Episode #111: Live From Seattle Study Club Symposium with Dr. Christian Coachman, Dr. Rucardi Mitrani, Dr. Jeff Rouse - The Future of Dentistry - a podcast by ACT Dental

I talk with three dental experts Dr. Christian Coachman, Dr. Rucardi Mitrani, and Dr. Jeff Rouse about the future of dentistry. We are at the Seattle Study Club Symposium in Palm Springs at the La Quinta. At the Symposium, I am surrounded by some of the best clinicians in the world and these three guys are amazing.
We talk about the amazing opportunities in dentistry today. We also talk about how young dentists have to decide whether they want to work for a corporation or if they want to have their own practice. We touch upon the all-important topic of dentists needing to understand how to run a business. Along with the opportunities provided by amazing new tools and technologies. Plus, the expense involved in acquiring or getting access to all of these new tools.
 
You can find our panel here:
Dr. Christian Coachman
Dr. Rucardi Mitrani
Dr. Jeff Rouse
 
Show Notes
[01:02] Day 2 of the Seattle Study Club Symposium.
[01:25] Dr. Jeff Rouse is a prosthodontist from San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Rucardi Mitrani is a prosthodontist from Mexico City. Dr. Christian Coachman is from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and he is a dentist and the developer of Digital Smile Design.
[02:16] Dr. Jeff Rouse has had great mentors and as always have the opportunity to be around what is cutting-edge.
[02:51] Dentists today not only have an opportunity to change people's lives aesthetically,we have the opportunity to create treatment plans at a higher level. The challenges they have are deciding what tools to actually use.
[03:31] In order to implement something like Christian's Digital Smile Design you have to practice at a much higher level.
[04:06] There are a ridiculous amount of opportunities for new dentists today. We have been trained similarly, but our focuses are different. A young dentist would be excited with all of the cool possibilities, but overwhelmed and scared with all of the new information they need to learn.
[06:38] Building a career for a young clinician on their first year out of school.
[07:02] Young dentists will often join corporate dentistry because of dead. This is a demanding and tough way to go. They could also go deeper in debt and buy a practice.
[08:23] The importance of giving back. Finding mentors and practices for young dentists to spend time in and watch and learn.
[09:09] How there are people everywhere who are willing to train.
[10:32] Everyone on stage challenges us to be a better dentist. It's exciting but scary.
[10:54] Choices we have today teach us to be better clinicians and better operators.
[11:44] Tools and technologies do help, but there is an additional cost to all of these new technologies.
[12:03] We need more centers providing support for dentists, so they can incorporate this type of technology into their practices.
[14:33] How the names and brands in corporate dentistry that we see today, won't be the names and brands of corporate dentistry in the future.[15:14] Young dentists will have to choose whether they want to be the best, or if they want to work for one of these corporate models.
[16:02] The concept of choice and choosing to choose.
[16:25] Both options can be great. Corporations will need people running their business.
[17:08] The future model of corporate dentistry will change. It won't be seen as cheap, low-quality, and low pay.
[17:36] For this model to change, the dentists that are brought in need to be able to grow instead of just being used as as a tool.
[20:56] One of the red flags of technology is that we see a lot of crappy dentistry on Instagram.
[23:38] If you don't please people, you are going to be online with a bad reputation.
[25:57] Committing to be excellent and creating relationships.
[28:59] There's a lot of room at the top. It's not the top that's crowded, it's the bottom that is crowded. When you're at the top, you can create your own future and transform your vision into reality.
[32:33] Making choices as a dentist and putting yourself in the right places.
 
Links and...

Further episodes of The Best Practices Show with Kirk Behrendt

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