Dental Squad

In this episode, you get to meet another member of Dr. Kelly Betts’ personal Dental Squad, one of her dental assistants, Laurice Mitchell! Laurice and Dr. Betts attended a 3D printing course by 3D Dentists in Nashville, TN, and they share what they learned and how it is propelling them to elevate their current 3D printing capacity at their office and hear Laurice’s thoughts on

Dr. Kelly Betts recaps an intriguing article found in the July/August 2023 edition of General Dentistry by the Academy for General Dentistry focusing on Stewardship in Healthcare, and more specifically in dentistry. What is it? Why do we care about it? And why is it important to make it an integral part of your philosophy and practice design?Join us for this mini Lit Review and fee

Happy Anniversary! One year down, hopefully many more years to go!In this episode, Drs. Kelly Betts and Michael Hsu summarize the first year of the dental start-up office, Integrative Dental Wellness in central Maryland. They talk about their growth, what they’ve learned and experienced in their first year of IDW and how they plan to celebrate. Spoiler Alert: Dr. Betts throws ano

Conflict and confrontation and communication, oh my! Whether you're trying to present a complex treatment plan to a resistant patient, trying to have tough conversations with your staff, or trying to just figure out how to communicate better in general, there are 6 major things you need to get started. In this episode, Dr. Kelly Betts uses recent life and practice examples to highl

In this episode, Dr. Kelly Betts sits down with Wayne Glassoff, currently of CAD Ray to discuss 3D printing in dentistry. With years of experience with multiple dental companies and distributors, Wayne is a wealth of knowledge regarding 3D printing systems and resins and shares his insight into where dentistry is heading with these technological advances. Enjoy!

In this episode, Dr. Michael Hsu shares his experience with hosting his first Dental Implant Open House at Integrative Dental Wellness. A well-planned open house can be a great way to engage with your patients and your community and bring focus to specific services you provide. Listen in!

On this episode of Dental Squad, we explore a career path in community dentistry with Dr. Alayna Schoblaske, current Dental Director at the East Medford Dental Clinic of La Clinica in Medord, Oregon.Dr. Schoblaske shares with us how she came to choose a career in community dentistry and why she loves it and thinks maybe you could too! If anyone has any questions for Dr. Schoblaske,

In this special episode, Dr. Betts interviews Dr. Chris Stryker of Lincoln Crossings Dental Care about how to choose what continuing education to focus on early on in your career as a dentist. Enjoy this episode and reach out and let us know what lingering questions you might have about your own CE journey!

On this episode, Dr. Betts & Dr. Hsu reminisce about the Open House for Integrative Dental Wellness. Dr. Hsu interviews Dr. Betts and finds out what went well, what she'd do differently and why community engagement is so important. And is another Open House in the works???Listen in and feel free to forward any thoughts, comments, or questions to [email protected].

On this episode, we hear the audio recording from April 29th, 2022, the day before the Open House of Integrative Dental Wellness. While driving home from an intense implant CE course, Dr. Betts and Dr. Hsu take time to re-listen to the audio diary from that day and revisit how they were feeling and how things have changed since then, just over 3 months later. Nervousness, excitemen