Very Dental: From Polysulfide to Intraoral Scanners with Dr. David Hornbrook

Alan ran in to Dr. David Hornbrook on the floor of the Chicago Midwinter Dental meeting and was able to record an amazing conversation with him! Appropriately for the Chicago meeting we talked about adopting technology and where we've come from and what to expect in the future.

• Why mid-winter in Chicago?
• Midwinter vs. Lab Day
• What's a CDT? Can you become one any more?
• Technology is affordable. Small labs can now use similar technology to a larger lab
• Why do labs HAVE to keep up with technology more than dentists?
• How to get rid of a Tru Def scanner
• Polysulfide
• Reversible Hydrocolloid
• How are dental meetings doing?
• The Vedder Society
• The advantages of a study club
• It's hard to market to dentists 
• Chicago Midwinter is like a kid in a candy store
• "The shelf"
• David Hornbrook's electro mallet
• The ROI of influencing doctors through their lab
• David on 3D printing
• David on intraoral scanning
• Getting your team involved in scanning
• Scanners are just plain affordable now...it's time to jump in!
• Scanners in removable

Some links from the show:

• Chicago Midwinter
• Lab Day
• David's website
• Utah Valley Dental Lab
• The Francis B. Vedder Society

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