode, including: - What is the best way to name a pediatric practice? - Who would benefit from a dental consultant, and how does it work? - Is a dental consultant worth the expense? (How will I get my money back?) - What are common mistakes young practice owners make that get them into trouble? - How practical is it to be a completely fee-for-service pediatric dentist, and how does dental insurance influence today's young dentists? Dr. Elliott can be reached at info@pedospringboard.com https://www.pedospringboard.com/#about-pedo-springboard

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 new general dentists and oversaw twelve dentists and forty support staff on base. Leaving the Army, he entered into private practice with a well-respected endodontics office in St. Louis, then started Beacon Endodontics in 2020. He and Dr. Casey grab a beer at a local brewery and talk about some of the tough endo decisions that pediatric dentists face.  We discuss using MTA, permanent tooth pulpotomies vs pulp caps, when to leave decay, long-term outcomes of apexogenesis as definitive treatment, when to initiate root canal therapy after trauma, and a host of other topics.