*PODCAST EXCLUSIVE* - 12.14.25

-Week 7 Hours = 1+1+0.5+2+1+2+0.5=8

-Week 6 Hours = 2+0.5+1+1+0.5+1=6

-Week 5 Hours = 0+1.5+0.5+0+1+2+2=7

-Week 4 Hours = 3+1.5+1+2+1+0.5=10

-Week 3 Hours = 4+1+1.5+2+1+1=10.5

-Week 2 Hours = 3+1+1+1+0.5+1+2 = 9:.5

-Week 1 Final Total Study Hours = 9

Oral Boards Exam Date: February 3rd, 2026

Week Days I’m Studying:

Sunday (Study Group Case Presentations) + Monday (Drive,Starbucks,Drive,Panera) + Tuesday (Drive,Starbucks,Drive) + Wednesday (Drive,Starbucks,Drive,Panera) + Thursday (Drive,Starbucks,Drive,Panera) + Friday (Drive Only) + Saturday (Make-Up Studying To Complete 10-12 Hour Goal)

📝 My 100-day study challenge in preparation for the OMFS oral board exam in February.

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

🎙️ Clip from TikTok LIVE #86

👉 Full episode on Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube Channel

🏆 Top 5 Longest Viewers of the TikTok LIVE get a shoutout in the caption!

🗓️ I do TikTok LIVE’s usually on Sunday evenings randomly between 6:00-9:30pm EST (or Monday evenings, if I’m in the OR or presenting early Monday morning) so stay tuned on my TikTok @doctorgallagher_

🔗 Links to my platforms: https://linktr.ee/doctorgallagher/

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

📍It’s the 2nd half of 2025, I just graduated residency in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in June, now starting to work at All County Oral Surgery in Melville on Long Island, NY. I’ll be an associate surgeon here & working toward a personal goal of becoming a partner one day. Outside of dentistry, I have side projects & companies to bring my passions to life, including mentorship, education, and life strategy, and I obnoxiously share a lot of content on it all as I go hahahaha

👉 Keep an eye out for my weekly TikTok LIVE Q&A Session (usually Sunday evenings) and the monthly Q&A session on Instagram (end of every month). Let me know how I can help you

🌎 *** PreDent Mentor Map is now LIVE, at predentmentormap.org ! *** it’s a free resource for predental students to use for data on every dental school, and to connect with current dental students for personalized mentoring.

🙋🏼‍♂️ If you’re an organization or club at a school and you’d like to discuss a partnership, event or conference, DM me on Instagram or LinkedIn- that is the best way to contact me directly

❤️ MOST importantly: THANK YOU. Mentoring is what got me here, and it is how I’ll help you achieve your dream goals as best I can. You are a MASSIVE part of this journey to me, more than you know

🤠 Sincerely, Brendan @doctorgallagher

🔗 Links to my platforms: https://linktr.ee/doctorgallagher/

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

Top 5 Topics:

- When a Dental Implant Causes Permanent Numbness… and a Lawsuit

- Common Reasons Dentists Get Sued: Nerve Injuries, Wrong Tooth, and ‘Periodontal Neglect’

- Can Your Patient Secretly Record You? The Scary Truth About Phones in the Operatory

- How an Audio Recording of Informed Consent Backfired on the Dentist

- Why ‘I Didn’t Read the Form’ Can Still Win in Court: The Real Meaning of Informed Consent

(Dental Cases = Even # Episodes; OMFS Cases = Odd # Episodes)

Quotes & Wisdom:

“Informed consent is a process, not a piece of paper.”

“Records can be your best friend or your worst enemy.”

“We’re all less than perfect. If you're recording, it has to be perfect — and that’s the challenge.”

“A patient must understand it — not just hear it.”

“Comfort level matters — for both the patient and the provider.”

“Sometimes being informed means getting good news, and sometimes it means hearing what’s uncomfortable — but it’s important nonetheless.”

Questions:

00:18 — “Can audio records reveal flaws in the dentist informed consent process?”

21:10 — “Why don’t we just record all informed consent conversations with patients—wouldn’t that protect us?”

