We’re calling today’s episode the one-upper! Tuning in, you’ll hear Dr. Grant Stucki and Dr. Mike Hall share some of their best dental stories, partly for comedic relief but also to impart some important lessons about client communication, adequate sedation techniques, and careful employee selection, as well as what you can learn from your patients about different cultures and mindsets (and kinks). We hope that this episode leaves you with a lot to ponder and, hopefully, is as insightful as it is hilarious. Make sure not to miss it!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Why Dr. Hall thinks that dentists should be keeping a record of their best stories.
- While we all want our practice to appear professional, Dr. Stucki believes there is a lot to be learned from mistakes.
- Dr. Hall’s first funny oral surgery story, which involves a Halcion-induced parking lot accident.
- The moral of the story: always over-communicate with patients taking oral sedation meds!
- Dr. Stucki shares a propofol sedation story about a wisdom extraction that required an osteotome on a military veteran.
- Why adequate sedation is crucial, especially when the patient poses a physical threat!
- Dr. Hall’s next story is more of a classic office drama regarding false accusations of an affair.
- The importance of careful employee selection and having a good no-tolerance policy.
- The funny next story comes from the time Dr. Stucki’s brother was shadowing him in Tucson.
- The unbelievable things patients will say and do that make for a good story and introduce you to different cultures and mindsets.
- Dr. Stucki’s last story involves a somewhat different Jamaican interpretation of his last name.
- How grinding down a patient’s molars taught Dr. Hall a lot about that patient’s kinks!
- Find out why Dr. Stucki is considering creating an “Only in dentistry!” bumper sticker.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Dr. Mike Hall on LinkedIn — linkedin.com/in/michael-hall-aa8379109
Dr. Grant Stucki Email — grantstucki@gmail.com
Dr. Grant Stucki Phone — 720 441 6059