The Teeth Time Podcast

Stephen had a hard week in dental school, and in this episode of Teeth Time, he dives into the reason his week was such a challenge and how to overcome the various hardships dental school throws at the dental student. Today, Stephen talks about how various appointments in the clinic didn't go how he expected them to. He discusses failure and managing expectations. He dives into patient management, rapport building, and clinical tips that will help you avoid disaster in dental school. Den...

It has been almost a year since Stephen has produced an episode of The Teeth Time Podcast. Today, the silence is ended! Stephen is back to discuss his third year of dental school and how life in the fast lane has been treating him. In this episode Stephen discusses in detail the difficulties of D3 year including handling patients and their needs, maintaining progress in graduation requirements, balancing stuying, learning dentistry, and much more.Stephen also dives into a detailed look at his...

This is a special one!! For episode 020 of Teeth Time, Stephen brings on new dental school graduate and operator of the Instagram page @DentalLyfe, Dr. Sameh Soliman, DMD, MPH. Dr. Sameh recently graduated from ASDOH and brings his perspective and plans to the podcast. Stephen quickly discovers that Sameh is as genuine as they come and has all the right outlooks on life and the importance of dentistry as a profession. Sameh's musings of "treating patients like you would treat your mom" a...

Stephen is BACK with another episode of The Teeth Time Podcast OMGGGGG!!! In this episode, Stephen sits down alone to discuss what his life has been like as a D2 over the past few months. He gets into a description of the life balance he has found as both a dental student and content creator on Youtube.Importantly, in this episode, Stephen sets his expectations for D3 year straight. After concluding his second year of dental school, Stephen and his classmates will embark on a new journey trea...

Dr. Calvin Harris is a pediatric dentist in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Harris completed dental school and pediatric dental residency at the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry. During his residency, he received two additional years of specialized, hands-on training in preparation for meeting the unique needs of infants, children, and teens. This extensive training included working with children with special needs, sedation dentistry, and hospital- based dentistry at LeBonheur Children's...

Bart Voto is a D1 at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and he joins Stephen today to discuss his experiences as a pre-dental student, the importance of the DAT and how he prepared, his decision to attend Harvard for dental school, and how is NHSC scholarship has impacted his life and will shape his future. Stephen recently released a YouTube video that discussed the possible ways one could pay for dental school. The NHSC scholarship was one of the options discussed. In this episode o...

Now this is a special one!! Stephen sits down (literally) with his younger brother, Nick, in this episode of The Teeth Time Podcast. Nick is a graduate of The University of Tennessee and was recently accepted into the College of Veterinary Medicine at UT. Nick joins the podcast to talk with his brother about his unique journey as a pre-vet student. In this discussion, Nick and Stephen discuss pre-vet life, important experiences, the need to find your "Why?", admissions failures and...

On Saturday November 20th, 2021, Stephen ran in the first half marathon of his life. Today's episode of Teeth Time is the full story. Stephen begins by describing his long-time relationship with running which was one that was not conducive to electively running in a half marathon. During the pandemic, however, Stephen's opinions on running changed, and, almost two years later, he reached the peak of his running career by completing the Nashville half marathon. Stephen details the ins and...

In this episode of Teeth Time, Stephen interviews Jasmine Ahrar, third year dental student and YouTuber. Jasmine is completing her training at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health. Her journey to the dental profession is far from the traditional route, and in this episode, she brings an entirely new perspective to the table. Jasmine discusses finding dentistry in an unexpected place and acting on it with perseverance. She explains how she completed her pre-requisite courses in only...

Ari Rezaei is the cofounder of DAT Bootcamp, the largest DAT prep resource in the country. On today's episode of Teeth Time, Ari joins Stephen to discuss the creation of DAT Bootcamp and how it has evolved into the modern-day Bootcamp.com, an online academic resource which serves to assist students through their entire professional education. Ari describes the process of working on building a website while also balancing his curriculum as a dental student at the Columbia University Colle...