22:16 — “Is it common that written consent gets thrown out when there’s audio evidence?”

27:04 — “What risks should you include for any invasive surgical procedure like implants or extractions?”

33:34 — “What are the top 3-5 most common dental cases that end up in litigation?”

39:38 — “Could a patient be recording me legally without my knowledge during a procedure?”

40:46 — “Are there times when a patient’s secret recording becomes key evidence in a malpractice case?”

41:22 — “What should dentists understand about being recorded and how it affects legal outcomes?”

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #195

- Malpractice Case #6

- 11.2025

This episode is a partnership with MedPro Group, and Dr. Marc Leffler, Lead Dental Risk Consultant.

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

🎙️ Clip from TikTok LIVE #86

👉 Full episode on Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube Channel

🏆 Top 5 Longest Viewers of the TikTok LIVE get a shoutout in the caption!

🗓️ I do TikTok LIVE’s usually on Sunday evenings randomly between 6:00-9:30pm EST (or Monday evenings, if I’m in the OR or presenting early Monday morning) so stay tuned on my TikTok @doctorgallagher_

🔗 Links to my platforms: https://linktr.ee/doctorgallagher/

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

📍It’s the 2nd half of 2025, I just graduated residency in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in June, now starting to work at All County Oral Surgery in Melville on Long Island, NY. I’ll be an associate surgeon here & working toward a personal goal of becoming a partner one day. Outside of dentistry, I have side projects & companies to bring my passions to life, including mentorship, education, and life strategy, and I obnoxiously share a lot of content on it all as I go hahahaha

👉 Keep an eye out for my weekly TikTok LIVE Q&A Session (usually Sunday evenings) and the monthly Q&A session on Instagram (end of every month). Let me know how I can help you

🌎 *** PreDent Mentor Map is now LIVE, at predentmentormap.org ! *** it’s a free resource for predental students to use for data on every dental school, and to connect with current dental students for personalized mentoring.

🙋🏼‍♂️ If you’re an organization or club at a school and you’d like to discuss a partnership, event or conference, DM me on Instagram or LinkedIn- that is the best way to contact me directly

❤️ MOST importantly: THANK YOU. Mentoring is what got me here, and it is how I’ll help you achieve your dream goals as best I can. You are a MASSIVE part of this journey to me, more than you know

🤠 Sincerely, Brendan @doctorgallagher

🔗 Links to my platforms: https://linktr.ee/doctorgallagher/

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

*PODCAST EXCLUSIVE* - 12.10.25

-Week 7 Hours = 1+1+0.5

-Week 6 Hours = 2+0.5+1+1+0.5+1=6

-Week 5 Hours = 0+1.5+0.5+0+1+2+2=7

-Week 4 Hours = 3+1.5+1+2+1+0.5=10

-Week 3 Hours = 4+1+1.5+2+1+1=10.5

-Week 2 Hours = 3+1+1+1+0.5+1+2 = 9:.5

-Week 1 Final Total Study Hours = 9

Oral Boards Exam Date: February 3rd, 2026

Week Days I’m Studying:

Sunday (Study Group Case Presentations) + Monday (Drive,Starbucks,Drive,Panera) + Tuesday (Drive,Starbucks,Drive) + Wednesday (Drive,Starbucks,Drive,Panera) + Thursday (Drive,Starbucks,Drive,Panera) + Friday (Drive Only) + Saturday (Make-Up Studying To Complete 10-12 Hour Goal)

📝 My 100-day study challenge in preparation for the OMFS oral board exam in February.

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

📍It’s the 2nd half of 2025, I just graduated residency in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery in June, now starting to work at All County Oral Surgery in Melville on Long Island, NY. I’ll be an associate surgeon here & working toward a personal goal of becoming a partner one day. Outside of dentistry, I have side projects & companies to bring my passions to life, including mentorship, education, and life strategy, and I obnoxiously share a lot of content on it all as I go hahahaha

👉 Keep an eye out for my weekly TikTok LIVE Q&A Session (usually Sunday evenings) and the monthly Q&A session on Instagram (end of every month). Let me know how I can help you

🌎 *** PreDent Mentor Map is now LIVE, at predentmentormap.org ! *** it’s a free resource for predental students to use for data on every dental school, and to connect with current dental students for personalized mentoring.

