Known to friends and colleagues as George, Pynadath George is a giant of implant dentistry. In the first instalment of a two-part series, George reveals how he considered careers in medicine or the church before considering implant dentistry. He also chats about how choosing the right patients is vital to surgical success and lets us in on a unique patient evaluation workflow. George also discusses the value of MScs and doctorates and why he’s learned to hold his tongue when seeing implant cases...
Dec 07, 2022•57 min
Join us for part 2 of our cosmetic dentistry special as we catch up with friends old and new at the 18th annual BACD Conference, held in Newport, Wales, from 10-12 November. This week, we hear from Neil Gerrard, Nicola Gore, Simon Chard and others. Enjoy! In This Episode 01.38 Neil Gerrard 11.54 Nicola Gore 30.00 Rajiv Ruwala 40.05 Rupert Monkhouse 48.00 Simon Chard
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 6 min
From 10-12 November, dentistry’s great and good gathered at the International Conference Centre in Newport in Wales for the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry's 18th annual conference. This was our cue to catch up with old friends and hear from new voices, and we’ve captured the highlights for a BACD conference special. Enjoy! In This Episode 00.57 - Ali & Zoh 06.54 - Chris McConnell 16:18 - Dipesh Parmar 29.54 - Gina Vega 51.11 - Kailesh Solanki...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Dr Hatem Algraffee has gone from being a confessed lazy student to one of the busiest clinicians in the profession. After completing two master’s degrees as one of the UK’s first periodontal specialists, Hatem took on 13 jobs simultaneously—and then things got even busier! He discusses some of the niche and specialist skills needed to get ahead in perio, reveals why you don’t need to specialise in 2022, and predicts a bright holistic future for the discipline. In This Episode 01.32 - Being busy ...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 32 min
In part two of his conversation with Payman, Adam Nulty continues his chat with Payman about all things digital. Adam reveals his worst black-box moments, including a near-fatal mistake outside the clinic that forced him to take time off from the profession. Enjoy! In This Episode 00.53 - Invisalign, AI and machine learning 08.37 - DSD 18.56 - Blackbox thinking 39.08 - Diet and health 44.06 - Fantasy dinner party 47.40 - Last days and legacy 52.59 - $1BN About Adam Nulty Prof. Adam Nulty graduat...
Nov 09, 2022•55 min
If you have burning questions about digital dentistry, this episode is for you. Payman is joined by International Digital Dentistry Association (IDDA) founder and self-confessed geek Prof. Adam Nulty, who lets us in on the rationale behind setting up the IDDA. Adam chats all things digital, advises choosing scanners and 3D printers, and discusses the pros and cons of in-house Vs lab production. Stick around for part two of the conversation coming soon. Enjoy! In This Episode 01.47 - Digital dent...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr
Join us for part three of our Leading Ladies series, looking back at highlights from conversations with female dental leaders. Among others, we hear from Olympic dentist Jenny Kabir, orthodontic and microbiome geeks Ariane and Victoria Simpson, and Harley Street high-flyer Sandra Garcia Martin. Enjoy! In This Episode 00.39 - Jenny Kabir 08.03 - Ariane and Victoria Sampson 17.09 - Raabiha Maan 26.52 - Nicola Gore 36.09 - Alexandra Luzinschi 47.05 - Hannah Burrow 50.57 - Martina Hodgson 57.40 - Ka...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 20 min
From humble East End beginnings, Sarah Elliston followed her dental vocation with a nursing, fresh from high school, before moving onwards with a place at Royal London Hospital’s competitive therapy training. She recounts how her finals and first job were almost interrupted by a life-threatening illness, discusses hierarchies in the profession and answers the question on everyone’s lips: Just what is guided biofilm therapy? Sarah lets us know why she recently left therapy behind and offers a few...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Welcome back to the second part of our ongoing Leading Ladies series when we look back at highlights from conversations with female dental leaders. This week, we hear from diverse voices from across the profession on a whole host of issues faced by women and the profession as a whole. Enjoy! In This Episode 00:35 - Lauren Sparkle 09:39 - Shaadi Manouchehri 11:08 - Elaine Halley 16:59 - Fazeela Khan-Osborne 22:44 - Zayba Sheikh 30:43 - Gina Vega 33:50 - Hannah Woolnough 35:05 - Shazia Ahmed 36:20...
