Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

Top 5 Topics:

- Is a $650,000 Dental School Tuition Worth It If It's the Only One You Get Into?

- Why I Wouldn't Open a Startup, New Dental Practice in a State With a Shrinking Population

- Biological and Holistic Dentistry: What to Be Careful Of

- Worried About a Low GPA? Focus on Your DAT First, With DAT Prep on DentalSchoolMap.com

- New York Is Opening Another Dental School?! Why Dentistry Is Becoming an Industry Instead of a Profession

Top 14 Viewers on this Episode on TikTok LIVE 128 Q&A:

1st – JuliaJayBird1023, @crazycatperson2021

2nd – Pinki Shah519, @pshah102092

3rd – Noor Ali, @2006._.noor

4th – @raniamohamed735

5th – v, @v115656

6th – Josh, RN, FNP-S, @dilaudid_daddy

7th – @emmac623

8th – Brittany, @codysmom0412

9th – Apple User652352, @apple.user65235265

10th – Hazem Abdelaal, @hazemabdelaal56

11th – Steven Rodriguez, @stevenrodriguez742

12th – @joaoalbpiloto

13th – @fikethebike1231

14th – Eiley, @sme2618

Top Quotes & Wisdom:

[10:20] "If you're worried about your GPA, you should only be focusing on your DAT. Before we get to being worried, we gotta get your DAT out of the way."

[26:00] "Money is great to think about in a career choice, but it's not the most important thing. You need to pick a career that you actually enjoy what you're doing every day."

[31:30] "Dentistry is becoming an industry instead of a profession."

Top Questions:

[00:20] "How did you maintain good grades during D2 year while studying for the CBSE?"

[02:50] "If Tufts or NYU at $650,000 was the only dental school you got into, would you still go?"

[15:10] "Do you think NYU is good for dental school if I want to specialize, or is the large class size a deterrent?"

[17:14] "Did you consider specializing in holistic/biological dentistry?"

[25:00] "Have you ever had an existential crisis in dental school, like if dentistry was the right choice?"

[25:50] "How are oral surgeons doing money-wise? Do you think it's worth the time and effort?"

[34:18] "What types of things do oral surgeons do, and what is the difference between the OMFS 4-year track and 6-year track?"

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

My watch in this episode = Citizen Cal 2100 Chrono Panda

10.2026

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*PODCAST EXCLUSIVE* - 10.11.26

- An audio elaboration of this Threads/X quote, thought, or idea I just posted:

"Until your main thing is so dialed in, anything else but your main thing is truly a disservice to your best potential."

- from Dose of Dental Podcast #258 with @louis_spear at 16:45

Link: https://youtu.be/6nzpVrrXOpM

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Top 5 Topics:

- “Am I Dabbling?” Why Your Main Thing Might Be Better To Stay The Main Thing

- “Are They 20% Happier Though?” Moving The Goalposts On Money, Work & Happiness

- Shiny Object Syndrome: Scaling Dental Practices, Private Jets & Full Arch

- Retirement Plans vs Real Estate vs Bitcoin: Two Oral Surgeons Talk Investments

- IV Sedation In A Dental Office: Airway, Rooms & Team Setup

Top Quotes & Wisdom:

[05:00] "I'm just consciously thinking of how to allocate my time. And I don't think time is the right word. I think it's attention."

[05:25] "I have friends whose goalposts will go up 20%. I don't think they're 20% happier by any means."

[16:45] "Until your main thing is so dialed in, anything else but your main thing is truly a disservice to your best potential."

[19:55] "If you dabble in 5 different things, none of those will be insanely awesome. What's usually important is to get one thing insanely awesome and then copy and model it to the other ones."

[55:45] "Will my numbers go down? You betcha. Will it change my life or my son's memory of his dad at this age? Yeah, he probably will have a better memory."

[1:09:16] "I think that's a great idea. But it doesn't mean every great idea is worth doing."

Top Questions:

[04:06] "Where are we moving the goalpost to? Is someone moving your goalpost right now?"

