Featured Podcasts

Start Discussion
Featured Podcasts
FEATURED ON DENTISTRY UNCENSORED

 Episode #1704: What is Boring Sedation
Guests: Drs. Jessica and Richard Marn
Howard sits down with a husband-and-wife team who have built their practice around one of the riskiest parts of dentistry. Dr. Jessica Marn is a board-certified pediatric dentist with more than two decades of experience in New York City, and Dr. Richard Marn is a physician dual board-certified in anesthesiology and pediatric anesthesiology who has personally delivered more than 18,000 anesthetics and sedations. The conversation opens with a hard truth Howard returns to often: Sedation is where the worst outcomes happen, and the difference between children, teens, and adults is not just size but physiology, which is why pediatric cases demand specialists.

The heart of the episode is Richard’s concept of “boring sedation,” the idea that a smooth, predictable, drama-free outcome is the goal, and that getting there is a practice and business capability, not just a provider technique. He argues the profession overemphasizes the doctor’s individual skills while underdeveloping what he calls the reliability layer: clear case selection, proven team readiness, role clarity, early recognition, and ongoing habits that let an assistant speak up before the doctor sees a problem. Jessica adds the patient’s side of it, explaining why trust drives everything and why she keeps full control over her team rather than relying on a rotating cast of hospital anesthesiologists. Together they make the case that sedation done right is a whole-team system, not a weekend course.
Episode #1698: AI Dentistry
Guest: Dr. Tesa Jolly
Dr. Tesa Jolly, a practice owner and rural dentist in Pulaski, Tennessee, joins the show to explain why dentists are built for AI. Jolly describes how the constraint-based, pattern-recognition thinking learned in dental school maps naturally onto working with large language models, and shares real examples of using AI to offload decision-making, build pricing models, and present treatment plans. The conversation also covers where AI still falls short, namely the human connection at the front desk, and why she sees it as a tool to expand capacity rather than replace people.
Episode #1700: The Dental A Team
Guest: Kiera Dent
Kiera Dent, founder and CEO of the Dental A Team, returns for a wide-ranging talk on the business of dentistry. She makes the case that this is actually the best time to be a dentist, despite student debt and rising labor costs, and walks through practical ways to grow a practice without adding patients or hours: same-day treatment, block scheduling, and tightening case acceptance, which she argues is 80% psychology and 20% skill. The conversation also digs into why DSOs convert far more callers than private practices, the EFT-versus-virtual-credit-card debate, and why systems beat rock-star employees every time.
FEATURED TOWNIE PODCASTS
Check out your fellow Townies’ podcasts!

The Technology Evangelist Podcast with Dr. John Flucke
Episode 25: Dental Brand Growth, Storytelling & Emotional Marketing in Dentistry
Dr. John Flucke talks with Mark Ross and Mike Ventriello, co-founders of Personify Group, who bring more than 60 combined years in dental marketing, branding, and commercialization, including leadership roles at major dental technology companies. The conversation explores why dental brand growth depends on authentic storytelling rather than product features alone, and how companies can stand out in a crowded marketplace through emotional connection, clear messaging, and a distinct brand “fingerprint.” Ross and Ventriello also discuss applying consumer marketing principles to dentistry, why purchasing decisions are rarely made by one person, and how real team and patient feedback will shape the future of dental marketing.
Investment Grade Practices with Dr. Victoria Peterson
Episode 171: Built Around the Mouth, Not the Tooth
Dr. Victoria Peterson talks with Dr. Katie Lee, founder of Collective Health Society, a 15,000-square-foot integrated medical-dental facility in Centennial, Colorado. A high school ATV accident and the years of reconstructive surgery and systemic inflammation that followed taught Dr. Lee that the mouth is not separate from the body. She shares why she built her practice around belief rather than reimbursement, bringing dental care, airway treatment, biological dentistry, IV therapy, and wellness providers under one roof, and why dentists may be moving into a larger primary care role.
Dentaltown Magazine
July 2026
Dentaltown Magazine July 2026 Read Current Issue Read Archived Issues
Sponsors
Townie Perks
Townie® Poll
What part of a dental office do you feel makes the strongest first impression on patients?
  
Site Menu
Message Boards Magazine Continuing Education Pods & Blogs Classifieds Dental News Events Townie® Poll Ebooks Townie Choice Awards
Company Info
Contact Us Advertise With Us Howard Farran DDS, MBA Policies and Agreements
Site Help
The Dentaltown Team, Farran Media Support
Phone: +1-480-445-9710
Email: support@dentaltown.com
©2026 Dentaltown, a division of Farran Media • All Rights Reserved
9633 S. 48th Street Suite 200 • Phoenix, AZ 85044 • Phone:+1-480-598-0001 • Fax:+1-480-598-3450