Investment Grade Practices: A Dentist Podcast
Investment Grade Practices: A Dentist Podcast
Investment Grade PracticesTM are designed to give you the lifestyle you enjoy today, while building an asset for tomorrow. Victoria Peterson, SsD helps dentists build practices that they love today while building value to secure their future.
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What Dentists May Be Missing Chairside (E.173)

What Dentists May Be Missing Chairside (E.173)

10/6/2026 9:09:00 AM   |   Comments: 0   |   Views: 46

“A lot of things that we’re seeing in the chair, they’re there for a reason.” - Joy Lantz

Episode Overview

Dentistry is exceptionally good at fixing what it can see. But what happens when the same problem keeps coming back?

Joy joins Victoria to explore how oral function, airway, sleep, growth, and other developmental factors can affect what dentists see chairside.

The opportunity is not to diagnose everything. It is to recognize patterns earlier, ask better questions, and know when another professional should be part of the conversation.

What This Episode Reveals
  • Why recurring dental problems may have a functional cause
  • How oral function, airway, sleep, and development can connect to what you see clinically
  • Why recognizing patterns earlier can change the conversation with patients and families
What You’ll Learn
  • What myofunctional therapy actually addresses
  • Which developmental and functional signs your team can begin recognizing chairside
  • When monitoring, education, referral, or collaboration may be the right next step
If This Sounds Familiar
  • You repaired the restoration, but it failed again
  • The orthodontic case relapsed or the patient continues grinding and clenching
  • You are seeing changes in younger patients and wondering what may be driving them
The question is no longer just what happened? It is why does it keep happening?

Next Steps

You do not have to become an expert in every area of development to start noticing patterns.

Joy created DEMBRA™, Developmental and Environmental Monitoring Based Risk Assessment, as a structured screening framework for professionals working with children ages 2 through 6.

It helps dental and healthcare professionals monitor patterns involving oral function, airway, feeding, sleep, craniofacial growth, and environmental influences, then determine when additional monitoring, education, evaluation, or collaboration may be appropriate.

Download the free DEMBRA™ assessment:
joylantz.com/dembra

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What Dentists May Be Missing Chairside (E.173)
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