*PODCAST EXCLUSIVE* - 4.21.26

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

“When someone falls, you hustle your ass over and pick them up. I learned this playing D3 college basketball at NYU Poly for Coach Nolan Adams, and it’s an important life lesson that still stays with me to this day.”

- from TikTok LIVE 94 Podcast

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*** ATTENTION *** - skip past the first 5-10 mins to get to the Q&A segment - that’s where the real meat & potatoes is from this live event ;)

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #225

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

- 4.2026

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*PODCAST EXCLUSIVE* - 4.19.26

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

“I did my own market research, found a building, took over an old gym, and developed it into an oral surgery office. It was stressful, but it worked out.”

– from Dose of Dental Podcast #224 with Dr. Mina Fahmy (14:54)

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Top 5 Topics:

- Building a Dental Practice from Scratch (Old Gym to Oral Surgery Office)

- Advanced Healing Techniques in Wisdom Teeth & Implant Surgery (PRF, Healing Abutments, No Buried Implants)

- Private Pilot Oral Surgeon: Flying Small Planes as a Hobby

- Work-Life Balance for Busy Oral Surgeons (Backyard Chickens & Fresh Eggs, Flying, Plants & More)

Quotes & Wisdom:

“I try everything I can not to bury implants. That’s the worst thing… that’s the bane of my existence.” – Mina D. Fahmy (01:13)

“This is low morbidity. If you’re going to do an IV sedation anyway, you just take some blood, spin it… it’s easy… good results… I’m a believer in PRF.” – Mina D. Fahmy (04:02)

“I did my own market research, found a building… took over an old gym… developed it into an oral surgery office… It was stressful, but it worked out.” – Mina D. Fahmy (14:54)

“I always wanted to be a pilot as a kid and decided to do healthcare and surgery and have to do that on the side. And it’s my passion.” – Mina D. Fahmy (26:14)

“These podcasts are such a great way to do that. You just catch something… even like what’s your favorite instrument, and why?” – Mina D. Fahmy (25:43)

“It’s a good life… wake up in the morning, go check on the chickens… get to work. It’s good. It’s a good life.” – Mina D. Fahmy (21:28)

Questions:

(01:23) “Have you noticed any difference in the quality of how your dental implants heal, whether you put a cover screw on or a healing abutment?”

(02:21) “What happens if you get like a torque to only maybe, 15 N/cm?”

(03:15) “Do you use PRF as well? Are you a fan?”

(06:11) “Where did you go to dental school and why you go to OMFS residency?”

(18:18) “Tell me about these chickens you got lol”

(23:45) “What are your passions outside of OMFS? … How do you maintain balance? … time is such a commodity… how do you balance life as an oral surgeon who wants to do other things?”

(26:14) “You fly airplanes?! You’re a pilot?? When was the last time you flew? What’s the longest trip you’ve done?”

(44:44) “If you had to pick one instrument in oral surgery, what would it be?”

“What’s your local anesthesia sequence for wisdom tooth cases?”

“What’s your suture technique for bone grafting or implant cases?”

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #224

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

- 4.2026

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Top 5 Topics:

- Restrictive Covenants & Non-Competes in Healthcare Contracts

- Contract Red Flags & Horror Stories for New Dentists

- Term Sheets, Timelines & What New Grads Must Obtain Before Signing

- DSO vs. Small Practice: The Differences in Negotiations

- AI vs Real Attorneys: Why Using ChatGPT to Negotiate Contracts Is Dangerous

Quotes & Wisdom:

“You want an attorney who’s in your space… someone who has years of experience, years of tried and true errors and fixes. That’s very important.” — Brendan Gallagher (on hiring the right healthcare attorney)

“The AI doesn’t have to deal with professional rules of conduct that attorneys have to deal with. It’s not up to the latest and greatest in the law… This is ridiculous.” — Konstantine G. Paschalidis (on using AI to negotiate contracts)

