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On this episode of the Dental Up Podcast, we interview Dr. Tom Kalili, Owner and Inventor of Nu Brace clear aligners.  He explains how during his time teaching at UCLA, he discovered this new technology and how it minimizes stress forces on teeth during orthodontic movement.  After 2,000 successful cases treated in his private office in Beverly Hills, he is taking the product world-wide!!

We sit down with Travis Nelson, Director of Nobel Procera and Lab Services for North America, and discuss what Nobel Biocare has in the pipeline for next year!  It's the 25th Anniversary of All-on-Four, The Envista Summit in Las Vegas, another huge meeting in Dubai, and improvements to the surgical and prosthetic work-flow. 

On this episode of the Dental Up Podcast, we interview Kristi Neff, Technical Specialist from Dentsply Prosthetics in the Removable Division, and discuss the R&D that went into creating Digital Dentures.   We provide tips on saving time and eliminating appointment visits using a digital work-flow.  We discuss Centric Relation and Vertical Dimension, the importance of Immediate Dentures, and try-in/duplicate dentures.

In this episode of the Dental Up Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Josh Wyatt of South Tampa Dentistry (STD, no joke) and relive his journey from 3 employees in one office to 70 employees in 7 offices.  My Dentist Group now serves the entire Gulf Coast of Florida in a high quality, personal environment, where the patient's needs come first!  His experienced team creates a dental experience that is comfortable, stress-free, and pleasant.    Dr. Wyatt is a graduate of the University of Alabama (Roll Tide) and the University of Pittsburgh (Let's go Pitt!), and when he's not freezing himself in his brand new cold plunge, he is either chasing around his two seven year olds or cruising the bay in his motorized kayak!

In this episode of the Dental Up Podcast, we sit down with Alex Castanedo from the Removable and Customer Service Teams here at Keating Dental Lab.  We provide tips on impression taking and bite registrations for removable prosthetics, and discuss orthotics and Dental Sleep Apliances.  Finally, we get down to one of the most important core values of Keating Dental Lab:  customer service and treating each dentist and case with a personalized touch. 

On this episode of the Dental Up Podcast, we interview Dr. Lee Frost, owner of Frost Dental Group which has been in continuous business for 70 years!  That's right, 70 years!!  Located in Rutherford, Dr. Frost has been faithfully serving the patients of Northern New Jersey since 1984. His business model and treatment philosophy is something every your dentist needs to hear, and his lessons on longevity are extremely important in this current business environment.

Check back with the Dental Up Podcast every week as provide tips from the most experienced and successful dentists from across the USA.

On today's episode, we discuss with Barry McGinnis the Senior Technical Advisor at Keating Dental Lab, some of the most common issues he sees with fixed crown and bridge cases.  We highlight prep design, impression taking,  and interocclusal clearance, and what to look for in each step.  We provide tips for clinical success and predictable indirect restorations.  We also discuss final color/shade of the restoration as it critically relates to the amount of facial reduction and explain how some materials look better in a thin dimension.