{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Wired Dentistry","title":"Where Digital Dentistry, AI and 3D Printing Really Stand with Dr. John Flucke","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2380,"description":"Everyone says digital dentistry is here. For most practices it's halfway here, and the half that's missing costs more time and money than it should.\nDr. John Flucke is a full-time general dentist in Lee's Summit, Missouri, host of The Technology Evangelist podcast and blog, and for decades the technology editor of Dental Products Report. He has spent his career testing dental technology before most practices buy it. In this episode, Dr. Lorne Lavine asks him what's real, what's hype, and how a busy practice should bring new technology in.\nWhat they cover:\nWhat a truly digital workflow looks like, and why most practices are still at the hybrid stage\nWhy the intraoral scanner is the doorway to everything digital, and how many offices already have one\nThe \"it's only\" problem: how $200 and $500 subscriptions add up to $10,000 to $20,000 a month\nWhere AI is genuinely helping dental offices now, and why consolidation is coming\nWhy dentistry is a relationship business first, and how AI can give your team more time with patients\nIs 3D printing still the future? What's holding practices back, and the easy things to print first\nJohn's 10-crown rule for adopting new technology without risking a patient\nWhy expensive equipment ends up unused, and how to get your team to own the change\nWhere to find the time to learn new technology in a full practice\nTHE ONE THING FROM THIS EPISODE\nBudget your time the way you budget for equipment. Block one set time each week, like Tuesday lunch, to learn or test one new thing. If you wait until you have the time, you'll never have it.\nFind Dr. Flucke's Technology Evangelist podcast and blog by searching \"John Flucke\".\nWORK WITH US\nMarketing: book a strategy meeting with Naren's team at ekwa.com/wired\nTechnology: schedule a call with Lorne at thedigitaldentist.com/call\nSubscribe at wireddentistry.com/subscribe for the episode, plus the one thing from it worth doing, written down.\nChapters\n00:00:00 – Introduction: Meet Dr. John Flucke...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hAY4Bt-F-tyLlkx5wiedDm9_DZlQZkiuiKHHc6Ssqyo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85M2Y3/ZTkwYTI4OTA1NTg5/NWM1ODRmY2UyNmE0/OGI4Zi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}