“We need to give back to people to understand and appreciate and listen to professionals and not sort of take it upon themselves to use ChatGPT and any number of TikTok scares.” — Konstantine G. Paschalidis (on trusting trained experts over social media “second opinions”)

“When you use ChatGPT your brain turns off… I don’t want young attorneys [or young doctors] doing that.” — Konstantine G. Paschalidis (on keeping critical thinking alive)

“Get as much practical experience as possible… you’ll be drawing on that more than you’ll draw on a lot of other things.” — Konstantine G. Paschalidis (advice for residents and new grads — law or dentistry)

“Discuss as many of these topics as are important with you and definitely speak to people who are in the field already to get an idea of what issues they had in their first contract. And then that’s wisdom, right, from experience. You can’t beat that.” — Konstantine G. Paschalidis (on preparing for your first employment contract)

“Private practice is much better than residency. Hands down.” — Dr. Brendan Gallagher (on the transition from training to real-world practice)

“The original practice is trying to protect legitimate business interest… but you have to ask: does this doctor actually have the ability to inflict any sort of economic harm?” — Konstantine G. Paschalidis (on negotiating fair restrictive covenants)

“That’s not a signing bonus, that’s a stay-on bonus.” — Dr. Brendan Gallagher (on spotting hidden contract tricks)

Questions:

(02:21) “Any recent updates with law far as employment and in the healthcare space that have kind of raised eyebrows?”

(05:35) “Any updates on that restrictive covenant?… what’s the current standing?”

(10:28) “What’s the worst restrictive covenant you’ve seen?”

(19:18) “What would you say is like an average timeline for getting the contract signed?”

(20:51) “What are some red flags for contracts… especially for dentists and oral surgeons?”

(23:53) “What’s a reasonable restrictive covenant for Manhattan vs. Long Island vs. New Jersey?”

(28:41) “Is there a difference in behavior and attitude if it’s a big corporation, say it’s a DSO… versus a smaller practice?”

(34:35) “In addition to the term sheet… what would be 2-3 other things that residents should be thinking about before signing a contract?”

(40:31) “I want to know how it’s going, having moved from residency… to hitting the field now?”

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #223

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

- 4.2026

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*PODCAST EXCLUSIVE* - 4.16.26

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

“When you track the results of something, you can figure out if what you’re doing is worthwhile or not.”

- from Dose of Dental Podcast #222 with Dr. Anish Gupta of @lyondentalimplants

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*PODCAST EXCLUSIVE* - 4.15.26

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

“There’s so much judgment that goes on in these academic spaces- it’s unnecessarily tough. We need to do a better job at fostering collaboration rather than immature competition in schools that are preparing students for patient care.”

- from Dose of Dental Podcast #220 with @j.buttons

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*PODCAST EXCLUSIVE* - 4.14.26

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

“In surgery residency, you get used to being uncomfortable, and that’s where you make the biggest progress.”

- from Dose of Dental Podcast #219 with @doctorbrandini

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Top 5 Topics:

- Work-Life Balance & Designing Your Dream Schedule as an Oral Surgeon

- Wisdom Teeth Removal Pain-Free with Exparel (Opioid-Free Recovery)

- Ditching Insurance for Fee-for-Service: Why Your Dentist Might Say "No" to Your Coverage

- Anesthesia & Sedation Secrets for Wisdom Teeth (What Really Happens When You're Put to Sleep)

- Hospital Privileges, Admin Costs & the Broken Healthcare System

Quotes & Wisdom:

(10:34) “The joy of being your own boss is that you can set the hours… it can be the dream if you build it the way you want it to be.” — Anish Gupta

(11:05) “Hey, I want to make it home for soccer games. And yeah, you can do that as a practice owner.” — Anish Gupta (on designing your practice around family)

(12:49) “If you just chase the money, you might end up in a place that… you make a lot of money, but you’re also burning out really fast.” — Anish Gupta (advice for new grads)

(22:51) “Try switching things up… different room, different perspective… whatever you think of, try it.” — Brendan Gallagher (social media content tip)

