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Totally Oral Podcast

Drs Clinton Timmerman and Russell Schafer furthers the legacy created by Dr Lance Timmerman by interviewing guests who can bring insight in to the field of dentistry.
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Now displaying: Category: Medicine
Jan 26, 2024

Jane Levy joins Russell Schafer and Clinton Timmerman to discuss her company, Plan Forward.  Plan Forward assists dentists who may have uninsured, cash paying patients who can benefit from an in-office plan which acts similar to insurance.  This creates patient loyalty for dentists while also easing some of the burden patients may experience from having no insurance.  Listen and find out if Plan Forward can be a great addition to your office!

Jan 14, 2024

Clinton and Russell are joined by Bruce Smoler, who talks about getting involved placing implants and implant education.  

He, too, has also placed an implant on himself...

Dec 29, 2023

August de Oliveira joins Totally Oral to discuss his latest teaching endeavor: MOD Institute and the importance of 3D printed dentistry. 

August also hints at future trends in digital dentistry and if Skynet is inevitable given all the advances in AI.  

Sep 29, 2023

Dr Matt Bickel goes Totally Oral and talks about being a dentist in "the good part of New Jersey". Most importantly, Matt shares his experience of being embezzled and what steps dentists can take to help decrease the chance of that happening to them. 

Aug 14, 2023

Russell and Clinton are joined by Mohamed Attia of Alexandria, Virginia, who recently lectured at the annual AGD meeting about clinical pitfalls he wants to help dentists avoid.  These suggestions come into play for every day practice, from working with a wife (try to avoid that) and taking an x-ray for emergency patients, even if one was recently taken. Take a listen and perhaps find a pearl or two that could potentially save your bacon!

Jan 30, 2023

Clinton Timmerman and Russell Schafer kick off Voices of Dentistry 2023 with Abraham Hoellrich from the Buckeye State.  Find out all the juicy information he possess that may or may not pertain to classified documents found in Kevin Fryer's garage.  

Aug 22, 2022

Russell and Clint are joined by Tony Thomas, a dentist in San Antonio.  Tony talks about how he loves to cannonball in the Riverwalk near couples dining on a first date and how he saw the dancing Six Flags guy at a Hot Topic one time. 

Aug 6, 2022

Christine Calamia (Levitsky), former classmate of Clinton's, daughter of the inventor of veneers and former student of the inventor of Breath Assure, goes Totally Oral this week to share her insights on dentistry and cornhole.  

She mentions her job as an insurance reviewer and shares the cheat code to submit with a claim in order to get onlays covered. 

Join us and hear all her juicy secrets such as proof that GV Black inspired L. Ron Hubbard to write Battlefield Earth and Anne of Green Gables. 

Jun 11, 2022

Clint and Russell are joined by the Maestro of Moses Lake himself, Craig Harder.  

Listen and hear us discuss the hard hitting topics we are all curious about, such as the intrique of Enumclaw, Washington. 

Apr 29, 2022

Armen Mirzayan goes Totally Oral with Russell Schafer and Clinton Timmerman this week.  We talk about CAD/CAM, his company CAD-Ray and CADbury

Learn more about scanners and what product may be best for you. 

Apr 22, 2022

To celebrate the one year anniversay of the Totally Oral reboot, Frank Clayton and Rich Rosenblatt join us to reminisce about everything and anything.  

Frank finally found out who he had to blow to get an onlay covered by Delta.  The answer probably won't surprise you. 

Apr 11, 2022
Russell and Clinton discuss their preferences for a practice model and how to cope with changing trends, the current challange being a short handed workforce.  Russell also discussed why Jud Buechler is the most underrated basketball player of all time. 
Apr 3, 2022

Alewx Wardian, Azhar Ahmed and Charli Stein--Marie got Totally Oral at VoD. 

Learn all about Soaking and why Azhar has gotten married three times to the same woman.

Mar 1, 2022
This week Russell and Clint interview Greg Tuttle, creator of the Tuttle Numb Now technique.

We discuss Greg's journey as a dentist and how and why he created his technique.  We also discuss how it is too damn cold. 