[10:08] "How many rooms do you think you need to have a legitimate oral surgery day, including IV sedation?"

[24:40] "What do you think's a ‘shiny’ object?"

[56:00] "Do you live to work or work to live?"

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #258

My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono

10.2026

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*PODCAST EXCLUSIVE* - 10.10.26

- An audio elaboration of this Threads/X quote, thought, or idea I just posted:

Today is 11 days after I launched omfsweightroom.com - a study app for the Oral Surgery oral boards exam that lets you verbally review high-yield flashcards in “Drive Mode” & practice cases with benign vs malignant examiners

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*PODCAST EXCLUSIVE* - 10.9.26

- An audio elaboration of this Threads/X quote, thought, or idea I just posted:

"You gotta be able to hold a conversation in your interviews. It's not a multiple choice exam."

- from TikTok LIVE #125 at 32:45

Link: https://youtu.be/ZRglVmERCCs

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Top 5 Topics:

- 6 Implants in 1 Day (and the implant plan that changed mid-surgery)

- Delta Dental Pays $260 for an Impacted Wisdom Tooth ("That doesn't pay back the loans")

- Another New Dental School in New York? ("We don't need another dental school in New York")

- Dental School vs Medical School: Why I'm So Much Happier I Chose Dentistry

- Applying to Dental School With No Interviews Yet? It's Still Early - DentalSchoolMap.com and DentalMockInterviews.com

Top 15 Viewers on DOS DIENTES Episode 15 Q&A:

1st – Cuce Denno, @cucedenno

2nd – Tiffany, @tiffy_rn

3rd – Khilo, @mo.khilo

4th – Jfcjdbddj, @_maka_303

5th – Natalia, @natwik94

6th – JuliaJayBird1023, @crazycatperson2021

7th – @nathaniel_wu2

8th – Lovebunny8932, @lovebunny9990

9th – Tiara, @tiaraalynn_

10th – @i_love_teeth

11th – alex, @alex005555

12th – Brittany, @codysmom0412

13th – Evan kaprizov guy, @evankaprizovguy1

14th – Ujjwal Mistry, @ujjwalmistry_

15th – amy, @amyjvc

Top Quotes & Wisdom:

[03:50] – "Sometimes in surgery, no matter how much you look at the x-rays, no matter how much you talk to the patient about the plan, sometimes plans change."

[05:31] – "I just found out Delta Dental reimburses us $260 for a full impacted wisdom tooth. There's a lot of training that goes into it, does that seem acceptable?"

[09:45] – "Over time that changes dentistry into an industry, where it's just about seeing as many patients as you can see, versus a profession, where it's about patient care."

[10:29] – "I am so much happier that I went to dental school and not medical school."

[11:55] – "You can do it. You got this. You gotta work hard. A lot of sacrifices, but you can do it."

Top Questions:

[00:17] – "I'm a current applicant in the dental school cycle and I'm considering OMFS. When do you think you knew?"

[04:06] – "What was your plan B if dentistry didn't work out?"

[06:20] – "I had 5 avulsed teeth reimplanted. Is it wise to do a root canal?"

[08:29] – "Thoughts on the new U Rochester dental school?"

[10:24] – "So is dental school worth it compared to medical school?"

[13:44] – "What do you recommend pre-dents do who haven't gotten interviews yet?"

DOS DIENTES Team:

- Dr. Brendan Gallagher (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon)

- Dra. Alexia Gomez (Head Surgical Assistant; Dentist of Mexico)

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- @doctorgallagher_‘s TikTok LIVE Q&A 127

Watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Caliber 16 Chrono

10.2026

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Top 5 Topics:

- How To Plan Oral Surgery Externships: Location, Scope & "Reach" Programs

- The Real Cost of Applying to OMFS Residency: $1,500 Per Externship, $1,000 For One Interview

- “What’s Post-Call?” Resident Safety & Driving Sleep-Deprived

- CBSE Dates Changed to May & November

- Dental Mock Interviews, OMFS Weightroom & Using AI To Lower Costs For Students

Top Quotes & Wisdom:

[~07:30] "On externships, you get a tryout at their program for a week, they get a tryout with you for a week. So you could see what they're like just as much as they're seeing what you're like."

