I am super pumped about this this weeks episode as I got the chance to sit down with someone I really look up to. A podcaster, author, speaker, coach and mentor – Dr. David Maloley runs the Relentless Dentist podcast and has co-authored the Titans of Dentistry book. I first heard Dr. Maloley speak on the Dentalpreneur Podcast and his talk really made a big impact on me. David is a huge proponent of self improvement and chasing after your ideal work life balance. He has a very powerful story and ...
Aug 06, 2019•49 min•Ep. 51
In this weeks episode I sat down with Dr. Clarence Tam out of New Zealand to talk about her dental journey. Dr. Tam is originally from a suburb of Toronto and went to my alma mater, University of Western Ontario for both her undergrad and dental school. She then completed a 1 year GPR at the prestigious Sick Kid’s Hospital in Toronto prior to eventually moving down to New Zealand. She is CPD junkie and became the first AACD accredited dentist in New Zealand, she has almost finished the Kois modu...
Jul 22, 2019•50 min•Ep. 50
In this week’s episode I had the great pleasure of interviewing Dr. Aniko Ball who is a dentist in Melbourne, Australia. After decades of working with chronic neck and back pain issues, Dr. Aniko got passionate about ergonomics and founded Optimum Dental Posture which is a course and seminar that she runs several time per year. Optimum Dental Posture's mission is to reduce the incidence of occupational musculoskeletal disorders in dentistry and to send a message of hope to dentists for recovery ...
Jul 15, 2019•51 min•Ep. 49
In this week’s episode I sat down with US army veteran, host of the big things done podcast, founder of the dental app services, triathlete and D3 dental student at the University of Minnesota, Andrew Glover. Andrew talks about his unconventional journey in to dental school and we spend a lot of time talking about some of the topics that I have become super passionate about over the past few years, entrepreneurship, habits and routines and triathlons among others. Andrew hosts the big things don...
Jul 07, 2019•43 min•Ep. 48
After a very popular first interview that became the most downloaded episodes of the podcast, I am very excited to have Dr. Davey Alleman on for another 2 episode. Davey is just a wealth of information and really enjoys sharing it. I do my best to keep up and it’s interviews like this that really can change how you practice day to day dentistry. In the last 7-8 months since our first interview (Episode 30 of the Noobie Dentist Podcast), the information and techniques I learned from Davey have re...
Jul 03, 2019•50 min•Ep. 47
After a very popular first interview that became the most downloaded episodes of the podcast, I am very excited to have Dr. Davey Alleman on for another 2 episode. Davey is just a wealth of information and really enjoys sharing it. I do my best to keep up and it’s interviews like this that really can change how you practice day to day dentistry. In the last 7-8 months since our first interview (Episode 30 of the Noobie Dentist Podcast), the information and techniques I learned from Davey have re...
Jun 26, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 46
Welcome back to episode 43 of the Noobie Dentist Podcast. In this great episode I sat down with Dr. Aodhan Docherty who is a university of Sydney graduate who has invested heavily into continuing professional development and is a practice owner. In this episode we dive into his early days in private practice and how he made the most out of not having full books at the start of this career. We also dive in the importance ongoing learning and finding good structured programs and much more. I also ...
Jun 18, 2019•41 min•Ep. 45
I have a great line up of amazing interviews coming up over the next weeks with great young dentists from around the world. In this episode I sat down with my friend Dr. Sunny Virdi out of Winnipeg Manitoba. Sunny is quite active on the dental Instagram community and I am a big fan of his progression and the quality of restorative work that he is producing. Sunny has been working in private practice for a few years and has recently partnered up to purchase a dental practice in downtown Winnipeg....
Jun 10, 2019•37 min•Ep. 44
Welcome to a rebroadcast of one of the most downloaded episodes of the Noobie Dentist podcast with Dr. Bruce Freeman. This episode, originally released on March 5, 2018, quickly became the most downloaded episode and served as a tipping point for the podcast. Beyond download numbers and podcast growth, it allowed me to connect with Dr. Freeman and he has become a great friend and mentor. As it is graduation season in North America and a lot of the listeners are based in the United States and Can...
Jun 02, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 43
NDP Episode 40: From Associate to Practice Owner with Dr. Daniel Miller Welcome back for another episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast. In this week’s episode I sat down with Dr. Dan Miller out of Charlotte, North Carolina. Dan graduated from SUNY at Buffalo school of dentistry in 2015 prior to complete an AEGD residency. After working as an associate dentist for just over 2 years Dan recently purchased a practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. I have been lucky enough to connect with Dan over In...
