Top 5 Topics:

- ***What TikTok Isn’t Telling You About Your Teeth***

- Why Smart Dentists Are Quitting Corporate Dentistry

- This Is Why Your Dental Bill Feels Like a Scam:

- Veneers, Crowns, and the Internet True/False Information About Your Teeth

- Treatment Planning Before Procedure Selection Prevents Future Mistakes

Quotes & Wisdom:

(00:30) “We need more diagnosticians. We need more people who focus on treatment planning… and work collaboratively with specialists to give people the best treatment.”

(06:14) “The order of treatment planning is crucial. If you skip steps or try to do something too fast, that could really compromise something later down the road.”

(10:04) “I never want to work 5 days clinically. I think 4 is plenty.”

(10:25) “You’ve got to respect your team and you want them to get home to their families.”

(28:35) “The same wave… that happened in medicine is happening in dentistry.”

(28:35) “ROI isn’t just money… ROI could be working four days a week… time with friends, family, travel… ROI is what you make of it.”

(31:39) “You can’t put a number on [time with the patient]. It’s not just checking off a list—it’s the art of forming the treatment plan.”

(36:41) “You have to have thick skin… ‘I hate the dentist’ isn’t you—it’s their prior experience.”

(38:13) “The most important thing to be successful in dentistry is how well you can communicate.”

Questions:

(01:33) “How would you phase that?” (complex case: multiple RCT teeth + wisdom teeth + malalignment)

(03:58) “Did he go to Mexico or Turkey for that treatment?”

(09:59) “Why’d you pick Wednesday for your off-day in the week?”

(12:08) “When did you start this? I want to know more about your background.”

(15:14) “Still thinking about moving, or are you locked down in California now?”

(18:55) “What initiated that start… and then you decided USC? What got you to look over there for residency?”

(27:21) “Did either of those doctors you shadowed own their own practices? And what were the specifics of why they said ‘don’t go into medicine’?”

(58:20) “What is your take on this cavitation surgery?”

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #201

My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono

- 11.2025