(42:28) “Whenever you can track something… you can figure out if what you’re doing is worthwhile or not.” — Anish Gupta (on testing Exparel/PRF in his practice)

(48:04) “There are probably like five or six or seven or maybe 10 really good ways… There are 999,000 wrong ways of doing it. As long as you have a reason for what you’re doing and it makes sense and it’s safe for patients.” — Anish Gupta (anesthesia philosophy)

(40:18) “If you had to get your wisdom teeth out, what would you want? …We have the technology to make things better.” — Anish Gupta (patient-centered innovation mindset)

(18:37) “Insurance is really just marketing, right?” — Anish Gupta

(10:39) “Nobody ever tells you this when you’re going into dental school or… oral surgery… but to be your own business owner, I never would have believed it, but it can be the dream.” — Anish Gupta

Questions:

(05:48) “How many operatories and how many assistants do you have, if I can ask?”

(07:55) “How far away is your office from your house?”

(09:05) “What time do you get out of work to be able to make swim practice or meets?”

(11:12) “If you were coming out of residency now, what would you look for, for the OMFS residents listening? …what would you kind of look for for a certain trajectory maybe to kind of skip over a step if you will, like get a head start on the way out?”

(23:58) “How long do you think it took you before you got into the habit of trying things when you were first starting… on social media?”

(26:17) “If you were going to say the same thing to yourself eight months ago when you were finishing up… What would you tell yourself? What would be different that you’d be looking at?”

(43:54) “What’s your go-to sedation medication regimen that you give for the clean cut, average size patient getting wisdom teeth removed?”

(51:14) “Do you have an age cutoff for sedation?”

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #222

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

- 4.2026

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Top 5 Topics:

- The Shocking "Face-Eating" Disease Called “Noma” (Most Viral Potential)

- From Dental Student to OMFS Resident + Med School in One Epic Journey

- Brutal Truth About Oral Surgery Residency – The Hardest Parts Revealed

- CBSE Exam Hacks That Actually Work for Dental Specialists

- Building a Collaborative Culture in Cutthroat Dental & Medical School

Quotes & Wisdom:

(11:40) John Button: “One of the great things that we do is a post-match panel for the entire school… we’re very honest at that post-match panel. We’re putting up CBSE scores, we’re putting up GPAs… that sort of transparency is extremely helpful.”

(11:57) Brendan: “There’s so much judgment that goes on… we need to foster collaboration rather than immature competition.”

(19:43) John Button: “Dental school teaches you one or two layers, but the CBSE will ask you a question on like the seventh or eighth layer of a topic. So you really have to do a deep dive.”

(22:53) John Button: “I think February D2… that would have been a really good time… I think that’s the sweet spot to take it for the first time.”

(34:45) John Button (on Noma research vs. aid): “If we can figure out what that is, we can intervene earlier, we can prevent that from occurring… there’s value in that as well.”

(36:20) Brendan (on residency): “Early on, it is a big adjustment… you’re riding this adrenaline rush for about a month… one step at a time.”

Questions:

(07:10) Brendan: “What was your application process like for how you matched to Geisenger Oral Surgery Residency?”

(10:15) Brendan: “How many people matched from your D4 class into oral surgery this year?”

(13:57) Brendan: “Tell me about your trajectory through dental school. When did you take the CBSE? What externships did you do?”

(19:18) Brendan: “Would you agree that studying for the CBSE is different from studying for all the other exams in dental school in general?”

(20:25) Brendan: “Did you change your study habits, strategy, anything whatsoever after you’ve taken it one time though?”

(22:50) Brendan: “Did you have to take the CBSE more than once?”

(24:52) Brendan: “Tell me about your externships. How many did you do in total?”

(27:14) Brendan: “Which was your favorite externship that you were on and why?”

(36:00) John Button (to Brendan): “What were some of the hardest points of residency and how did you still persevere through those points?”

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #220

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

- 4.2026

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