Insights with Coachman 2018 - 2020
Insights, interviews, thoughts and explanations from DSD founder Christian Coachman: 2018 - 2020
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Rehabilitating Smiles: Digital vs Handmade
In this video, Christian Coachman talked about rehabilitating smiles digitally versus using handmade techniques – and why digital is the way forwards.
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What is DSD?
It's not just teeth that make up a beautiful smile! This short video informs patients about the Digital Smile Design concept and the importance of factoring in the face and starting with the end in mind when it comes to designing their new smile and planning their dental treatment.
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An interview with Align Technology®
In this interview with Align Technology®, Christian Coachman talked about the need for change and the importance of getting out of your comfort zone, how to incorporate new changes to benefit your patients, and what encouraged him to adopt changes, differentiate himself and become an 'architect o...
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Digital Dentistry
Christian Coachman offered his insights into digital dentistry, the challenges of implementation and running our dental office in 'digital' mode. He pondered the interesting moment we are experiencing - companies are not only delivering new ideas and technologies but also focusing on making exist...
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The 5 steps of building a lecture - Part one
Why does jumping straight to technique make your dental presentations less effective? In this video, Christian Coachman discussed the challenges of teaching a specific idea or technique and broke his journey of creating a successful dental lecture into five important steps: introducing the topic,...
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The 5 steps of building a lecture - Part two
Christian Coachman offers an example to illustrate the five steps of building a successful and insightful dental lecture.
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Transforming your IOS into a diagnostic and quality control tool
Christian Coachman discussed the timelapse feature of the iTero intraoral scanner which makes it the ideal diagnostic and quality control tool.
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What is DSD?
How would you describe what DSD is? In this excerpt from an interview with Dr Rajiv Verma, Christian Coachman offers a simple explanation of the DSD methodology and DSD company.
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How was DSDApp created?
In this short video, Christian Coachman and Ralph Georg look back on how they came to know each other and the journey that led them to develop the highly successful DSDApp that dentists all over the world use to design smiles.
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Interview between Mike DiTolla and Christian Coachman
Dr Mike DiTolla interviewed Christian Coachman at the 14th Annual MegaGen Implant Symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada. In an insightful conversation they discussed dental school and Christian's path into dentistry, the Coachman family's long history in the profession, Christian's transition into digit...
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Do I get tired?
Do you get tired of giving the same lectures? Christian Coachman and DSD's JJ Gómez discussed dental lecturing and how the excitement and energy of the audience keeps him motivated to speak again and deliver the DSD concepts.
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Why did it take so long to launch the DSD online course?
Why did it take so long to launch the DSD online course? Christian Coachman and Luken de Arbeloa spoke about knowing when the DSD concepts and messages were ready.
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Interview with Maxim from Modjaw
Christian Coachman interviewed one of the developers at Modjaw about some of the new features found in Modjaw technology.
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High-quality digital is for all
In any industry, the more you depend on very sophisticated, artistic hand skills, the more exclusive a product or service will become. As Christian Coachman states: high-quality handmade is for few; high-quality digital is for all.
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Deeper in thought: the 'super generalist'
Christian Coachman examined the concept of the 'super generalist' - the dental professional that he believes we need above the level of the dental specialists.
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Team Briefing by Christian Coachman
A team briefing from Christian Coachman taking a look at the patient journey and DSD methodology.
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Christian Coachman at Imagina - Monaco 2014
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10 commandments of DSD
From the importance of ethics as healthcare providers to guided dentistry and quality control, DSD founder Christian Coachman explains the 10 commandments of DSD that must guide our work as clinicians and dental clinic owners.