Oct 12, 2022•42 min
Back in 2020, Payman and Prav sat down for a fascinating chat with up-and-coming cosmetic dentist Zainab Al-Mukhtar. Zainab spoke so fondly of her inspirational mum Fareeda Daar that it only seemed natural to Fareeda’s story. She describes how she settled on oral surgery after realising a medical career wasn’t her thing and recounts her journey to the UK from Tanzania via Romania, Yemen, Oman and Vienna. Fareeda also discusses the trials and tribulations of running a busy practice while raising ...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 23 min
After co-founding 76 Harley Street in 2007, Farid Monibi is now at the helm of one of the UK’s top specialist-led practices. Farid talks about his journey to the UK from war-torn Iran in 1980 via Majorca, California, and Germany to build 76 Harley Street from the ground up. He also recalls early mentors, chats about his twin loves, carpentry and high-adrenaline sports, and his approach to growing and managing one of the country’s foremost clinics. In This Episode 02.23 - Learning goals 06.15 - M...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Life could be very different for Paul Midha if it weren’t for a trajectory-altering encounter with a patient at dental school. The Leeds and London based-dentist admits to partying his way through university until witnessing the transformative power of cosmetic and restorative dentistry. Paul describes how he used lockdown as an opportunity to purchase his first practice shortly after VT and shares some of the techniques he used to achieve incredible first-year growth. He also discusses the valu...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 11 min
If you’ve ever feared a call from the GDC or falling foul of today’s increasingly litigious working environment, this episode is for you. Payman sits down for a chat with medical and dental indemnity expert Gary Monaghan about the challenges of covering the profession. Gary talks about his early experience in plastic surgery and the parallels with dentistry. He reveals how his indemnity service PDI assesses risk, discusses defensive dentistry and describes what happens when the GDC calls. Enjoy!...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 17 min
This week’s short solo show explores a potentially transformational strategy you can put to work in your practice with as little as five minutes a day. IT genius Jeff Sutherland first explored the value of a short daily team meeting in his book Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time . Prav’s been a big fan since reading the book shortly after its publication in 2014 and has since made daily scrums (AKA huddles) a feature at his group of practices and marketing agency. In this ep...
Sep 07, 2022•30 min
Are women underrepresented in dentistry? Over half of dental graduates are female, yet only one in five podcast guests has been female. And there is also an underrepresentation in academia, on the lecture circuit and in almost every walk of the profession. Our new mini-series looks at the issues by revisiting some of Prav and Payman’s most insightful conversations with dentistry’s leading ladies. Enjoy! In This Episode 01.32 - Mahrukh Khwaja 07.16 - Zainab Al-Mukhtar 09.41 - Elaine Mo 14.12 - Li...
Aug 31, 2022•53 min
This week, Prav sits down for a heart-to-heart with his friend, colleague and implant virtuoso, Riz Syed. Riz describes how he almost fell out of love with dentistry before discovering implants and recounts his journey through dental school and beyond to eventually becoming a leader in the field. He talks about what it takes to build up the confidence to carry out complex cases, reveals some of his darkest clinical moments and shares candid thoughts about his upbringing, fatherhood, family life ...
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 31 min
In a special solo show this week, show host Prav sits down to talk broadly about practice growth and the techniques to achieve it. He discusses why patients spend up to a couple of years considering whether to go ahead with big-ticket treatments and what systems clinics can implement to nurture potential patients over the long term. He also reveals why most practices aren’t ready to scale when they think they are and discusses some of the low-hanging fruit owners can grab before upping their mar...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Since landing in London via Madrid and New York, Sandra Garcia Martin has made a name as one of cosmetic dentistry’s leading lights. Sandra chats with Prav about the challenges of learning a new language to study dentistry, training with some of dentistry’s greatest in New York and why engaging with good causes should be on the curriculum for every clinician. Enjoy! In This Episode 02.05 - Technics and artistry 11.50 - Cosmetics, composites and kudos 18.48 - Deciding on dentistry 26.34 - New Yor...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 48 min
This week sees the return of dentist, educator and breakdancer extraordinaire Shiraz Khan. Shiraz reveals how he almost chose a career in medicine before setting on dentistry. He describes starting on the first rung of the ladder as a receptionist and the joy of discovering he’d been accepted at dental school. He also chats about family life, overcoming career challenges, and the inspiration behind his trademark sartorial elegance. Enjoy! In This Episode 01.11 - Backstory 09.32 - Discovering den...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Alfonso Rao has never let the lack of a big plan get in the way of success. He’s the owner of a succsesful chain of clinics and Delta training academy—one of the UK’s leading implant training facilities. Alfonso sits down for a chat with Prav about moving to the UK from his native Italy, his journey from associate to entrepreneur and how he is passing on his family’s medical heritage to the next generation. In This Episode 01.00 - Background 06.33 - Coming to the UK 13.03 - First jobs 21.34 - Pr...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Implantologist Katie Blake couldn’t have picked a better time to purchase her first practice. Shortly after buying Cairn Brae dental practice in Witham, Essex, Katie and her husband Alex had their first child just in time for the COVID pandemic. She sits down to chat with Payman about her implant journey, training with Malo in Portugal, life as a new mum and practice owner, and much more. Enjoy! In This Episode 01.51 - Backstory 09.59 - Women in dentistry 14.05 - Surgery and implants 20.30 - Pra...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 14 min