Russell shares his favorite song "Numb" by Linkin Park which is in no way related to the guest this week and is simply because at heart Russell is still an angsty teen.

Feb 19, 2022

Russel Schafer, Clinton and Lance Timmerman sit down for a chat with Michael Keller, a dentist and former lifeguard from Delaware. 

Michael shares his grand plans for marketing and why, if you're not living in Delaware,  you're failing at life. 

Feb 9, 2022
Clinton and Russell are joined by Brian Carroll, who tells us the benefits of Provide, a dental practice financing company.  Listen and find out what Provide can provide for you. 
Jan 18, 2022

It's Voices of Dentistry week! If you are at the conference and could only be a guest on one podcast...you should definitely do A Very Clinical Podcast.  

However, assuming you wanna mingle with the rest of us, we'd love to talk to you. You'll have a chance to speak with Russell Schafer and Clinton Timmerman and even the Godfather of Totally Oral himself, Lance Timmerman.

If you aren't at the conference, we'd still love to hear from you and hope to interview you at a future date.  Just let us know!

Dec 29, 2021

Harry Wheeler joins Clint to answer the burning question from last week's episode: who won Christmas?  Or, put better, who didn't ruin Christmas? 

Harry shares what it's like to be a dental student in Glasgow, Scotland. Less Hogwarts than expected.  

Harry is also a forensic scientist and shares what it's like to be in forensics, which is unfortunately less CSI and more depressing at times than exciting. It is, however, a good conversation starter at a pub. Chicks dig a forensic pathologist.

Dec 21, 2021

Dr Krytina Stafford, a veterinarian in the UK, goes Totally Oral this week in an attempt to win Christmas over her dental student brother, Harry Wheeler.  Check out the podcast to find out what that even means. 

We talk about oral health for different types of animals and why humans may be more prone to pay for dental procedures of their family pet as opposed to their own mouths. 

We also discuss the brilliant business idea she has to combine forces with her dentist husband, Chris Stafford, and why I think Chris should do animal implants on boat offshore. 

Russell is riding the pine this week because his jaw is wired shut and his head head is wrapped up like Jacob Marley. 

Dec 18, 2021

Russ and Clint are joined by none other than Kevin Donlin, the man from Madison, South Dakota. 

Kevin shares what it's like to practice in The Mount Rushmore State as well as for the National Guard.  

While we did not discover if he has an affinity for Tiger Meat, we discuss other hot topics, such as the new Star Wars rides at Disneyworld. 

Dec 11, 2021

Zach Meiners and Kevin W Fryer join Russ and Clint to talk about things not related to dentistry; the four of them have a chance to do that on the next two episodes of Very Clinical on The Very Dental Podcast, so if you haven't subscribed yet, be sure to do so and listen to us next week!

Zach and Kevin talk about the holidays and Kevin tells a story about an explosive meeting he had with Art Modell in Baltimore one time.  

Nov 11, 2021

Clint and Russ are joined by Rich Rosenblatt of CDOCS, Imagen Dental Partners and D&D fame. 

Rich discusses the benefits Imagen, a dental partner organization, and how he has come to enjoy dentistry more. 

Russ discusses his love of spatulas and how they make the world a better place.

Oct 22, 2021

Talon Davis goes Totally Oral with Clint and Russell and shares the journey he's taken since his budding days in Edmond, Oklahoma, which includes being a trained classical musician.  

Russell shares the seamless journey he's experienced going green by adding solar panels to his office and a water distiller to the sewage system in his backyard. 

Oct 15, 2021

Clint and Russell are joined by the indomitable Matthew Stanridge, who discusses how he it taking his practice to new heights as well as his quest to shift paradigms regarding orthodontics to general practitioners. 

You'll laugh.  You'll cry. And, you'll want to take one of his courses to expand your practice and skillset. 

Russell wonders why they didn't make a sequel to Titanic and suggests his ideas how to make that happen. Hint: bring on Yahoo Serious. 

Oct 10, 2021

Russell visits with Rick Zeiska, who is a guru on dental equipment and maintenance. Look for him on Dental-TechGuru.com.

 

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