Dentists, hygienists, office managers, DSO execs, the people building the tech and the people stuck using it. One question the industry can't agree on, two people who see it differently, and a real conversation about it. About 45 minutes, on video, every Tuesday.
Should America keep fluoridating its water?
Two people who have spent their careers on opposite sides of this one. We'll name them when the episode is booked. Until then, where do you land?
Each one gets an episode: one question, two people who see it differently, and an honest conversation about it. No talking points, no PR answers.
Seventy years of evidence on one side. State bans and a federal review on the other.
Debt relief for new grads, or quotas and settlements. Both are true. Which one matters more?
Consistent diagnosis, or dentists who stop looking and a liability nobody has priced.
The annual maximum hasn't moved since the 1970s. Thirty-seven states passed reform laws last year.
Sixty million Americans live where there aren't enough dentists. Who fills the gap?
Fee for service rewards volume. Quotas reward volume. Where does the patient come in?
No scripts, no slides, no PR answers. Two people who disagree, two hosts who are curious, and enough time to actually get somewhere.
Said plainly at the top, so nobody has to guess what we're talking about.
Not pundits. People who do this for a living and have already had this argument in real life.
Allison keeps it moving. Deren brings the numbers and the awkward question. Guests talk to each other, not past each other.
At the end, the hosts say what they actually think, what changed their mind, and what's still up in the air.
Two guests who see it differently. Most episodes.
2 GUESTS · 45 MINOne guest with an unpopular take, and the hosts asking about it.
1 GUEST · 40 MINA messy issue with three or four people who each see a different piece of it.
3 TO 4 GUESTS · 50 MINThe hosts on something that happened in the industry this week.
NO GUESTS · 25 MINAt a conference, with a room full of people who have opinions too.
ON STAGE · 45 TO 50 MINDentists, hygienists, office managers, DSO people, vendors, consultants. Anyone who actually works in this industry and has an opinion they'd say out loud. Tell us the question and where you stand. If it fits, Allison will reach out.
The question, why people disagree about it, and who you'd want to hear from. The good ones become episodes and we say your name on air.
The AI front office for dental practices: phones, scheduling, and follow-up that never miss.
Recruiting and staffing built for dental practices, from people who live in the industry every day.
CEO of Dentele Group. She has spent her career inside dental practices and knows what the people in them actually fight about. She asks the question everyone in the room is thinking and waits for a real answer.
Dentist, practice owner, and founder of AiroDental. He has been on both sides of most of these questions and will tell you which side he got wrong.
