
Hosted by Drs Clinton Timmerman & Russell Schafer · EN

In this VOD pop up episode, Russell talks to Dr. Logan Hill who is from Kingman, Arizona. He runs a busy office with a bunch of hygienists that is fully booked out. We talk about his journey from Comfort Dental in Texas to Arizona and why he moved and how much more he enjoys private practice at Cerbat Dental Group as well as the challenges he has running a private practice such as losing a dentist due to stroke and being unable to get a new patient into hygiene for month.

So Russell went to Voice of Dentistry 2025 popup at the wonderful Pathways and had a blast. He did a few podcasts as he is want to do. In this podcast he and Dr. Michael Hess talk with Cliff Campbell and Ricky Rivera of StellaLife about their products and dentistry in general. Ricky is a lab tech turns salesman and Cliff comes from a line of dental salesmen. If you want to contact either one of them to place an order for StellaLife, their emails are CliffCampbell@Stellalife.com and RRivera@Stellalife.com. StellaLife makes a great product.

This week Russell talks with Juli Bar Lev and Kelly Fincher about Rapid Shape and 3d printing in 2025. We talk about Rapid Shape's new printers from their chairside One printer to their ortho production line printer. We talk about the features from force feedback monitoring to light source calibration sensors as well to ensure quality prints. If you want to find out more about Rapid Shape printers, go to www.rapidshape.de.

This week Russell talks with Bart Cothran who is a CDT out of Orlando, FL who specializes in difficult esthetic fixed ceramic cases and teaches Miyo both in small classes but also by coming out to offices to teach them as well. We talk about his journey to become a CDT and how he started teaching Miyo. We also talk about his transition from owning a lab to going back to being an employee for Winter Spring Lab in Orlando where he focuses on more difficult cases. If you want to sign up for one of Bart's courses or hire him, you can reach out to him on Facebook or you can find his courses on www.DCGDental.com.

Russell Schafer and Clinton Timmerman talk with Jae Brimhall, who is bestie's with Clint's long lost cousin and is an orthodontist in Texas and New Mexico. Jae is on a personal adventure to see every national park by 2027 and is close to completing his goal. He said they've all been great so far but nothing compares to the Biggest Ball of Twine in Kansas.

Russell this week talks to Brandi Nowak and Mary Beth Starr of Nowak Dental Supplies. We talk mostly about the upcoming LabFest in New Orleans which is the 1st annual conference that is focused primary on the business of running a dental lab. Also we talk about how Nowak Dental got its start and what it is like to sell to dentists and labs.

Clinton Timmerman and Russell Schafer are joined by Steffany Mohan, who hails from the greater Des Moines area of the Hawkeye State. Steff has gone from owning one office to five, including a sleep center, and even has some that are completely fee-for-servcie vs others that are heavy PPO. If you're possibly looking for a job or even just need someone to talk to, Steff invites you to reach out at steffmohan@gmail. Ask her to tell you about her favotire Tom Arnold story from her Ottumwa days.

Peter Bowman joins Clint and Russel from The Granite State to talke about his small town practice that is bursting at the seams and how he came to be a co-owner of a golf course, one of the best Par 3 courses in America. Listen to find out his story...and if you may possibly like to join his office as he is looking for a new associate!

Paolo Lubrano joins Clinton Timmerman and Russell Schafer to discuss how his company, Implant Concierge, best serves dentists in streamlining the planning and fabrication of implant guides. He also gives his insight into the best way to experience his home country, Italy. Listen and see if Implant Concierge can be an added benefit to your office!

John Madden joins Russell and Clinton to talk about his digital removable lab, John Madden Prosthetics, and his goal to create a lab that is 100% digital. John also teaches of the University of Minnesota and has yet to smash a student's poured up impression in front of him or her. This is another benefit of going digital. Listen and hear all the adventures of being a lab tech in the Upper Midwest. If you want to learn about printed metal frameworks, go to https://www.begousa.com/production-services-wironium-rp/ If you want to learn more about AI Designed Dentures, contact stephen@voyager.dental or go to https://voyager.dental.