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, the AGD, the surgeon general, so we know there’s that much gum disease out there. When you look at the insurance statistics, dental practices are acting like everybody is healthy because everybody gets a prophy which by definition is to be done on healthy mouths to prevent disease, but every dental
October 08, 2015
by howard
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;re at risk of a heart infection it’s just, yes there might be a very small risk, but it’s absurd you’re much better off having your teeth cleaned and having healthy gums. It goes along with oh my God you’ve got to stop the anti coagulant because you’re having
October 16, 2015
by howard
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when you’re having an amalgam touching a full crosstalk 00:12:26, just in case anybody listening didn’t catch that joke. Anyway, it’s amazing. Why would anyone think that gum disease is more important than oral cancer when 10% of Americans of age 65 don’t have one tooth
October 30, 2015
by howard
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ever comes through. Then you don't realize that you've got somebody at the front desk who may mean well but somebody calls and says Hey I just moved to the area and I was told I need an implant. Does Dr. Farran do implants? Then the lady says Oh yeah, he makes cut in your gums and uses a drill
October 12, 2015
by howard
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to be diagnostic or design software. They were developed to make final restorations. That’s a waste of technology. We can use this beautiful technology to actually start the process of analyzing the patient’s face, integrating face with teeth and lips and gum, and understanding better
October 12, 2015
by howard
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. Bottom line, when you walk into a dental convention, there's almost 300 different implant companies selling ... Vance Costello : It's crazy. Howard Farran: Why did you pick one versus all the others? Vance Costello : The way the implant looks after it's restored in the mouth, the gum tissue around
October 08, 2015
by howard
Podcast
targets it, and you don't have to do it for every case but instead of seeing someone limp along in somewhat healthy inaudible 00:11:29 for years, eventually leads to a slow decline, you can nail down those toughest percents of cases. Howard: Did you dad ever forgive you for not being an orthodontist
October 05, 2015
by howard
Podcast
their patients healthy again. I find that I go in a lot of offices and hygienists, all they’re doing is prophy all day long. I’m sure you’ve heard that and you see that, prophy, prophy, prophy. I go in and first patient I see, I need to do perio on. I go tell the doctor
October 28, 2015
by howard
Podcast
invasive dentistry with NuCalm, CBCT, and by living a healthy life. Dr. Louis Kaufman is a nationally recognized educator, author and practicing clinician. He is a graduate of the University Of Illinois School Of Dentistry. Being highly experienced with LUMINEERS®, he has successfully
October 27, 2015
by howard
Podcast
healthy. From the patient side of things, there is like there's all kinds of things going through your mind. A lot of it is anxiety and fear, shame then you're thinking about the financial aspect of it and what are people going to think of me, just a whole bunch of different things going on at once
October 16, 2015
by howard
Podcast
that the full face and the intraoral photograph are all calibrated. The technician can take that digital ruler, put it on the teeth, and know exactly how long they are. I can design how much gum I want to alter or change. I can show that I want to take a tooth out or I want to put an implant here. To me
October 13, 2015
by howard
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haven't had to use the retraction cord in 15 years. I don't need it. I want that tissue to be clean and healthy. You take the little laser on your tissue or you just use ... If you have bleeding, there's nothing better than Ultradent's viscous gel. The hemostatic agent that you use, to me
October 26, 2015
by howard
Podcast
in Oklahoma, who I've seen gum a steak like nobody else's business. Howard: Yeah. Oklahoma, Kansas, my entire pedigree was born in a barn and none of them uncles need one tooth to eat anything, even corn on the cob or almonds, they can gum it. Grandma's not going to go to the buffet and sit
October 23, 2015
by howard
Podcast
staff when they pull an AR report, the write-ups they make make the AR look healthier than it really is. When you look at the money that's owed to your practice and also consider all the money that was written off because for whatever reason it was uncollectable, that's how you get that true number
