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Episode #1708 : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran, Howard welcomes Ellen Bösl — Vice President of R&D at Solventum — to tackle a question the industry doesn't ask often enough: with more technology and knowledge than ever, why is oral health still so deeply unequal?
Drawing on 25 years of innovation leadership, Ellen separates the technologies that truly expand access from the ones that just make good headlines.
🎧 A candid, big-picture look at equity, innovation, and the future of dental care.
Episode #1707 : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran, Howard sits down with Tobias Richter — founder of TRI® Dental Implants and a 20-year veteran of the global dental industry.
From launching innovations at Straumann to building Implant Direct across 25 European markets, Tobias has spent his career pushing implant dentistry forward — and now he's rethinking it entirely with no-abutment innovation designed to save patients and clinicians pain, time, and money.
🎧 A forward-looking conversation on the digital dentistry revolution and where the industry goes next.
Episode #1706 : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran, Howard sits down with Dr. Jack Hahn — a true living legend of implant dentistry with over 58 years in practice and 54 of them devoted to implants.
From placing his first blade implants in 1970 to designing four implant systems — including the Hahn Tapered Implant — Dr. Hahn has quite literally helped shape modern implant dentistry as we know it.
🎧 An unmissable conversation with one of the field's founding pioneers.
06/10/2026
🏆 Your products. Voted on by the orthodontists who actually use them.
The Ortho Townie Choice Awards are Orthotown's annual peer-voted awards—where verified, practicing orthodontists recognize the products they trust most in their practices. A TCA win is one of the most credible endorsements in the orthodontic industry because it comes straight from the clinicians themselves.
The 2026 awards are now open for entries—but the deadline is June 30.
✅ Recognized by real, practicing orthodontists
✅ Influence purchasing decisions across the industry
✅ Gain valuable exposure to one of orthodontics' most engaged communities
If your products are in orthodontic practices, they deserve to be in the running. Submit your entries at orthotown.com/TCA before time runs out!
Episode #1705 : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran, Howard sits down with Dr. Jay Reznick — oral and maxillofacial surgeon, DMD, MD, and one of the true pioneers of digital implant surgery in the United States.
The first specialist in the country to integrate CBCT and CAD/CAM in practice, Dr. Reznick has spent two decades teaching dentists around the world how to think bigger, operate smarter, and deliver better surgical outcomes.
🎧 A masterclass in implant surgery, 3D technology, and the future of oral surgery education.
06/04/2026
A few noteworthy additions in this month's new products roundup. OrthoFX's FXIntegrated Buttons embed directly into the aligner as a single continuous piece from the same polymer, eliminating adhesives and welding while handling up to 10 lbs of force. LightForce's LightBracket Metal takes patient-specific 3D printing to metal brackets, customized across base, slot, and position for individual tooth morphology. Henry Schein adds a champagne gold option to the Aria Low-Profile Bracket System, and the Carestream CS 1300 intraoral camera rounds out the list with a 280-degree rotating head and HD image quality.
👉 To see all four products in full, see the link in the comments below 👇
06/03/2026
**Orthodontics and Sleep Surgery: An Updated Clinical Perspective**
OSA affects at least 1 in 9 people worldwide. Sleep surgery has evolved significantly over the last two decades. And orthodontists, according to Drs. Nasim Mesgarzadeh and Stanley Y.C. Liu, are already shaping sleep-surgical outcomes through the craniofacial decisions they make every day, often without recognizing it.
The article walks through the updated Stanford Riley-Powell-Liu sleep surgery algorithm and makes the case for earlier interdisciplinary communication. Dentoalveolar compensation, transverse deficiency, and prior orthodontic treatment all affect what a sleep surgeon can plan and achieve. Sharing that context early preserves options. Waiting until surgery is on the table can constrain them.
👉 To read the full article and share your thoughts, see the link in the comments below 👇
💬 How actively does sleep-disordered breathing factor into your orthodontic treatment planning and interdisciplinary referrals?
Episode #1704 : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran, Howard sits down with Drs. Jessica and Richard Marn — a pediatric dentist and dual board-certified anesthesiologist who together are redefining how dental practices approach sedation safety.
Their concept? Boring Sedation. The goal isn't dramatic rescue — it's building systems so reliable that problems get caught early and cases stay predictable.
🎧 A fascinating, potentially life-saving conversation for any dentist who offers sedation in their practice.
06/02/2026
**Retreatment With Compromised Molars**
A 26-year-old presents unhappy with previous orthodontic treatment. She has spacing, proclination, a Class II tendency, an active tongue thrust habit, and lower first molars that are almost certainly headed for extraction. The question is what to do with that information.
Does the orthodontist take on the complexity of closing all four molar extraction sites to give the patient a fully self-contained result? Extract upper premolars only and plan implants for the lower sixes later? Or find a middle path that keeps mechanics manageable and accepts a Class II molar finish?
Retreatment cases carry a different emotional weight. The patient has already been through it once. Every approach the community debated solved the space problem differently, but none of them fully addressed the underlying tongue habit risk.
👉 To read the full case and share your thoughts, see the link in the comments below 👇
Episode #1703 : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran, Howard sits down with Shreyas Parab — co-founder and CEO of DayDream — who grew up in his mother's dental practice, saw the broken systems up close, and built the solution he wished they'd had.
From spotting hidden revenue leaks to cutting through the AI hype, Shreyas brings a refreshingly honest outside perspective on what's really holding dental practices back.
🎧 Smart, direct, and full of practical insight for practice owners ready to think differently.
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