HowDent
A podcast about how things are made that are used in dentistry. Hosted by Dr. Andy Goldsmith. The Dental industry encompasses many different products and technology. Dentists are taught about dental materials in school but the details of how something is actually made is left out. This podcast brings together the missing links about how dental products, dental devices, and dental technology are made.
About the host:
Andy Goldsmith was an NCAA track athlete (Pole Vaulter) in college at the University of Nevada, Reno where he was also managing director of the student newspaper and a student body senator. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Pre-Dentistry in 1992.
Dr. Goldsmith continued his education at Marquette University, where he was class president and student body president. After dental school, Dr. Goldsmith completed a two year general practice residency at the University of Colorado, where he finished as chief resident and continued on staff as a part-time assistant professor.
Dr. Goldsmith then owned a private practice for 13 years in Colorado; Esthetic Family Dentistry. After selling his practice in Colorado Dr. Goldsmith Co-founded Smile Source, a group dedicated to preserving independent-practice dentistry. Today, Smile Source is one of the largest dental groups with over 700 locations.
During his tenure at Smile Source he served as President, Chief Dental Officer and Vice President of vendor relations (2011-Dec 2015). In his role as president, he worked with Brazos private equity group directing strategic growth incentives, marketing and key business development plans and M&A. Dr. Goldsmith also served as an advisor and equity holder of Vision Source the worlds largest group of independent practice, optometrists which recently sold to Essilor. In 2019 he was a key witness in the Federal Trade Commission case supporting group dental practices. Andy has also consulted for manufacturers and dealers and has a global perspective from meeting with and speaking to dentists and companies in Italy, UAE, France, England, Greece, Germany and the United States. An accomplished clinician, achieving recognition as a Diplomate in the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and a Fellow in the International Academy of Laser Dentistry, he remains dedicated to helping advance dentistry for the benefit of patients and to preserve the profession of dentistry. He has been awarded a Gold medal by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry for his contributions to the Give Back a Smile Foundation. He has also been recognized by the American College of Dentists for outstanding performance and professionalism.
Dr. Goldsmith also contributes regularly to multiple dental journals and has had his articles published in nine different journals or publications. Dr. Goldsmith operated an online practice management firm and has conducted live seminars.
Dr. Goldsmith practices full time dentistry and is currently owner of Northshore Dental in Houston Texas.
HowDent
Dr. Niznick Unleashed: The Maverick Behind the Implant Revolution
In This Episode of the HowDent Podcast, Dr. Andrew Goldsmith talks with one of the pioneers of implant dentistry who continues to innovate after 50+ years, Dr. Gerald Niznick. You will be the first to hear about a new tri-implant system and the launch of an intuitive implant company called Paragon https://paragon-implant.com/
Dr. Gerald A. Niznick was the founder and President of Core-Vent and Paragon Dental Implant Companies (1982 -2001) and developed the Screw-Vent, Advent
and SwissPlus implants now sold by Zimmer Dental. In 2004, he founded Implant Direct and created what is now known as the “value segment” of the dental implant industry, introducing a number of application specific 1 and 2-piece implants with all-in-1 packaging. He served as President of Implant Direct through 2013 at which time he retired. Dr. Niznick graduated from the University of Manitoba Dental School in 1966, (renamed the Dr. Gerald Niznick College of
Dentistry in 2018), earned a Masters degree in Prosthodontics at Indiana University in 1968 and received Honorary Doctorate degrees from University of Manitoba and Tel Aviv University. He has 33 US dental implant patents. The internal conical connection, (Niznick Patent #4,960,381), introduced with the Screw-Vent Implant in 1986 has become the cornerstone of modern implant design.
Generation 5 Niznick Implants incorporate 40+ years of the modern dental implant era starting with Core-Vent 1982 and Branemark 1983. The dental community is going through heightened public awareness of the benefits of dental implant supported restorations thanks to marketing by Corporate Dental organizations and social media. With the rapid expansion in the number of dentists placing
implants at varying levels of education and skill, both biological and mechanical
complications are on the rise. Paragon’s GEN5 implants, surgical protocol and prosthetic applications were designed to simplify procedures and optimize both short and long-term success. Paragon’s Go-to-market strategy, in an industry already crowded with over 250 implant companies, is to limit the product line, utilize lights-out manufacturing and online ordering to reduce the cost to the point where a high quality, made-in-America, implant system can be offered to every dentist at the price levels offered by the major implant companies to DSOs and ClearChoice.
For more information about Paragon or to become a VIP visit: https://paragon-implant.com/
