AI and the future of dentistry with Max Ganhewa

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Max Ganhewa says 70% of patients have orthodontic opportunities most dentists miss.

AI has moved into the daily mechanics of dental practices. Jesse Green opens with tools now showing up in call scoring, note-taking, treatment planning, and diagnosis. The question has shifted from whether AI belongs in dentistry to how a practice can use it without adding more work. The tool described here keeps the workflow plain. It reads practice data in the background instead of asking practitioners to learn another complicated system. The output is intentionally ordinary: an early email with a day sheet a dentist can scan before the first appointment. That timing is the point. The episode ties it to anchoring and availability, using Daniel Kahneman to explain why fresh prompts can change what people notice. If one patient may need an implant conversation and another may be ready for aligners, the dentist walks in with a better sense of where to lean in. The software does not close the case. The episode keeps returning to the human part: people still buy from people, especially in face-to-face care. AI can surface the diamonds, but the dentist still has to lead the conversation. The morning huddle gets a cleaner job. What used to mean manual day-sheet review can become a faster prompt before the team gets moving. Jesse says it may save roughly half an hour of administrative review each day. The bigger gain is making evidence-based revenue opportunities easier to see without pretending the software can do the relationship work. Jesse treats the space as early, useful, and likely to keep changing fast.

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AI is framed as a practice tool, not a buzzword, when it starts shaping the day before the first patient arrives.

This episode treats AI as a working tool for dentistry, not a shiny slogan. Jesse Green points to call scoring at reception, note-taking, treatment planning, and diagnosis, then keeps the focus on a simple question: how should a practice use it well?

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You want AI that actually helps your practice before morning huddle.

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