Dental shop talk with the edges left on.
Dentists, Implants and Worms treats dentistry as work people actually do, not a brochure version of the profession. Episodes move between implant workflows, lab coordination, course life, public-health dentistry, 3D printing, business math, and after-hours banter.
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Dentists, Implants and Worms is a long-running dental conversation show with implant dentistry near its center and professional reality all around the edges. The tone is informal, often messy, and usually fast. That looseness gives the show its texture. Recent episodes move from Napa offices and wine-country catch-ups into detailed talk about arch treatment, restorative handoffs, lab billing, insurance uncertainty, and how much a referring doctor might receive on an arch case. The clinical talk is practical rather than abstract. A discussion about all-on-four workflow turns into questions about estimates, impressions, try-ins, zirconia, screwdrivers, composite, and who is responsible for which part of the patient experience. Other episodes look outward into the dental ecosystem. Residents talk through training, live events, lectures, and the strange pressure of being watched on video. Dr. Alan Mead joins a post-event conversation about Voices of Dentistry, podcasting spaces, ticket planning, and whether an idea that sounded risky actually worked. Dr. Maestas brings the show into public-health dentistry, FQHC work, young-dentist uncertainty, private-practice finances, and the freedom of treating patients without every decision being driven by case acceptance. John Cox from Sprint Ray brings the technology lane, with 3D printing, cloud design, night guards, resins, printer setup, and lab relationships all treated as day-to-day workflow questions. The show also likes origin stories: Greg Skinner’s path from pre-med to dentistry and the Adjust-A-Tray sits alongside jokes, interruptions, sponsor reads, and memories from courses and houses where dental people gathered after hours. It is not clean-room education. It is dental culture with the tape left running. The result is a show for clinicians, dental vendors, residents, and practice-minded listeners who want the unvarnished room tone around implants, procedures, business, events, and the personalities that keep the profession moving.
Made for: Best for dentists, residents, implant-focused clinicians, dental vendors, and practice operators who already speak some of the profession’s shorthand. It also fits listeners curious about the business, training, technology, and social world behind modern dentistry.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its combination of clinical specificity and unpolished proximity: it moves from arch mechanics to event logistics to wine jokes without sanding everything smooth. Similar dental shows may sound more structured; this one feels closer to being in the room after a course.
Dentists, Implants and Worms: Helping you navigate the world of dentistry— one vodka-soda at a time! We're not your average dental podcast. Join Dr. Justin Moody in Rapid City's Podcast Studio 1-A every week with a variety of personalities joining him as co-hosts— the impeccable Gabe Olson and the Renaissance Millennial, Jeffrey Alan Smith! Dr. Justin Moody invites dozens upon dozens of his colleagues, mentors and inspirations in the world of dentistry. We interview them live via Skype and/or in the Studio. We are unfiltered and have no format— just good, honest conversation and a whole lot of Fireball.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Candid dental conversations connect implants and digital production with the business decisions that shape treatment.
Justin Moody approaches dentistry as a working profession, with its clinical judgment, business pressures and shop-floor problem solving left in the same conversation.
An implant bill beside a wine glass: you get dental shop talk with room for a laugh.
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A practical discussion of the clinical handoff and payment for full-arch referrals.
A new office in Napa brings up memories of the Arizona house where course attendees gathered for happy hour. The dentists then turn to the handoff after a full-arch referral: who delivers the final restoration, what the referring dentist does afterward, and how payment works.
Wine tasting gives this live conversation a loose thread about practice and expertise.
A live episode of Dentist Implants and Worms veers into wine tasting when the hosts tease each other over a Sauvignon Blanc. Soon they are asking how much practice it takes to identify a grape, region or year by smell and taste.
Dr. Maestas and Justin Moody discuss the freedom of public health dentistry and the financial demands of private practice.
Dr. Maestas gives public health dentistry a practical shape. She works at a community health center in Chaparral, New Mexico, and spends half a day each week at the Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine in El Paso.
How lab design could lead into chairside dental printing.
At DS World, Justin Moody and Randy Huska talk with SprintRay's John Cox about the work between a dental scan and a chairside print. Who designs the appliance? What arrives back at the practice?
Maestas discusses community health dentistry, clinical choices, and why her current role suits her.
Dr. Maestas tells Justin Moody about her work at a community health center in Chaparral, New Mexico, and the half day she spends each week at a dental school in El Paso.
Clinical research for dental hygiene professionals.
Dental hygiene, clinical grit, and professional voice.
Dentistry careers, told from the inside.
Dental ownership without the quiet panic.
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Episode 300 of Dentists, Implants and Worms is recorded at Dr.
Episode 298 of Dentists, Implants and Worms is a live panel recording featuring the four current Pathway implant residency residents — Dr.
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A casual conversation among dentists discussing a sinus course, the Voices of Dentistry event, and personal anecdotes over drinks.
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