Podcasting’s friendliest rivalry gets an airing this week as Payman chats with Jaz Gulati. Fans will know Jaz as the host of the Protrusive podcast - but this chat reveals there’s much more to unpack. Jaz talks about the joys of hosting Protrusive, life in Singapore, inspirational teachers and much more. Enjoy! “'ll never forget that moment I got my first gold star at age six, and from there, I was addicted to achievement, and that's been a big driver for me. I just want to constantly do things....
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Dr Elaine Halley has been involved with the BACD since its inception. She was not only an early president but also the association’s first accredited female member. Elaine was also among the first UK dentists to offer patients an enhanced experience with her early adoption of spa dentistry. She talks about setting precedents; the highs and lows of being a female in the profession; and practice ownership. Elaine also reveals some of the books and lectures which have inspired her journey - and muc...
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr
Arthif Daniel spends his nine-to-five looking after teeth and his weekends knocking ‘em out. Arthief’s double life as a well-regarded super-welterweight boxer and dentist has earned him the nickname Dr Hitman. He chats to Prav and Payman about success in the ring and in practice - highlighting some of the surprising parallels between the gentleman’s sport and dentistry. Arthif lets us in on his highs and lows and talks about the mental preparation and mindset it takes to live life in the ring. “...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 18 min
This week’s guest is the youngest member to achieve British Association of Cosmetic Dentistry (BACD) accreditation. And he is just getting started. Multi-award-winning Dr Richard Field talks about his early training with the great Christopher Orr and discusses his laser-sharp focus. He also lets us in on high-profile associate work at Elleven Dental on Harley Street, his recent move to the southwest and much more. Enjoy! “I get very tunnel-vision when I'm working. Nothing else exists. Just the t...
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 1 min
This week we welcome one of the most prominent names in restorative dentistry and prosthetic dentistry, Dr Basil Mizrahi. Basil talks about the differences between dentistry in the UK, US and native South Africa, and tells us how building extraordinary interpersonal relationships with patients has helped him maintain a reputation as one of the profession’s most thorough and exacting practitioners. Basil also lets us in on his lecturing with the Eastman Institute and namedrops some the inspiratio...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 24 min
In less than a decade since graduating from dental school, Dev Patel has already achieved enough to fill several careers. He lets us in on the entrepreneurial mindset that fueled the founding of diverse dentistry tech and social businesses. He talks us through what it takes to crack the US market and describes the pains of securing the funding needed to make it work. Enjoy! “You’ve got to risk everything every day.” Dev Patel In This Episode 00.25 - Backstory 06.25 - The Dental Circle 09.12 - On...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Despite being a relative newcomer to dentistry, Shaadi Manouchehri is fast gaining a name as one of the industry’s prolific young talents. Fellow podcaster Shaadi shares the secrets behind her meteoric rise on social media; talks candidly about her rocky start in dentistry with a VT role from hell and lets us in on how her guide to getting into dental school became a surprise hit. Enjoy! “I've learned a lot about other people and their experience doing the podcast. I genuinely enjoy them. So, si...
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 4 min
A phone call from out of the blue marked an unexpected entry into the world of dentistry for this week’s guest. Dental mergers and acquisitions specialist Max Bazzucchini tells us how he became one of the profession’s most trusted valuation advisors. He shares his thoughts on the UK market and dispenses some insider tips and wisdom for both buyers and sellers. “If you are in the moment - in the present moment - and you work very hard, you can have it all.” Max Bazzucchini In This Episode 00.48 -...
Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 15 min
After graduating in 1994, Sanjay Sethi quickly made a name as a leader in aesthetic dentistry. So, when brother Nik graduating almost two decades later in 2009, expectations were high. In this week’s episode, Payman gets the brothers together for a frank conversation on their early years; how each followed their own unique career path; the highs and lows of working together, and much more. Enjoy! “I think really we've been, on balance, really good because we have our own strengths. And yeah, the...
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Since launching the show way back in June 2019, we’ve had the privilege of chatting with some of dentistry’s most inspirational figures. In this week’s new-of-year special, we look back on some of the best answers to Prav’s final questions on legacy and advice for the next generation. Kicking off with the legendary, late Anoop Mani we’ll hear words of wisdom from the dental leaders who’ve made the show possible over the past year. Enjoy!