May 19, 2019•47 min•Ep. 42
NDP Episode 39: ReThink Dentistry with Dr. Homam Alba Welcome back for another episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast. In this episode I sat down with Dr. Homam Albaghdadi out of Toronto, Canada. Homam is a general dentist and academic who is currently working on and researching health professions education. Prior to finishing his dental degree at the University of Toronto and completing a GPR program at the prestigious Mt. Sinai Hospital, Homam completed a master of Immunology and worked at the ...
May 06, 2019•43 min•Ep. 41
Welcome back for another episode of the Noobie Dentist podcast. In this episode, I am reposting by interview on the Dental Head Start Podcast. The Dental Head Start Podcast is hosted by Dr. David Keir who is an outstanding young clinician who is doing great things with his blog and podcast. David and I connected over our mutual interest in helping young dentists accelerate their learning curve after dental school and it was amazing to have the opportunity to be a guest on his podcast. In this ep...
Apr 22, 2019•53 min•Ep. 40
Welcome back for another episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast, in this episode I sat down with Dr. Phil Walton from my hometown Toronto, Canada. Phil is a periodontist who has been practicing for about 8 years. He completed his DDS at the University of Toronto before moving on to complete his Periodontics residency at Harvard Dental School. I have had several guest on the podcast talking implants but Phil is the first periodontist that I have had the pleasure of having on the show. In this epis...
Apr 04, 2019•56 min•Ep. 39
Welcome back for another episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast. Over the past few episodes I have had the pleasure of chatting with some of the top leading young clinicians in Australia. From each of these dentists I have learned some valuable information and as the podcast reaches its 36th episode these trends are really starting to emerge. The top things I have come to learn from top performing dentists in our profession from around the world is simple; Find good mentors Surround yourself with...
Feb 25, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 38
Happy 2019 and welcome back for another jam packed episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast. In this week’s episode I had the awesome opportunity to chat with one of Australia’s leading Dental entrepreneurs and a fellow podcaster, Dr. Jesse Green. Dr. Green is the host of the amazing Savvy Dentist podcast which is one of my favourites. The Savvy Dentist podcast has played a big role in my pursuits of learning the business side of dentistry and interviewing Dr. Green and getting to pick his brain fo...
Jan 08, 2019•47 min•Ep. 37
Welcome back for another episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast, in this episode I sat down with Dr. Yo-Han Choi based out of Sydney Australia. Yo-Han is an excellent clinician and multi-practice owner. I was quite excited to connect with and chat with Yo-Han for this interview and we got into a lot of great topics. We discuss the balancing act of clinical excellence and practice ownership, pathways to success for noobie dentists and the importance of structured continuing professional developmen...
Dec 05, 2018•49 min•Ep. 36
NDP Episode 33: Mentorship Hour with Dr. Paresh Shah In this week’s episode I had the great pleasure of sitting down for a mentorship hour with Dr. paresh Shah out of Winnipeg Canada. It is always a uniquely great opportunity to have a chance to converse and learn from more senior clinicians who have not only been in the profession for a long time but have excelled within it. Dr. Paresh Shah is a clinician in the truest sense and we had a great conversion about his career trajectory from dental ...
Nov 19, 2018•53 min•Ep. 35
In today’s episode I sat down with Dr. Sia Lord out of Halifax, United Kingdom, a young dentist working in private practice with a keen interest in aesthetic dentistry. I was first attracted to Dr. Sia’s Instagram account due to his infectious positive energy and positive messages around health and wellbeing. In this podcast episode we dive into various topics including health and fitness, morning routines, self- improvement, settings goals and a few pearls about patient communication and case p...
Nov 05, 2018•43 min•Ep. 34
NDP Episode 31: Mentorship Round Table with Prosthodontist Dr. Varun Garg and Aesthetic Dentist Dr. Bharat Agrawal In this episode I had the great pleasure of interviewing two of my mentors and two great Australian dentists, Dr. Bharat Agrawal and Dr. Varun Garg. Dr. Agrawal is an aesthetic dentist and a multiple practice owner based out of Queensland, Australia and someone who I truly admire. He has obtained his MSc in Aesthetic Dentistry at King’s College London. Dr. Varun Garg is a prosthodon...
Oct 19, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 33
Welcome back for episode 30 of the Noobie Dentist Podcast! It always exciting to reach a milestone episode and having published 30 episodes is something that I am certainly quite proud of. It’s nice to reflect on all the great guests that I’ve had the pleasure of speaking to on the podcast and the hours of work are more than justified when I get messages from dentists and dental students from around the world who enjoy listening to the podcast. In this episode I interviewed Dr. Davey Alleman who...
