Welcome back for Episode 19 of the NoobieDentist Podcast! In this episode I have a great chat with Dr. Ryan McCall out of Indiana. Dr. McCall has a thriving group of practices focused on and around dentures. He has developed a great system of minimizing overhead and working to provide both affordable and high end dentures to his patients, filling a great niche segment. In my conversation with Dr. McCall, I was blown away by his practice model and we talk about my more young dentists aren’t takin...
Apr 11, 2018•33 min•Ep. 21
Welcome back for Episode 18 of the Noobie Dentist Podcast, in this episode I had a great chat with D4 student Pejman Moghbeli out of Arizona. I first connected with Pejman over Instagram and was really impressed by a video that he put together on YouTube about dental student loans, re-payment strategies and tips on how to minimize payments! He has done a lot of research on this topic and his passion for it made me excited to have him on the show. This episode is a great brief overview of how the...
Apr 02, 2018•36 min•Ep. 20
Welcome back for episode 17 of the Noobie Dentist Podcast with the great Dr. Ali Saad. I got introduced to Dr. Ali Saad through of good friend of mine, Zeyad Hammad who is a dental student at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Over his summer break he reached out to Dr. Saad and was lucky enough to go and spend some time shadowing him in Michigan and had nothing but great things to say. Zeyad was absolutely right; Dr. Saad is a fantastic role model and a great mentor who shares a lot of u...
Mar 26, 2018•46 min•Ep. 19
Welcome back for another great episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast, in this episode I spoke to a great young dentist Dr. J. Cho who has been out of school for a couple years and is already doing an impressive array of procedures such as implants, endodontics and advances restorative dentistry. Dr. Cho is a dental purist and I love nerding out about dentistry with such people. We cover several topics including CE during dental school, mentorship, how to safely push and expand your clinical boun...
Mar 19, 2018•53 min•Ep. 18
Welcome back to part 2 of my podcast interview with the great Dr. Bruce V Freeman, part 1 of our interview was greatly successful and in 1 week has already become the most downloaded episode of the podcast’s history! So I hope that you go back and listen to part one if you already haven’t before you check out this episode. This part 2 interview is more clinical, Dr. Freeman drops a lot of knowledge regarding management protocols for TMD and oro-facial pain, we talk occlusal splints and night gua...
Mar 12, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 17
Welcome to a special 2 part series with Dr. Bruce V Freeman (@drbvf). Dr. Bruce Freeman is a well renowned and respected orthodontist in Toronto who works in private practice and one of the top teaching hospitals in Canada where he focuses on oro-facial pain and TMD! He has become a mentor and someone who I often turn to for advice! Outside of dentistry, Dr. Freeman is an avid chef and likes experimenting with various recipes baking with grass fed butter! This 2 part series is special for me as ...
Mar 05, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 16
Hello and welcome back to the Noobie Dentist podcast in this great episode I talk to an impressive soon to be dentist Luke Shapiro! Luke is a final year dental student at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine and is headed into an orthodontics residency! A very impressive guy, Luke is also a fellow “side hustler” and a fantastic one at that! He is the man behind @FutureDentists on Instagram and Snap Chat and has played an important role in providing insight into dental schools across the world. ...
Feb 28, 2018•33 min•Ep. 15
Welcome back for another episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast! Today I speak with an awesome prosthodontist from Australia Dr. Raelene Sambrook. I first met Raelene when I was a dental student at the University of Melbourne where she was a faculty member in the prosthodontics department. Raelene taught us the fundamentals of occlusion and I really admired the passion and enthusiasm in her teaching. On top of being an amazing prosthodontist, Raelene recently completed her MBA as well! In this gr...
Feb 19, 2018•51 min•Ep. 14
Welcome back for a very special episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast. In this episode I had the absolute pleasure to podcast interview someone I have admired and respected for a long time, Dr. Mark Hassed! I first learned about Dr. Hassed from an episode of Dr. Farran’s Dentistry Uncensored Podcast where he made a real and lasting impression on me. Dr. Mark Hassed, The Relaxed Dentist, is an incredible communicator and has become an expert in case acceptance and practicing efficiently, lecturin...
Feb 08, 2018•43 min•Ep. 13
Welcome back for another fantastic, value packed, episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast! In this episode I speak to an amazing dentist Dr. Jeni Perna. Dr. Perna went to dental school in Florida, completed a GPR and is now working as an associate in Texas. She has eyes on practice ownership and is working towards that goal now. We dive into several topics including the pros and cons of GPR, finding a good associateship position, practice ownership and spend some time talking the trendy millennial...
