This week Russell talks with Jesse Flore, CDT out of Las Vegas. Jesse runs a specialty business supporting dentists who want to get involved in the digital world. Jesse got his start as a denture technician which obviously made Russell kinda geek out. Jesse is also an authorized Exocad distributor and helps implement mills and printers into dental offices. We talk for an hour about how the new MIDAS printer will likely go into dental offices as well as how milling and printing and designing should be implemented in offices. If you are looking to expand your dental office into a lab, call up Jesse Flor. He will be an excellent resource.
So Russell went to Sprintray's event and his SD card was corrupt and lost a great podcast with Vu Le... Vu graciously came back on to talk with him for an hour about the cool new happenings in the world of 3d printing. We discuss 3d printing, glidewell, and the MIDAS printer. Finally we talk about his invention the VPR which is a great tool that every single dentist needs to take excellent photographs with their cell phone. If you want to find out more about the VPR, go to Photodontist and buy one. We don't get any money from it, but Russell owns a VPR 400 and uses it regularly. They are great.
This week Russ and Clint speak with Patrick Allen who is a denturist from Maine who teaches dentures to lab techs, denturists, and dentists. Patrick and Russ geek on dentures because of course they do. We talk about lower suction dentures and how they work.
Patrick is doing an upcoming course in Maine in June that Russ would highly recommend if you want to learn about dentures. It is June 14th and 15th and is phenomenal. Registation has been extended by a bit if you want to sign up.
https://trellis.org/bps-semcd-w-paul-mcnally-peter-anastasia
Also we talk about how the Maine Dental Board does everything public apparently. If you want to listen in, you can hear it here.
https://mainestate.zoom.us/j/83015731890?pwd=QmhVTjRPNDZtLy9aRXZCS2VBOEJydz09 Meeting ID: 830 1573 1890 Passcode: 56815338
Ericka Aguilar, The Dental Billing Coach, joins Clinton Timmerman and Russell Schaffer to share the secrets of getting claims paid when they are initially denied. It turns out there's not much to it; it just takes knowing how to Google search for the state dental insurance commissioner and send a message to the right resource (and don't give up if it you're reffered to a federal agency!).
Ericka also tells us her tricks to the trade for billing procesures we are most likely already doing but not including in our claims and ways she can negotiate insurance fees.
You can find Ericka on Instagram or, better yet, go to HiddenDentalProfit.com and find out how she can help your office.
Also, give her a listen at The Dental Billing Podcast.