On today’s episode, Dr. Mark Costes joins Dr. Michelle Caldwell for a DSN webinar on predictable sinus lifts for general dentists. Drawing on her implant dentistry and teaching experience, Dr. Caldwell explains how anatomy, available bone, and implant positioning influence the choice between crestal and lateral approaches. She shares her conservative philosophy on staging treatment,...

Live from the exhibit floor at the 2026 Bioclear Summit in Scottsdale, Alan sits down with Jeff Metcalf (Zumax) and Spencer Smith (Enova) to demystify high-magnification clinical optics . The conversation explores the advantages of intimate boutique conferences over massive trade shows, why capital equipment like dental operating microscopes requires multiple touchpoints before purchase, and...

“Members cancel or break appointments half as often as insured patients and one-third as often as uninsured patients.” In this episode of Beyond the Operatory®, host John Stamper sits down with Jane Levy, Co-Founder and CEO of Plan Forward, to discuss how dental membership programs are changing the economics of modern dentistry. Drawing on years...

What if the toothache your patient is experiencing isn’t actually coming from the tooth? Dr. Grace Yum sits down with Dr. Kim Ledermann, board-certified orofacial pain specialist, to explore the often-overlooked causes of orofacial pain. They discuss how dentists can recognize non-tooth-related pain, identify TMD, and take a more comprehensive approach to diagnosis and treatment...

In this episode of the In the Loupe podcast, Nigel Jones is joined by Paul Graham, Managing Director of Medical at Christie & Co, where they talk about topics including the recent publication of the dental market review, the CMA Investigation and exit strategies.   What you’ll hear: Findings from recent publication of the dental...

Mind Movers is back after a long break, and Rhona and Payman mark the return with Doctor Jeff Foster, an NHS GP who stumbled into men’s health almost by accident, after realising male patients kept assuming he’d know the answers to questions no one in medicine was really trained to handle. Two decades on, he’s...

When a patient calls with a throbbing toothache, does your team say “come on in,” or offer an opening ten days out? Jordin McEntire sits down with Clint Cowley, President of Urgent Smile, to talk about what happens when an emergency patient calls your practice. Clint explains why owners blame their marketing when the real...

By the end of this episode, listeners will be able to: Identify the revenue and production data points office managers should pull from their practice management system before year-end, and explain how technology surfaces the gaps most worth chasing in Q4. Evaluate how automation, communication, and scheduling technology affect team workload, capacity, and morale during...

Has a single Instagram post ever put a new patient in your chair? For most dental practices, the honest answer is “probably not,” and that’s not a failure of effort. In this episode of the Dental Marketing Mix, DentalScapes co-founder Dan Brian takes on one of the most common questions in dental marketing: does social...

Dentistry isn’t going anywhere. When Casey’s crown popped off mid–Milk Dud, he never thought about the cost. He just wanted it fixed by a dentist he trusted. But building real wealth as a practice owner has never been harder. In this “State of the Union” episode, Casey Hiers and Jarrod Bridgeman cover the pressures every...