[~22:05] "Spend as much time in your home program as possible to learn the ropes of OR etiquette before you go on your first externship."

[~28:50] "If you go on 3 externships and you talk with 8 residents at each one, now you've got 24 opinions. You can piece together a little bit about other programs."

[~41:55] "That's what program directors want. Something coming from the heart, something coming from passion, and not just throwing a dart at the board when you’re planning externships and applying to residencies."

Top Questions:

[05:50] "How many externships did you go on?"

[10:42] "Do most places not have post-call? Is that the standard?"

[34:43] "When did you wake up and start your externships, and when did you finish?"

[39:57] "Are you familiar with the "reach program" term?"

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #257

My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono

10.2026

#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast

Key Concepts:

1 – Plan the front teeth as a unit: 3 non-restorable lower front teeth were removed and implants were placed at sites #23 and #26 for a 4-unit bridge, which matches better than a single implant crown in the front.

2 – Trace critical anatomy first: a CBCT shows bone height and width in the front, and in the back the inferior alveolar nerve and the mental foramen have to be mapped before an implant goes in.

3 – Make up for narrow bone with length: thin implants in the lower front can be longer, and I like to place the implant 1–2 mm below the crest of bone.

4 – Position the #30 implant for the crown: parallel to the tooth it's matched to, centered under the palatal cusps of the opposing maxillary first molar, and 6–8 mm distal to #29 for a 12–14 mm crown.

5 – Respect torque: I like over 35 Ncm before an abutment goes on, and I stay between 45 and 65 Ncm, because too much torque causes pressure necrosis and heat transfer (a rise of more than 10°C within 1 minute degrades collagen in the bone)

Key Instruments/Materials:

• CBCT: measured bone height and width before choosing thin, longer implants.

• Panoramic radiograph: showed the inferior alveolar nerve, the mental foramen and the implants; a 2D image doesn’t show bucco-lingual angulation.

• Abutment: placed on the #30 implant the same day with stability over 45 Ncm.

• 3-0 chromic gut suture: closed the #30 implant site.

• 4-0 Vicryl suture: closed the grafted front site to hold the bone graft in longer; removed at about 2 weeks.

* Instrument Partner Of This Project – (Looking for a partner with instruments, I'll be talking about and showing the instruments I used in each case)

* Dental Implant Partner - (I place 3 different brands of implants and I'm waiting for my favorite one to partner with me on this project so I can finally reveal it...)

* Bone Grafting Partner - (This could be you! You know who you are lol let me know)

Top 15 Viewers on this Episode on TikTok LIVE 126 Q&A:

1st – @emmac623

2nd – User248, @jacob12456789

3rd – @hofblinders

4th – @laquizexad8

5th – J-mar..i, @jpamplin23

6th – kangaroojack30, @kjacke3090

7th – user3094365976936, @greenlucky70

8th – moustafa 🎩, @risingkpopstar

9th – alskfjrn, @kdkrjtheh

10th – Gaby Sousou, @gaby.sousou

11th – Anoopy, @anoopy_

12th – ., @akona2_

13th – User, @chemist_k

14th – Craig, @craig4137

15th – Ryan, @ryanhhhhhhhhhh

Top Questions:

“How did you decide on dentistry?”

“How much planning goes into a case before you start a procedure?”

“Can you do referrals for double jaw surgery?”

“How do you get good bitewings? I can't get rid of the overlaps on the interproximals.”

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

My watch in this episode = Citizen Ecozilla Diver (overnight on-call watch in residency)

10.2026

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Top 5 Topics:

- How to Pay Off $260,000 of Dental School Debt: The Monthly "DEBI" Meeting

- What an Oral Surgeon Looks For in a Dental Assistant

- I Built DentalMockInterviews.com For Your Dental School and Residency Interviews

- Anesthesiologists vs Oral Surgeons: Who Should Be Doing Sedation in the Dental Office?