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr 21 min
Where were you when Boris cancelled Christmas in 2020? Right here, catching up on dentistry’s finest podcast. In this end-of-year special, Prav and Payman take look back on the annus horribilis that was 2020. But it’s not all doom and gloom, and it isn’t long before our dental royals are round to talking shop, with conversations on management, hiring, firing, working with ninjas and much more. Enjoy! “I guess that thing our parents told us about people will always need teeth.” Payman Langroudi I...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 5 min
This week’s guest is one of dentistry’s few true household names. Uchenna Okoye has found success as a cosmetic dentist and clinical director of London Smiling dental group. But she is perhaps best known as the dental consultant on Channel Four’s Ten Years Younger program. Uchenna tells us how it all started and we get round to discussing race and gender in dentistry, non-nonsense management and much more. Enjoy! “I don't understand the jealousy and all that nonsense. There's enough teeth for ev...
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 15 min
Less than two years into his career, this week’s guest was on his way to being one of dentistry’s finest. But Tom Youngs had other callings. At age 28, he left dentistry to pursue ski instruction and life as an unpaid intern in tech startups. Tom now works as a website analyst while developing his own online sustainable beauty business. He shares his story, regrets, wins and words of wisdom for anyone who’s ever wondered if there is life after dentistry. “I kind of was like, okay, I'd like to go...
Dec 17, 2020•1 hr 3 min
If anyone was born to be a dentist, it’s this week’s guest. Avi Sachdev is a surgeon with Croydon’s Gentle Dental Group, which he co-owns and runs with dad Kam, brother Mish and other family members. The eight-clinic group is the very definition of a family-owned business. Avi lets us in on what working with family, talks us through life under lockdown and shares ideas about how UK dentistry could benefit from a more unified approach. Enjoy! “Always use Enlighten.” Avi Sachdev In This Episode 29...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 19 min
You’d never know that this week’s guest was a man without a plan when he first arrived on UK shores from native Italy some 11 years ago. Since then, Dr Alfonso Rao has launched an expanding group of clinics and a dental training academy while also building a name as one of the Southwest’s foremost implant dentists. And he’s achieved all of this before the age of 40, seemingly without ruffling a single feather. We probe Alfonso on the secrets of his success, life in the UK, work-life balance and ...
Dec 02, 2020•50 min
In the business of buying and selling practices, this week’s guest is the dental leader. Back in 2000, Andy Acton co-acquired Frank Taylor & Associates (FTA), which he went on to grow into the UK’s leading name in dental practice acquisition, valuation, development and sales. Andy takes us through the business’ early years, explains how COVID has effected the market and dispenses an encyclopedia’s-worth of wisdom on purchasing and growing practices. Enjoy! “The craziest situation I've ever h...
Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Reader’s around orthodontics will be familiar with this week’s guest and author of one of the best blogs around. Kevin O’Brien’s Orthodontic Blog is an exploration of orthodontic issues and debunking of some of the bad science, These subjects are just a small part of today’s discussion. The professor emeritus in orthodontics and former dean of the University of Manchester talks us through his student days in the city. We also chat about the limitations of orthodontic training, the state of play ...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 8 min
In one of our most packed episodes to date, we catch up with Love Teeth’s Kunal ‘Dr K’ Patel. Kunal lets us in on his early days as an angry young man, his unusual entry to dentistry via training in the Czech Republic and how a seemingly routine job interview at his Cheam practice changed everything. And it’s an unplanned double-bill as Kunal’s wife and co-entrepreneur Lucy Patel sets the record straight. Enjoy! We're like Pinky and the Brain. We wake up and say, "What's the plan today?" And he ...
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 53 min
There’s no love like brotherly love. And there’s plenty on tap in this week’s episode, as we welcome Kailesh Solanki, brother of podcast host Prav. Kailesh talks about his journey from growing up in Manchester in the shadow of his elder brother to forging his own path as one of the UK’s busiest and most prolific dentists. Warning: As Kailesh lets us in on some of the secrets of his success, there will be expletives and maybe even some tears. Enjoy! “I made friends with my breadman who delivered ...
Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 24 min
Talk about a work ethic - this week’s guest redefines the term. Facebook users may recognise Lauren ‘Sparkle’ Harrhy as the founding member of Mental Dental - a forum set up to support dentists with all aspects of mental health. But that’s just one of many hats. Lauren tells us all about Mental Dental and her helpline charity Confidential. She lets us in on how her family background has shaped her philanthropic outlook and reveals how her own professional burnout inspired her to help others. Lau...