October 02, 2015
by howard
Podcast
cells right? Howard: I think you do, I think you do for two reasons. You probably have more brain cells than and I probably killed a lot of them over the years drinking to many beers. If your mother was a cardiologist who got a PhD in Japan on nutrition, you probably ate healthy. I wish your mother
October 31, 2015
by howard
Podcast
and more the tendency is going towards a constructivist understanding of health. What does it mean to be healthy? It's different for you, it's different for me. I might have a different idea of what it means to be healthy. Don’t impose your values of health on me when I have completely different
October 13, 2015
by howard
Podcast
it on my oral surgeon. I don't even want to deal with this. What if you're the poor bastard oral surgeon? Lauren: I wouldn't extract it. I would say that the tooth can get a root canal and you can get a coronectomy and then you just seal it off to the gum line. I would not recommend extracting the tooth
October 01, 2015
by howard
Podcast
brought, the whole row is their staff. Whenever you see the dentist who always takes the entire staff with him to the seminar, both assistants, the hygienist, both receptionists and even their spouse, oh my God, those offices are twice as happy and healthy and functional and profitable and money
October 14, 2015
by howard
Podcast
orthodontics is a principle often abused in ascetic cosmetic dentistry is what we were taught. The bmw, the biological minimum width. A lot of times you have crowded teeth on the front that you're shaving down for veneers. If those roots almost touch there's not enough bone there to be healthy to have
October 05, 2015
by howard
Podcast
highly trained in those difficult cases because that's what they should be getting referred. Howard Farran: That's what all specialist are. I'll pull out the easy teeth, the gum disease, and the oral surgeon will pull out the impacted wisdom tooth. I'll do the straight canal. He can do the re-treat
October 29, 2015
by howard
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might only be 5 hours but it is healthy it is fun. We are already way too anal about dentistry the last thing that I want to do is gte anal during golf or a marathon. You know, my hobbies are all Les et fare just have fun. Because dentistry is so serious, I don't want and serious hobbies. I want
October 09, 2015
by howard
Podcast
of all, the financial health of these companies is outstanding for the most part. They're very financially healthy, and they're growing at a very predictable pace. They are repeating their successes over and over again. They are much bigger companies. On top of that, back then dentists had a lower
October 02, 2015
by howard
Podcast
their quarterback gets tackled and is out for the season and they don't win a game after, so we're at the early stage with the healthy quarterback, so we'll be good for a while. Lets start talking about some things. What are your thoughts on TMJ and oral facial pain? Louis: TMJ and oral facial pain
October 19, 2015
by howard
Podcast
: In reality, I mean, if I'm laid up in the hospital with a cervical fusion, she's not working anyway, so I think she'll take the tradeoff of having me healthy and being able to work, than having a crippled dentist that puts her unemployed. Howard: My favorite joke with my assistant, Jan … I've
October 21, 2015
by howard
Podcast
, and healthy, and fun, and informative. We'd all do better dentistry. Robert Ibsen: That's what we've got to teach the younger guys if you don't do some of these crazy invasive techniques. You know a lot of guys replacing implants. I've got an implant, and I believe in them. They're doing it almost
October 15, 2015
by howard
Podcast
every decision. What we do is we give them the answers, we give them the path, we scream out the solutions and we do most of the work for them if they want us to. It's like having a personal trainer and a personal chef all in one to try ad get you healthier. We do all the work and we hold them
October 01, 2015
by howard
Podcast
endodontists, they assume you're going to do the easy anteriors and send the re-treat molars, or all surgeons, they assume you're going to pull the easy gum disease and inaudible 00:54:29, but I swear to god, orthodontists, if you do just one mild tooth movement, your orthodontist has to go
October 21, 2015
by howard
Podcast
you. It's been a tremendous friendship over the years as well. Howard: Thanks again Fred, and if you want to do a course with those two books, I just think that would be rocking. Where I get my Ya Ya's is finding ways to get these dentists what they need and be happy, and healthy, and functional
October 26, 2015
by howard
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