Sep 23, 2018•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 32
Hello and welcome back for episode 29 of the Noobie Dentist Podcast, in this episode I sat down with Dr. Ivan Chicchon, the Implant Ninja himself. Dr. Chicchon is a surgical prosthodontist who completed his specialty training at the prestigious University of Michigan ( I know you’ve all seen their old school clinical videos on YouTube, pretty much got me through dental school). I really enjoyed our chat and have so much respect for Ivan, a family man, an outstanding clinician and a straight up h...
Aug 27, 2018•55 min•Ep. 31
NDP Episode 28: Dental Materials, Adhesive Dentistry and Biofilms with Dr. Ryan Nolan Hello and welcome back for episode 28 of the Noobie Dentist Podcast, in this week’s episode I sat down with Dr. Ryan Nolan DMD, dentist, dental materials scientist and host of the Biofilm Factor Podcast! Ryan is probably one of the smartest people I have had the pleasure of speaking with and I tried to extract as much information as possible from him in this episode. We took some deep dives into dental material...
Aug 23, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 30
Hello and welcome back for another great episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast, in today’s episode we’re talking oral surgery with Dr, Ben Johnson of Pacific Northwest OMS in Auburn Washington. Ben runs @pnwoms on Instagram and is along with @bloodytoothguy, one of the original oral surgery accounts on Instagram. He is a fantastic guy and his love for oral surgery is clear if you follow his page. If we could all learn to have as much fun at work as Ben does, dentistry would be in a much better p...
Jul 26, 2018•40 min•Ep. 29
Welcome back for another great episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast. Both this weeks episode and next weeks episode were recorded several months ago before I moved down to Australia and I am very excited about finally getting them published and released for you guys to enjoy. Today’s guest is Dr. Brian Baliwas the man, the legend behind SF Dental Nerd (@sfdentalnerd) on Instagram. Brian is currently practicing in probably one of the trendiest cities in the world thanks to the boom of silicon va...
Jul 19, 2018•36 min•Ep. 28
Welcome back for another great episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast. In this episode I had the great pleasure of interviewing a fantastic dentist out of Washington, Dr. Keerti. When it comes to dental education, there are not many out there who could match her credentials. After completing her BDS in India she has completed a fellowship in dentistry to disabled patients, specialised in Oral Medicine, completed an Esthetic Dentistry Continuum at UCLA and is currently a faculty member at the Spea...
Jun 28, 2018•44 min•Ep. 27
NDP Episode 24: The Millennial Dentist with Dr. Sully Sullivan Hello and welcome back for episode 24 of the NoobieDentist Podcast So after a couple weeks off, I’m excited to be back and I have recorded several fantastic interviews with some very influential dentists who, if you’re active on Instagram you will have no doubt heard of. In this week’s episode I am super pumped to have a fellow dental podcaster Dr. Sully Sullivan of the Millennial dentist podcast. Sully is an absolute legend and will...
Jun 01, 2018•55 min•Ep. 26
Welcome back for another great episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast, in this episode I talk to a great young dentist Dr. Kevin Lassiter. Dr. Lassiter is a Military dentist who completed a GPR year in the United States prior to being stationed in Europe for the past few years. In this episode we chat about this dental journey and talk about what it’s like to be a dentist in the military. We also talk about clinical dentistry and the procedures we do and don’t enjoy doing! You can follow Dr. Kevi...
May 14, 2018•36 min•Ep. 25
Hello and welcome back for another fantastic episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast, in this episode I speak with endodontist; Dr. Stephanie Tran! Dr. Tran (@her_holiness_the_pulp) talks about her journey through dental school to becoming an endodontist. This episode is jam packed with useful tips and a lot of information that you may want to write down so I’d definitely recommend having a pen and paper ready to go for when listening to this episode! Dr. Tran talks us through her systematic appro...
May 01, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 24
Welcome back for another fantastic episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast! In this episode I talk to my good friend Dr. Rahul Shah who completed with BDS in India prior to moving to Canada and obtaining his DDS from the University of Western Ontario. Rahul went on to complete his GPR at one of the top programs in Canada at the University of Toronto’s teaching hospital, Mount Sinai. He is currently in private practice and just producing excellent work. He takes a ton of CE and it clearly shows! We...
Apr 27, 2018•58 min•Ep. 23
Welcome back for episode 20 of the Noobie Dentist podcast! Hitting 20 episodes is a nice milestone for the Noobie Dentist podcast and it has been an incredible ride so far. I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity to interview so many dentists that I look up to and admire and Dr. Todd Snyder is definitely amongst them! Dr. Snyder has done it all in dentistry, he is a leading cosmetic dentist and a fellow of the AACD, is an author and has lectured extensively around the world. Not to mention ...
Apr 18, 2018•58 min•Ep. 22