This week, dentist and entrepreneur Loven Ganeswaran talks to Prav and Payman about his Chairsyde patient communication app. But it’s his impromptu hip-hop performance that really impresses! Loven talks about the challenges of building teams, raising funds and balancing time between clinical work and running a successful start. Plus, he reveals why his busy schedule will never get in the way of making music. Enjoy! In This Episode 01.42 - Chairside and visual learning 16.19 - Purpose, passion an...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 43 min
Neil Gerrard got an early start in dentistry, helping out at his dad’s lab, where he first started making models aged just 13. But after spending some time as a clinical dental technician, Neil enrolled in dental school to scratch his itch to work more closely with patients and see the fruits of his labour pay off first-hand. And dentistry is still very much a family affair for Neil. He now practices alongside his wife and brother, who continues their dad’s CDT legacy. Neil chats about how it al...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 53 min
If you’ve ever had the good luck of hearing one of Louis Mackenzie’s lectures, you’ll know you’re in for a treat: He’s one of the most engaging, entertaining and witty speakers on the circuit. Louis sits down with Prav and Payman to talk about what it takes to spot and nurture exceptional talent. They also discuss the secrets behind treatment longevity and Louis’ role at Denplan, sharing plenty of groan-inducing dad jokes along the way! Enjoy! In This Episode 02.29 - Being an inspiration 06.04 -...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 46 min
You wouldn’t know from it his calm demeanour, but Rajiv Ruwala is a busy guy. Things have always been that way for Rajiv, who purchased his first practice with his sister Aneeka before starting his VT year and quickly grew the ailing three-chair practice into a successful seven-surgery clinic. He’s since opened a second practice under the 2 Green Dental brand and is poised to open a third, just weeks after the arrival of his first child. Rajiv talks about the ups and downs of his journey so far,...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 43 min
Payman takes a trip across the pond this week to chat with UK-born Upen Patel, who practices in Sacramento, California. They explore the differences between UK and US healthcare, education and culture, and Upen chats about his experiences at some of the US’ top training academies. Payman and Upen also talk about the challenges of funding dental school, Upen’s love of squash, and much more. Enjoy! In This Episode 01.24 - Moving to the US 05.58 - UK Vs US schooling 08.39 - Funds and finance 17.59 ...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 29 min
After Mudasser Hussain discovered the transformational power of executive coaching, Mudasser Hussain decided to slim down his clinical hours to divide his time between dentistry and coaching. In this week’s episode, Mudasser chats with Payman about his motivation for helping others through coaching and how his love of football is bringing the dental profession together on social media. Mudasser and Payman also discuss the stresses and mental health challenges of being a practising dentist, the e...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 32 min
Foodies are in for a treat this week as we sit down to chat with dentist and Masterchef contestant Rishi Nanavati. It’s not just Masterchef judges who were impressed with Rishi’s fusion dishes—they also struck a culinary chord with fellow vegetarian and Indian food lover, Prav. Rishi takes us through his Masterchef appearance dish-by-dish, revealing how it felt to go head-to-head with eight other hopefuls. Rishi also talks about his favourite dishes, plans for the future and why dentistry may no...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min
In this week’s extended episode, Prav sits down to chat with one of the profession’s larger than life characters, Amit Patel. In a wide-ranging conversation recorded shortly before the Association of Dental Implantology (ADI) Team Congress in Manchester, ADI president Amit reveals how and why a specialist periodontist now leads the association. Amit also chats about real-life Vs online networking, imposter syndrome and why skydiving is now his preferred method of relaxation. Enjoy! In This Episo...
May 18, 2022•2 hr 6 min
Niall Hutchinson’s red wine social media posts are designed to provoke discussion on some of dentistry’s thorniest topics. So get ready for a robust and full-bodied discussion as Payman chats with one of dentistry’s most outspoken and engaging characters. Niall and Payman take crack open a red to take on everything from the saturated dental courses market to NHS dentistry, the role of corporates, and much more. Cheers! In This Episode 01.44 - Red wine 07.31 - CPD and profitability 26.28 - NHS - ...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 52 min
