Prav and Payman chat with Siamack Bagheri, a highly successful orthodontist who owns ten large orthodontic practices with his wife. Siamack shares his story of coming to the UK from Iran in the 1970s and pursuing dentistry. He discusses the challenges he faced during dental school and how those experiences shaped him.

The conversation touches on recruitment challenges, the shift toward temp agencies, the business advantages of new tech in aligner therapy, and more.

Enjoy!

In This Episode

00:02:15 - Backstory

00:04:35 - Choosing dentistry

00:07:40 - Dental School

00:14:50 - The next generation

00:18:00 - Case selection

00:21:35 - Practice management

00:31:35 - Ortho technology

00:35:50 - Referring cases

00:40:40 - Clinical work

00:44:45 - Recruitment

00:48:10 - Remote monitoring and aligner therapy

00:51:45 - Blackbox thinking

01:00:15 - Early interceptive orthodontics

01:02:25 - Fears

01:06:05 - Looking back

01:08:10 - Fantasy dinner party

01:10:15 - Last days and legacy

About Siamack Bagheri

Siamack Bagheri graduated from Bristol University in 1987. He then gained orthodontic qualifications from the Royal Colleges of England and Edinburgh and an MSc from the University of London. He is the principal of a group of 10 orthodontic clinics in London, Cheltenham, and Shropshire.