Oct 28, 2020•58 min
In this week’s extra special episode, previous guest Druh Shah turns the tables on Prav and Payman, playing host while they take the hot seat. And it turns out this isn’t the first time the pair have switched. Before finding success as dental entrepreneurs and podcast hosts, Payman was all set for a career in general practice, while Prav seemed destined for great things in the world of research science. Here they talk about making the switch, early days, inspiration and their respective journeys...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 23 min
The description of dynamo doesn’t quite do justice to this week’s guest, Zuber ‘Zubz’ Bagasi. Bolton born and bred Zuber has already opened eight practices - all before age 40 and without ever borrowing a single penny. And Zuber’s not about to stop. He fills us in on future plans, lets us in on his inspiration and gives an insight into what it’s like being one of dentistry’s most driven. Enjoy! “If you have that structure, then you as a person, you've got a life. And what's more important in you...
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Dentistry was always in the stars for today’s guest, Rob Jacobs. Rob’s father Tony is a prominent dentist and founder of the GDPUK website and forum, so you could say dentistry was destiny. In this episode, Rob gets geeky about his passion and specialism - endodontics. He also talks family and lets us in on what happened during hid dad’s recent brush with COVID. Enjoy! In This Episode 01.02 - COVID life and lockdown 02.17 - On dad and growing up 10.49 - What makes a great endodontologist? 15.21 ...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 10 min
This week, Prav and Payman have the privilege of chatting with a giant of implantology and restorative dentistry. The great Koray Feran shares insight into his exacting work ethic and reveals how polymathic status has helped secure his position at the very top. Koray also talks about patient-clinician alignment, his thoughts on the bees, butterflies and leeches in practice, and much more. Enjoy! “Now for me, generalism is the new speciality.” Koray Feran In This Episode 00.36 - LCIAD 02.28 - Edu...
Sep 30, 2020•1 hr 4 min
This week’s guest needs little in the way of introduction as Prav and Payman take a call from stateside and the legendary Dr Larry Rosenthal. Larry talks about his rise to becoming one of the world’s best-known names and how a meeting with a bioengineer in his early career changed Larry’s life, in the process transforming the face of dentistry as we know it. The trio talk ambition, happiness, success and what it means to rub shoulders with some of the world’s most influential people. An episode ...
Sep 23, 2020•1 hr 18 min
While Prav washes his hair this week, Payman plays host to ambitious young dentists Hassan Asad and Sorabh Patel. The pair may be relative newcomers to the profession, but they’re already making big waves. In April, disheartened by the lack of support for new and younger dentists, Hassan and Sorabh set up the Deciduous Facebook group, which quickly grew to a membership of thousands. Here Hassan and Sorabh talk about the group. They also relate some of the challenges faced by graduates and reluct...
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 14 min
The energy is palpable this week as Prav and Payman welcome one of dentistry’s most recognisable voices. Milad Shadrooh is perhaps better known as the Singing Dentist. In this episode he recounts his incredible journey from posting a single Facebook video to live TV appearances and worldwide fame. Milad sheds some light on his study years and balancing his love of urban music with dentistry, and lets us in on his plans for the future. Enjoy! “Probably the biggest mistake was choosing dentistry i...
Sep 09, 2020•1 hr 37 min
This week Prav and Payman connect with dentist and dentolegal professional, Dr Victoria Holden. Victoria lets us in on life as a moderator on one of the UK’s busiest online dental forums and shares some of her experience working as a senior advisor with Taylor Defence Services - a legal defence company representing the dental profession. The trio also discusses life under lockdown, women in dentistry and a whole host more. Enjoy! “What I tell my kids...Treat everybody equally...Don't just take, ...
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 15 min
This week, dentist Jimmy Palahey takes time out from his busy chain of Midlands practices to talk about the current state of play in COVID-era dentistry. He shares some of his experiences as urgent dental care (UDC) provider throughout the worst days of the crisis and lets us in on how his mixed practice is balancing UDC with the demands of general post-lockdown operations. Jimmy also lets us in on his thoughts about what’s next for the profession. Enjoy! “We're a pretty adaptable profession. An...
Aug 26, 2020•37 min
This week, we welcome British Association of Private Dentistry (BAPD) co-founder and British Association Cosmetic Dentistry (BACD) past president Dr Bertie Napier. Bertie talks about his early years and dental training in apartheid-era South Africa, and the contrasts with life and practice in London. Bertie also takes us through his involvement with the BACD and newly-formed BAPD. He talks about his daughter’s decision to enter practice dentistry - how that has informed his views on women in the...
Aug 19, 2020•1 hr 22 min
