Welcome back for Episode 19 of the NoobieDentist Podcast! In this episode I have a great chat with Dr. Ryan McCall out of Indiana. Dr. McCall has a thriving group of practices focused on and around dentures. He has developed a great system of minimizing overhead and working to provide both affordable and high end dentures to his patients, filling a great niche segment. In my conversation with Dr. McCall, I was blown away by his practice model and we talk about my more young dentists aren’t taking advantage of this niche market.

Dr. McCall also lectures about his practice methods and is a guru of social media advertising. He amassed a huge following on Facebook and is currently crushing it on Instagram as well. He has become a great mentor and is someone who is generous with his time, expertise and knowledge. He will be lecturing this week at the upcoming Townie Meeting so be sure to check it out!

You can find Dr. McCall at McCall Dentures:

Instagram: @mccall_dentures

Facebook: McCall Dentures Indiana

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Omid Azami DDS

Welcome back for Episode 18 of the Noobie Dentist Podcast, in this episode I had a great chat with D4 student Pejman Moghbeli out of Arizona. I first connected with Pejman over Instagram and was really impressed by a video that he put together on YouTube about dental student loans, re-payment strategies and tips on how to minimize payments! He has done a lot of research on this topic and his passion for it made me excited to have him on the show.

This episode is a great brief overview of how the American Student Debt is structured and different loan re-payment options after graduating. Pejman lays out different re-payment plans currently available and talks about the various pros and cons of each option. ***Disclaimer*** Neither he or I are financial advisors and the tips and suggestions we discuss are our opinions based on our experience and research,  so please do your own research and talk to qualified financial planners and advisors before deciding on how best to tackle your student loans because everyone is unique and there is no blanket advice that applies for everyone!

Here is the link to Pejman’s Youtube Video on student loans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kYW-nqOWPI&list=UUuLWznx4Xm62BHR_KkkNoRQ&index=4&t=0s

You can find him and reach out to him on Instagram: @thegame2388

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Omid Azami DDS

Welcome back for episode 17 of the Noobie Dentist Podcast with the great Dr. Ali Saad. I got introduced to Dr. Ali Saad through of good friend of mine, Zeyad Hammad who is a dental student at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Over his summer break he reached out to Dr. Saad and was lucky enough to go and spend some time shadowing him in Michigan and had nothing but great things to say. Zeyad was absolutely right; Dr. Saad is a fantastic role model and a great mentor who shares a lot of unbelievable information on this podcast. From how to seek out and find mentorship to how to maximise mentors that you have to achieve your vision, I think you guys will learn a lot from this episode.

Dr. Saad can be found on Instagram @cosmeticdentist_ and on the following websites:

www.saaddental.com

www.staffingdental.com – A great idea that addresses the big issue of staffing for practice owners. Be sure to check it out!

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Omid Azami DDS

Welcome back for another great episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast, in this episode I spoke to a great young dentist Dr. J. Cho who has been out of school for a couple years and is already doing an impressive array of procedures such as implants, endodontics and advances restorative dentistry. Dr. Cho is a dental purist and I love nerding out about dentistry with such people. We cover several topics including CE during dental school, mentorship, how to safely push and expand your clinical boundaries and comfort zone. You can follow Dr. Cho on Instagram (@reallyboreddentist)

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Welcome back to part 2 of my podcast interview with the great Dr. Bruce V Freeman, part 1 of our interview was greatly successful and in 1 week has already become the most downloaded episode of the podcast’s history! So I hope that you go back and listen to part one if you already haven’t before you check out this episode.

This part 2 interview is more clinical, Dr. Freeman drops a lot of knowledge regarding management protocols for TMD and oro-facial pain, we talk occlusal splints and night guards and finally a ortho rapid fire questions – red flags to watch out for in paediactric patients, when to refer and how to communicate better with your orthodontist.

I hope you guys enjoy the episode and you may want to have a notepad handy because there are a lot of great actionable tips in this one for you guys.

