Hating Dentures Less with Dr. Russell Schafer

The Very Dental Podcast Network

Dr. Russell Schafer is a rare breed. You see, he likes dentures. So I knew I had to have him on! We talk about dentures, learning dentures, digital dentures, the Voices of Dentistry and all kinds of other stuff! Some of the topics we covered:

• The Voices of Dentistry website is up and registration for dentistry's favorite meeting is open! Go check out the lineup and book your room!
• Russell practices differently than most folks! He caters to the patients that no one else wants to see. "Market toward disease!"
• • Most dental CE points dentists to a place where they compete for some very specific patients
• Russell on Medicaid...whole case dentistry a la Comfort Dental style
• Why does Russell like dentures?
• • It took working with a good lab tech
  • Ryan McCall as an influence
• Saving teeth vs. treating more teeth
• • Help patients feel like they "aren't throwing money away"
• Restoring the Edentulous Arch from Spear changed Al's outlook on dentures...it's cosmetic dentistry
• Immediate dentures done right
• Digital dentures a la Russell
• Blue Sky Bio denture software
• Free dentures are the key to immediate dentures
• • Russell's "free denture"
  • Tim Lane Cynosure Dental Lab
• The traditional lab fee on dentures makes doing it over/making changes prohibitively expensive
• Russell's learning curve in digital dentistry
• Don't make the patient's problem your problem
• Analogies for dentures...getting expectations low
• "Wax try in" is digital for Russell...really quick turnaround
• Russell's course is called "Dentures: Fit, Bite and Smile
• • coming up in New Orleans, LA on November 12-13!
  • sign up for Russell's course at verydentalpodcast/denturece
  • Focus on immediates: faster, more efficient and lower cost
• Dentures are a really good place to understand smiles. A gateway to cosmetic dentistry
• Can you become the "go to" person for dentures?
• Conventional first, then digital!
• Will denture labs go digital like crown and bridge has? Russell thinks no.
• The Very Dental Facebook group (password: Timmerman)
• Russell and the Totally Oral podcast

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