I mean...it's not REALLY free stuff. But finding new uses for things you already have/paid for is almost the same as getting free stuff.

All riffs on several things he's found that feel like free stuff now that he's using them better.

Some links from the show:

• Audible.com
• SRAM AXS app
• Medit Software
• CAD-Ray
• Splashtop
• new cart
• uninterupted power supply
• keyboard
• wheels

Join the Very Dental Facebook group using the password "Timmerman," Hornbrook" or "McWethy," "Papa Randy" or "Lipscomb!"

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The Wonderist Agency is basically a one stop shop for marketing your practice and your brand. From logo redesign to a full service marketing plan, the folks at Wonderist have you covered! Go check them out at verydentalpodcast.com/wonderist!

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Enova Illumination makes the very best in loupes and headlights, including their new ergonomic angled prism loupes! They also distribute loupe mounted cameras and even the amazing line of Zumax microscopes! If you want to help out the podcast while upping your magnification and headlight game, you need to head over to verydentalpodcast.com/enova to see their whole line of products!

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CAD-Ray offers the best service on a wide variety of digital scanners, printers, mills and even their very own browser based design software, Clinux! CAD-Ray has been a huge supporter of the Very Dental Podcast Network and I can tell you that you’ll get no better service on everything digital dentistry than the folks from CAD-Ray. Go check them out at verydentalpodcast.com/CADRay!

Today's Very Dental Extra is brought to you ad free by our friends at Ivoclar!

Dr. John Nosti is a practices and teaches comprehensive restorative dentistry to dentists all over the country. In his first guest appearance on the Very Dental Podcast John and Alan have a wide ranging conversation about John's origin story, restorative dentistry and specifically how important a quality curing light is!

• Pork Roll or Taylor Ham?
• The John Nosti origin story! (he started in orofacial pain!)
• Teaching with the Hornbrook Group--->Clinical Mastery Series
• How did he build a practice in "big case dentistry?"
• The three best photos in an introductory exam
• The new patient interview
• Big cases come out of hygiene...how do you change the conversation?
• "Your teeth look different to me today."
• Communication and meeting the patient where they are
• The best closing line!
• Why should you avoid the eBay/Amazon curing light?
• 5 second cure vs. 5 second timer
• Who is curing the composite? Dentist or assistant?
• Rock the Drill!

Some links from the show:

• Clinical Mastery Series
• Ivoclar Easycure Curing Light
• Ivoclar PowerCure Curing Light

Dr. Armen Mirzayan and Damien Bonner from CAD-Ray join Alan for a deep dive into digital dentistry. Armen presented at the Francis B. Vedder Society last weekend and he crushed it. We have a discussion covering lots of topics!

• The history of the Vedder Society
• How Armen and Damien got in to digital dentistry
• CAD-Ray is a service company that sells digital stuff (scanners, CBCTs, printers, mills, etc.)
• How dental meetings have changed
• Armen and Damien are scanner agnostic...you can get there with any scanner
• The fundamentals of scanning are the same, no matter tha scanner
• Scan paths and how to scan quickly and effectively
• Why is it hard to scan anterior teeth? (spoiler: incisal enamel)
• Start at "home base," your purchase point
• The most scanned mouth in all of dentistry is Armen's
• Speed of scan is basically a feature of the size of the scanning area
• Scanning softwares are like iPhone vs. Android
• What makes a good dental technology company?
• Medit and their free software suite
• A story about Dr. Cory Glenn

Some links from the show:

• CAD-Ray
• CAD-Ray courses/events
• Shining 3D Aoralscan Elite
• The Vedder Society Celebrates 60 Years of CE
• CAD-Ray Fixes Scanner, Al Gets Taco Bell
• Francis B. Vedder Society

Join the Very Dental Facebook group using the password "Timmerman," Hornbrook" or "McWethy," "Papa Randy" or "Lipscomb!"

The Very Dental Podcast network is and will remain free to download. If you’d like to support the shows you love at Very Dental then show a little love to the people that support us!

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Crazy Dental has everything you need from cotton rolls to equipment and everything in between and the best prices you’ll find anywhere! If you head over to verydentalpodcast.com/crazy and use coupon code “VERYDENTAL10” you’ll get another 10% off your order! Go save yourself some money and support the show all at the same time!

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The Wonderist Agency is basically a one stop shop for marketing your practice and your brand. From logo redesign to a full service marketing plan, the folks at Wonderist have you covered! Go check them out at verydentalpodcast.com/wonderist!

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Enova Illumination makes the very best in loupes and headlights, including their new ergonomic angled prism loupes! They also distribute loupe mounted cameras and even the amazing line of Zumax microscopes! If you want to help out the podcast while upping your magnification and headlight game, you need to head over to verydentalpodcast.com/enova to see their whole line of products!

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CAD-Ray offers the best service on a wide variety of digital scanners, printers, mills and even their very own browser based design software, Clinux! CAD-Ray has been a huge supporter of the Very Dental Podcast Network and I can tell you that you’ll get no better service on everything digital dentistry than the folks from CAD-Ray. Go check them out at verydentalpodcast.com/CADRay!