- Career Regrets, Residency Culture, and Knowing When to Pivot

Top 16 Viewers on this Episode on TikTok LIVE 125 Q&A:

1st – Brittany, @codysmom0412

2nd – JuliaJayBird1023, @crazycatperson2021

3rd – danson🧸, @danson_official

4th – Maya, @wejjdennne

5th – Joel Kabera, @joelkabera

6th – Khilo, @mo.khilo

7th – UK, @apple.user736654

8th – Ablahi, @loiytdg456

9th – YoungK Supremacy, @blckbeannoodles

10th – @arhumkkkk

11th – @yofam888

12th – george.yassaa, @georgeyassa98

13th – @lauribrown7

14th – Scott Davidson, @scottdavidson18

15th – Cavalier_Cartel, @nfpetros98

16th – ME_LA_PELAS_2.0, @me_la_pelas_2.07

Top Quotes & Wisdom:

[17:10] "If you're in something that you regret, you need to pivot, and you need to figure out how to pivot. Sometimes it's not right away. Sometimes you need to be patient."

[32:45] "You gotta be able to hold a conversation in your interviews. It's not a multiple choice exam."

Top Questions:

[01:21] "Doctor, what do you look for in a dental assistant?"

[06:35] "How fast can you pay off $260,000 of tuition if you're a general dentist producing a pretty high volume?"

[14:15] "Do you have any regrets?"

[21:15] "What instrument do you recommend for a fully erupted #16?"

[25:15] "Thoughts on anesthesiologists' concerns over OMFS doing their own sedation?"

[31:00] "What about residency did you hate the most?"

[32:15] "Dr. G, how do you stand out at interviews?"

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

My watch in this episode = Citizen Cal 2100 Chrono Panda

10.2026

#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast

Top 5 Topics:

- TikTok Shut Down Our LIVE: 4 Flags in 15 Minutes for "Dangerous Activity" (and I wasn't even driving)

- 130-Hour Work Weeks in Oral Surgery Residency

- 11 Overnight 24-Hour Calls in 1 Month on Hand & Plastic Surgery

- Why Dental Offices Slow Down in October ("Use your insurance benefits before they run out")

- How TikTok LIVE #1 Started: A First-Year Resident, a Laptop and an Apartment Balcony

Top 11 Viewers on DOS DIENTES Episode 14 Q&A:

1st – JuliaJayBird1023, @crazycatperson2021

2nd – Brittany, @codysmom0412

3rd – May, @mahasti52

4th – @emmac623

5th – @sskocsyz2jm

6th – hehehehe, @sinaomura

7th – eve 💘, @xoevelyn05

8th – 🦢, @q.14mr

9th – Logan, @loganzol

10th – @dickjones31525

11th – @kapil3112

Top Quotes & Wisdom:

[05:09] – "Hand & plastic surgery, those rotations you're on call every third day for 24 hours. I had a 24-hour overnight shift 11 times in October 2022."

[08:02] – "This is our little DOS DIENTES show at the end of a long day."

[09:55] – "Who knows when we're gonna die, so I'd rather use the time now, living rather than sleeping."

[10:03] – "You need to have one day in the week where you can sleep in."

[10:56] – "I remember the first TikTok LIVE I ever did, I set up the laptop, and I was like, you know what? I can make a podcast out of this."

[13:08] – "There were a couple times I worked over 130 hours in one week in residency."

Top Questions:

[02:28] – "Is it possible to overlap med and dental school for 2 years?"

[04:11] – "I'm a first year dental student. Do you have any advice?"

[08:34] – "Why do we brush when we wake up when we already brushed before sleeping?"

[08:49] – "What's your skincare routine?"

[13:01] – "What's the most amount of hours you worked in a week in residency?"

DOS DIENTES Team:

- Dr. Brendan Gallagher (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon)

- Dra. Alexia Gomez (Head Surgical Assistant; Dentist of Mexico)

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- @doctorgallagher_‘s TikTok LIVE Q&A 124

Watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Caliber 16 Chrono

10.2026

#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast