GUEST: Sam Wise, DDS, MS
EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Transitioning from traditional indirect bonding to a fully digital workflow can reshape a practice's efficiency, chair time, and clinical consistency. In this episode of the Orthodontic Products Podcast, sponsored by Solventum, host Alison Werner speaks with Sam Wise, DDS, MS, an orthodontist with a thriving multi-chair practice in North Canton, Ohio.
Wise shares his journey from hand-prepping bonding trays at his kitchen island to fully embracing Solventum's Clarity Digital Bonding workflow with APC Flash-Free Adhesive. He details how the switch let him combine new patient exams and records into a single visit, delegate tray prep entirely to his clinical team, cut his personal chair time for a bonding appointment to about one or two minutes, and all but eliminate the staining and micro-leakage that came with traditional bonding methods.
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE EPISODE:
- Combining new patient exams and records appointments speeds up ordering digital bonding trays and enables same-day contract starts.
- Delegating tray ordering, tracking, loading, and seating to clinical staff has cut chair time for bonding appointments to about a minute or two.
- APC Flash-Free Adhesive reduces decalcification, staining, and variability among staff with differing levels of experience.
- Marketing the "new high-tech way" versus the "old way" helps differentiate a practice to both patients and referring doctors.
- Thinner trays and built-in bite turbos are already improving digital bonding, with pre-loaded trays and AI-assisted setups on the horizon.
CHAPTERS:
01:17 Dr. Wise's journey into orthodontics
04:31 Bringing indirect bonding into the practice
06:51 How digital bonding transformed the practice
07:57 COVID, a partner's departure, and the switch to Solventum's digital bonding
09:17 Combining appointments and same-day starts
10:09 Life before digital bonding: the "kitchen lab" era
13:33 Why the bonding appointment matters
15:45 The role of Clarity Digital Bonding and APC Flash-Free Adhesive
17:26 Rethinking adhesive flash as more than a cleanup issue
20:09 Efficiency gains as treatment progresses 2
2:23 Impact on team, workflow, and patients
27:16 The future of digital bonding and advice for doctors
ABOUT THE GUEST: Sam Wise, DDS, MS, is an orthodontist in North Canton, Ohio at Fleming & Wise Orthodontics. A Summa Cum Laude graduate of the Ohio State University College of Dentistry, he served three years as a captain in the U.S. Air Force Dental Corps, earning recognition for meritorious service, before completing his Master's and Orthodontic Certificate at the University of Detroit Mercy and achieving American Board of Orthodontics certification.
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