Brews and Tiny Teeth, The Unfiltered Pediatric Dentistry Podcast

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, specifically a heavy Native American population.  Dr. Carpenter and I discuss how he runs both a GP office and a pedo office, challenges and benefits of treating Medicaid, and how he provides quality dentistry for these kids in his office.

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 podcast at: https://thedentalmarketer.site/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-marketer/id1153836877

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 partner to go into business with. We also review the benefits of partnerships in pediatric dentistry, and why it may be a better choice for some clinicians over a corporate or sole-practitioner route. 

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 up looking like years later? - When does it make sense to bring an orthodontist into your practice? Evan also shares some info for the upcoming Bourbon and Baby Teeth CE course, held this September in Louisville, Kentucky. What started as an excuse to drink whiskey has turned into a fantastic pediatric dentistry conference with some amazing speakers. You can find more info at https://bourbonandbabyteeth.com/

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 the dental school. Dr. Kanellis shares a wealth of knowledge about his experience in pediatric dentistry. We talk about what it was like seeing 30-40 patients per day out of his original 400 sq/ft office. Dr. Kanellis has always been interested in outside-the-box thinking to manage decay, and he discusses his use of Hall crowns 30 years before it was an established technique. We take a deep dive into treating Medicaid patients, and why everybody needs to do their part to help address this population. Dr. Kanellis also treats a substantial Amish population, and we have a long conversation about the challenges that exist with this community. Finally, we reflect on the direction that pediatric dentistry is headed in the world of DSOs, student loans, and private practice. Dr. Kanellis also shares his new book, Novocaine, a dark comedy involving a dentist, dental assistant, and the mob. Link to Novocaine:  https://www.amazon.com/Novocaine-Michael-Kanellis-ebook/dp/B099DXX2XF/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=novocaine+book&qid=1627429645&sr=8-2

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 break down how to tackle these difficult clinical scenarios, and discuss different strategies for caries management when the clinical restorability is not "bread and butter." *** Sorry about missing last week's episode, I was out of vacation and wasn't able to get an episode uploaded. I've got a string of great guests coming up in the following weeks. Don't forget to continue to send in any questions, comments, or tough clinical situations to cgoetz@troypediatricdentist.com for our next Pedo Pearls Power Hour. 

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 have a great conversation on creating a vision and working with a contractor to build out the ideal pediatric dental office. We review current changes in the building sector with COVID and material costs, trends seen in pediatric dental offices, common mistakes that dentists make, keeping building costs under control, and a variety of other pearls involving pediatric dental build-outs.  We have a lot of exciting episodes coming up! Don't forgot to continue to send in listener questions, comments, and tough clinical situations to cgoetz@troypediatricdentist.com. 

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 is a little rough, just because we recorded in a BBQ joint, but it was a still a great, short conversation on topics that are often overlooked during the application process.

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-office vs surgery centers, effective oral sedation strategies, and how to have highly profitable days using oral sedations.  *** Don't forget to submit any questions, comments, or interesting clinical cases you may have for our monthly Pedo Pearls Power Hour. Emails can be sent to Casey Goetz at cgoetz@troypediatricdentist.com

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 consider a permanent crown on a hypoplastic molar If you have any questions, comments, or humble brags to share on the next Pedo Pearls Power Hour, send us an email to cgoetz@troypediatricdentist.com.