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Omid Azami DDS

Welcome to a special 2 part series with Dr. Bruce V Freeman (@drbvf). Dr. Bruce Freeman is a well renowned and respected orthodontist in Toronto who works in private practice and one of the top teaching hospitals in Canada where he focuses on oro-facial pain and TMD! He has become a mentor and someone who I often turn to for advice! Outside of dentistry, Dr. Freeman is an avid chef and likes experimenting with various recipes baking with grass fed butter! This 2 part series is special for me as it marks the first podcasts that I recorded in person with the guest.

In part 1 of this 2 part series, we focus on life outside of dentistry talking about various topics including finding a good work life balance, dealing with the ups and downs of being a dentist, burnout and a recurring topic on the noobiedentist podcast; side hustles!

As I’ve often mentioned in my podcasts, I’m a big fan of the long form interviews such as the ones done by Tim Ferriss and so this 2 part series is an exciting one for me! I hope you enjoy listening to them as much as I did recording them with Dr. Freeman!

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Omid Azami DDS

Hello and welcome back to the Noobie Dentist podcast in this great episode I talk to an impressive soon to be dentist Luke Shapiro! Luke is a final year dental student at Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine and is headed into an orthodontics residency! A very impressive guy, Luke is also a fellow “side hustler” and a fantastic one at that! He is the man behind @FutureDentists on Instagram and Snap Chat and has played an important role in providing insight into dental schools across the world. He is also involved with IgniteDDS and is passionate about dentistry, helping future dentists and will by all accounts be an important figure in dentistry over the next 20 years! We had a great chat talking about his dental journey, plans for the future, role of social media and a recurrent and important theme that I’m truly passionate about; the millennial side hustle!

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Omid Azami DDS

Welcome back for another episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast! Today I speak with an awesome prosthodontist from Australia Dr. Raelene Sambrook. I first met Raelene when I was a dental student at the University of Melbourne where she was a faculty member in the prosthodontics department. Raelene taught us the fundamentals of occlusion and I really admired the passion and enthusiasm in her teaching. On top of being an amazing prosthodontist, Raelene recently completed her MBA as well!

In this great conversation we touch on many subjects including life as a general dentist, reasons why dentists may decide to specialise after many years in private practice, should dentists be considering getting their MBA and of course we nerd out on prosthodontics relevant to the noobie dentists out there!

I hope you enjoy this episode and be ready to learn a lot of great tips from an excellent clinician!

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Omid Azami DDS

Welcome back for a very special episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast. In this episode I had the absolute pleasure to podcast interview someone I have admired and respected for a long time, Dr. Mark Hassed! I first learned about Dr. Hassed from an episode of Dr. Farran’s Dentistry Uncensored Podcast where he made a real and lasting impression on me. Dr. Mark Hassed, The Relaxed Dentist, is an incredible communicator and has become an expert in case acceptance and practicing efficiently, lecturing throughout Australia and internationally as well!

This episode is an absolute must listen for all dentists! Case acceptance, from my experience, is one of the most critical aspects of dentistry and is often one where we need the most help. Dr Hassed’s methods and tactics are tried and true and he has been gracious enough to offer up some of his methods on this podcast!

Please be sure to check out his website: https://therelaxeddentist.com for more information about him and his courses. I sincerely believe that this course will offer new grads the best return on investment over many other continuing education courses.

I learned a lot from this episode and I hope you do as well!

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Omid Azami DDS

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Welcome back for another fantastic, value packed, episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast! In this episode I speak to an amazing dentist Dr. Jeni Perna. Dr. Perna went to dental school in Florida, completed a GPR and is now working as an associate in Texas. She has eyes on practice ownership and is working towards that goal now.  

We dive into several topics including the pros and cons of GPR, finding a good associateship position, practice ownership and spend some time talking the trendy millennial “side-hustle”. I hope you guys enjoy this episode and get some inspiration to maybe start a project of your own outside of clinical dentistry!

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Omid Azami DDS

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