Al is joined once again by Dr. Dawn Grimes. She was on a couple months ago and we didn't get to some of the stuff that Al wanted to talk about...so we're here for round 2!

One of these things is the lie that we tell ourselves about time. See if this one seems familiar to you:

"Once x is done, I will have more time for y."

And no matter what, once you free up some time, other things will grow to fill that time.

Some of what we discussed:

• Evaluating wasted/sunk time
• Why the Matrix movies are not action movies at all
  • "There are days that I just want the steak."
• We don't want reality and we often won't see reality
• Instagram and overtreatment
• You're going to have to replace things over time
• Root canals don't cause cancer
• "Blushing pulp"
• "That tooth didn't hurt until you worked on it."
• Better case acceptance = don't care if they do the treatment
• Play hard to get
• You cannot care more than the patient does
• Patients aren't doing care for their dentist. Don't work on patients that are "doing it for you."
• Diagnose and explain like Spock...emotionless

Some links from the show:

• Jerry RDH's Instagram
• Melissa Zettler's Instagram

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