The Alan Mead Experience

Episode 048: Al riffs on legal threats, Buddhism

November 29th, 2017  |  19 mins 3 secs

buddhism, dental podcast, dentaltown, legal threats

Alan discusses recent turmoil in his life and how a Sam Harris podcast helped to set him straight.

Episode 047: Dr. Aly Sergie on magnification, photography and hate crimes

November 27th, 2017  |  51 mins 33 secs

dental microscope, dental podcast, hate crimes

Alan is joined by Dr. Aly Sergie who tells him about his journey into microscopes, all about photography and a nasty thing that happened to him this January.

Episode 046: Dr. Lance Timmerman's nontraditional Thanksgiving

November 20th, 2017  |  47 mins 43 secs

dental microscopes, gratitude, parenting, thanksgiving

Alan talks with fan favorite Lance Timmerman about Thanksgiving, Black Friday and gratitude.

Episode 044: Al riffs on podcasting

November 13th, 2017  |  34 mins 37 secs

dental podcast, multiple track recording, podcasting

Al gets really nerdy about podcasts. Really nerdy.

Episode 043: Dr. Bart Schultz live on surgery and reps

November 8th, 2017  |  27 mins 4 secs

dental implants, dr. bart schultz, reps, surgery

Alan and his BFF Bart record in a tiny conference room on the 3M campus talking about surgery and why Al hates it.

Episode 042: Dr. Shawn Van de Vyver on stacking, productivity and making new stuff

November 6th, 2017  |  45 mins 58 secs

auto front office, dental podcast, exocad, exocademy, productivity

Alan is joined by Dr. Shawn Van de Vyver again to talk about all the stuff he has created since episode 1.

Episode 041: Dr. Justin Moody on dental implants and Fireball

October 30th, 2017  |  50 mins 10 secs

dental implant education, dental implants, dental podcast, dr. justin moody

Dr. Justin Moody, one of the co-hosts of the Voices of Dentistry meeting, joins Alan to talk about dental implants, implant education and Fireball!

Episode 040: Dr. Bart Schultz on smile test drives and travel trailers

October 25th, 2017  |  49 mins 55 secs

dental consultations, dental podcast, smile test drive

Dr. Bart Schultz joins Alan again to talk about how to let patients test drive their new smile.

Episode 039: Alan on jury duty and microscopes

October 23rd, 2017  |  41 mins 57 secs

dental microscopes, dental podcast, jury duty

Alan riffs on his recent experience being called for jury duty and why he thinks dental microscopes are best used in hygiene.

Episode 038: Dr. Bilal Saib on All on 4 and podcast pioneering

October 18th, 2017  |  50 mins 57 secs

all on 4, bilal saib, dental podcast

Alan is joined by dental podcast pioneer Dr. Bilal Saib to talk about how he started podcasting and all about full arch implant restorations.

Episode 037: Dr. James Heaton on ceiling mounted delivery and personal office urinals

October 16th, 2017  |  41 mins 29 secs

dental office design, dental podcast, dr. james heaton

Alan discusses the joys and tragedies of moving your dental office with Dr. James Heaton.

Episode 036: Easy chart notes and other productivity hacks

October 9th, 2017  |  38 mins 41 secs

bioclear, dental podcast, evernote, premier dental products, productivity tools, solo diamonds, textexpander, ubiquitous capture

Alan gushes over the Bioclear Learning Center Summit, interviewing two endodontic giants and then talks about tools he's using to create thorough chart notes quickly as well as "ubiquitous capture."

Solo Diamonds by Premier Dental

TextExpander

Evernote

Google Keep

Episode 035: Dr. Tammy Bailey on interpersonal skills and open contacts

October 2nd, 2017  |  45 mins 49 secs

dental podcast, interpersonal skills, open contacts, parenting

Dr. Tammy Bailey joins Alan to tell some dental school stories, talk about kids, tips on how to relate to people and the dread of the open contact.

Episode 034: Jonathan VanHorn on naming things poorly and dental accountants

September 25th, 2017  |  52 mins 3 secs

dental podcast, naming businesses, personal productivity

Jonathan VanHorn of "Dentist Metrics" joins Alan to talk about why it matters if your accountant is a "dental accountant" as well as how he handles personal productivity and tasks.

Episode 033: Live from Dentsply Sirona World 2017!

September 20th, 2017  |  43 mins 21 secs

dental podcast, dentsply sirona world 2017, dsw 17

Alan is joined by Dr. Flash Davies and Dr. Craig Harder to talk about DS World 2017, The Voices of Dentistry meeting and strategies about how to apply CE (and how not to).

Episode 032: "Dentists to poor people: Drop dead" rant

September 13th, 2017  |  34 mins 17 secs

boston globe, dental podcast, mid level dental providers

Alan rants about the recent hatchet job article from the Boston Globe