🙋🏼‍♂️ If you’re an organization or club at a school and you’d like to discuss a partnership, event or conference, DM me on Instagram or LinkedIn- that is the best way to contact me directly

❤️ MOST importantly: THANK YOU. Mentoring is what got me here, and it is how I’ll help you achieve your dream goals as best I can. You are a MASSIVE part of this journey to me, more than you know

🤠 Sincerely, Brendan @doctorgallagher

🔗 Links to my platforms: https://linktr.ee/doctorgallagher/

Top 5 Topics:

- KEYS TO ACING THE ORAL OMFS BOARD EXAM

- Jumping Out of Helicopters & Saving Lives:

- From Small-Town Vermont Kid to North Carolina Military OMFS Program Director

- Army Dentist, OMFS Residency, Duke Fellowship, Residency Director & ‘Happy Accidents’

- AI, Augmented Reality & the Future of Surgery

- Balancing War Stories, Residency & New Dad Life

Quotes & Wisdom:

[08:00] - “Most of my life has been a series of happy accidents… a door opens that you didn’t even know existed.”

[09:22] - “I always thought that if I could give back to the country and help prevent things like that from happening, that’d be a worthwhile way to spend my life.”

[11:40] - “If you love your job, then I think life becomes a lot smoother and better.”

[18:55] - “You need to find what you’re looking to get out of it, and then reverse-engineer which direction you want to go.”

[28:36] - “I’m very curious to see, over the next 10 years, as augmented reality and AI become commonplace… surgery might have different resources that help us get better outcomes.”

[38:14] - “I think you can boil most problems down to communication—if you improve that, most of the problems will go away and get fixed.”

[39:23] - “The fact that you’re a surgeon only gives you the right to work harder than everybody else.”

[51:00] - “You have the ability to really change people’s lives through little interactions or inviting them to do things or trying to be that mentor for them. If we all can do that, then the world becomes a better place.”

[51:30] - “That little bit of good you put in the world is a beautiful thing.”

Questions:

[01:43] - “When were you waking up at 4 a.m. in North Carolina, and what were you doing at that hour?”

[04:01] - “Your group is putting out a new oral boards textbook—what’s the timeline, and what can people expect from Blue Book 2.0?”

[08:49] - “Can you walk us through your trajectory from dental school to residency, military service, and now becoming a program director?”

[12:41] - “What’s your favorite war movie or series, and why does it resonate with you?”

[20:31] - “You mentioned talking about AI and jobs—who were you discussing that with, and what do you really think about where AI is taking our field?”

[21:23] - “Your wife is an ER doc—can you give us some background on how you met and how you both managed training and careers while living apart?”

[31:11] - “What are some of your favorite surgeries across the full scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery, and what draws you to them?”

[38:56] - “What tips, tricks, and qualities are you trying to instill in your residents so they become the kind of surgeons you’d feel confident signing off on?”

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #200

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

- 11.2025

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

*PODCAST EXCLUSIVE* - 12.8.25

-Week 7 Hours = 1+

-Week 6 Hours = 2+0.5+1+1+0.5+1=6

-Week 5 Hours = 0+1.5+0.5+0+1+2+2=7

-Week 4 Hours = 3+1.5+1+2+1+0.5=10

-Week 3 Hours = 4+1+1.5+2+1+1=10.5

-Week 2 Hours = 3+1+1+1+0.5+1+2 = 9:.5

-Week 1 Final Total Study Hours = 9

Oral Boards Exam Date: February 3rd, 2026

Week Days I’m Studying:

Sunday (Study Group Case Presentations) + Monday (Drive,Starbucks,Drive,Panera) + Tuesday (Drive,Starbucks,Drive) + Wednesday (Drive,Starbucks,Drive,Panera) + Thursday (Drive,Starbucks,Drive,Panera) + Friday (Drive Only) + Saturday (Make-Up Studying To Complete 10-12 Hour Goal)

📝 My 100-day study challenge in preparation for the OMFS oral board exam in February.

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