Jan 30, 2018•45 min•Ep. 12
Welcome back for another great episode of the Noobie Dentist podcast, in this episode I talk with Dr. Darryl Torculas (IG: @barbells_and_burs). Darryl studied dentistry at Indiana University School of Dentistry and went on to complete a 1 year GPR at the Ohio State University Wexner medical center. He is now working in private practice in San Diego! Dr. Torculas is an awesome down to earth guy and has become a good friend of mine. In this episode we talk about a broad range of topics including G...
Jan 22, 2018•49 min•Ep. 11
Happy new year and welcome back for another episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast. This the first of many great episodes for 2018 and I could not be more grateful for the positive feedback and interaction that I have had with the listeners of the show! In this fantastic episode I talk to Dr. Peter McQuillan, aesthetics dentist, facial aesthetics pioneer and creator of Facial Aesthetic Courses ( www.facialaestheticcourses.com ). Peter is an awesome guy and someone who I really look up to. He take...
Jan 07, 2018•49 min•Ep. 10
Welcome back for a truly great episode of the NoobieDentist Podcast! I’m super pumped about this episode with Brandon Walker, who after spending 10 years with the United States Marines decided to back to school and become a dentist. As a mature dental student, Brandon has been doing some pretty incredible things in and out of dental school. In dental school, his lifelong hobby of photography is being put to good use and he is producing some high quality photos of his high quality work. With an a...
Dec 18, 2017•50 min•Ep. 9
Welcome back to the Noobie Dentist Podcast! In this episode of Dentists of Instagram I talk to someone I personally admire and look up to, Dr. Omar Rakeen (IG: @omarrakeen) out of Dubai. Dr. Rakeen is a general dentist and an amazing restorative dentists that I was super pumped to speak to. In this episode we take a deep dive into rubberdamology and restorative dentistry. Omar shares his secrets to success and talks about his journey into becoming such an advanced restorative dentist. I get supe...
Dec 05, 2017•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 8
Welcome back to the NoobieDentist Podcast! In this series of episodes called “Dentists of Instagram” I will be hoping to talk to some prominent names and studs of the Instagram dentistry community. These are dentists that I admire and look up to. I am so thrilled and forever grateful that Dr. Armand Bedrossian (IG: @dr_bedrossian) and Dr. Ryan Mizumoto(IG: @dr_mizumoto) agreed to come on my show at such as early stage! Getting the opportunity to bounce ideas off these great guys was great and I ...
Nov 21, 2017•35 min•Ep. 7
Welcome to another fantastic episode of the NoobieDentist Podcast! I this weeks episode I had the great pleasure of talking with Dr. Sarah Sweetnam out of Vancouver, British Columbia. Dr. Sarah Sweetnam is a 2017 grad and enjoying her first few months of working! We talk about our paths from undergrad to becoming international dental students! He dive into topics such as the types of offices and procedures that she is currently in, works place fashion for noobie dentists, choosing the right CE (...
Nov 13, 2017•46 min•Ep. 6
Welcome back for another fantastic episode of the NoobieDentist podcast! This is my first episode after publishing my initial series of episodes last week! I am so excited that the show has been downloaded in 6 different countries!! A big shout out to Australia for the most downloads! It's so cool for me to be able to talk to new grads like me from all over the world and even cooler that people from around the world are listening to it. For me personally, this podcast and my instagram page allow...
Nov 06, 2017•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 5
In this episode I talk about my background, motivation for starting the NoobieDentist Podcast and my goals for this podcast! I hope that this podcast will become of your weekly listening and grows to become a source of education, collaboration and entertainement! I want this podcast to become like a friend form dental school, where you go to to talk and hear about the highs and lows of being a noobie dentist! So please check out the other episodes! I will be publishing an episode a week about an...
Nov 01, 2017•17 min•Ep. 4
A great episode with an absolutely fantastic guy, Dr. Calum Mcallister out of Edinburgh, Scotland! We talk about some of the differences between how dentistry is practiced in north america vs the UK, types of procedures we enjoy and don't enjoy doing as well as our hobbies outside of dentistry. If you enjoyed this episode please subscribe to the NoobieDentist Podcast and give us a rating and review as well! Also, if you have friends that may enjoy this show, please pass this along to them! Thank...
Nov 01, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 3
Welcome to another great episode of the NoobieDentist Podcast, in this great episode I talk with Dr. Sirin Chaker (@sirinchakerdds on Instagram), a general dentist in Windsor, Ontario, Canada! Dr. Chaker was a great guest and I really enjoyed our chat and I hope that some of the many great topics covered with bring you guys some good value as well! As always, if you are a noobie dentist out there listening to this podcast, reach out to me on Instagram and I will have you on for a peer to peer ep...
Nov 01, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 1
