Today’s guest Tom Mundy is the real deal. If you’re a student you’ve probably heard of the company he founded right after graduating: Goodlord. They now process over 1 billion pounds in rent payments each year for over a million landlords and tenants, with many of their users being students! After exiting the company for a nice check, he moved into the dental industry and now helps run AI-powered dental software brand Dentally: one of our amazing sponsors! But his journey wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows - from market-stalls at 15, to running a fudge empire while at uni, and a few flopped businesses later, he learnt the skills to eventually scale Goodlord to where it is today. Skills he’s going to teach us in today’s episode.Stay tuned for a masterclass on the business skills you need to do well in dentistry, or any industry for that matter.

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Today we’re joined by a titan in dentistry: a highly-accomplished dentist and scientist by the name of Professor Avijit Banerjee - the godfather of minimally invasive dentistry.

With an unmatched list of accolades and and achievements, including the John Tomes Medal and the William H. Bowen Caries Research Distinguished Scientist Award, Professor Banerjee has dedicated his life to scientific research and and clinical impact. Currently the Professor of Cariology and Operative Dentistry at King’s College London, he’s authored over 175 peer-reviewed papers, five internationally acclaimed textbooks, and is the editor-in-chief of the BDJ portfolio.

If academic excellence was a person, it would be The Prof.

Today we discuss his own student journey, how dentistry has changed - and how it hasn’t - in the last three decades, and his advice for young dentists from years of mentoring students through their journey to competency. Finally we touch on minimally invasive dentistry: what it is, why it’s important, and The Prof’s most recent curriculum textbook “A Clinical Guide to Advanced Minimum Intervention Restorative Dentistry”, the successor to the acclaimed “Pickard’s Guide…”

A goldmine of value - not one to miss.

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Today’s episode can be summed up in one word: enlightening. We’re joined by Ezgi Demir, Business Leader of the Year Finalist, Marketing leader for Solventum and Board Member of The Female Dentist. Her experience in the business of dentistry is difficult to top.But if you thought this was another episode about business, you’re wrong; We’ll dive into mindfulness, Ezgi’s spiritual re-discovery, auditing your inner self, and how this all relates to your life as dentist, and beyond.Let the journey begin.

Wow, this was an amazing epiode. We’re joined by Dr. Chinwe, a much-loved dentist based in London whose inspiring story has touched the hearts many students and dentists. From studying dental hygiene in Italy, to starting anew in London, studying Dentistry at King’s College London whilst struggling to make ends meet, this is a story of resilience, positivity and faith.Dr. Chinwe talks about her top tips for students and young dentists, including how to excel early.Not one to miss.Download The Colgate StuDENT App Today!

Now today’s guest Andy Acton, aka the dental broker, is a Director of Frank Taylor & Associates, a company that helps dentists buy and sell practices. Alongside being the nicest guy in dentistry, he’s helped facilitate over £2.5 billion of practice sales, and is the go-to guy for everything dental practice and business related.We dive into what it takes to buy and run your own practice, financing options, tips for first-time principals, business skills and much more.Stay tuned.

In this episode we dive into the story of Dr. Amit Patel. He’s a specialist periodontist - one of the most accomplished in the country - and is the ex-president of the Association of Dental Implantology. Highly regarded for his incredible portfolio of cases, he’s lectured on the world stage many times.

However, he was also once a failing student who barely got into dental school and even failed his degree the first time around.

Today he shares his honest thoughts on becoming clinically competent, his advice to young clinicians, and the reality of clinical practice.

Pure, unfiltered truths gained from decades of experience.

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Today’s guest, Joe Lovett is a familiar face to many in dentistry. He’s one of the most well known, loved people in the industry- and for good reason, he’s devoted to helping as many young professionals and students position themselves for success within the industry and he’s here to help you fast track your future. From Director at FMC, the company behind dentistry.co.uk, to being a judge at the private dentistry awards, to starting his own company, Catalyst Sales & Marketing, Joe has built an absolutely massive network. Now, he’s here to share the secrets about networking, getting your name out there, and accessing commercial opportunities as a Young dentist or student.

This episode is about to completely shatter your perspective on what it means to succeed as a young dentist, and what it actually takes to “make it”.Now, Sorabh is an extremely accomplished dentist, he’s won multiple awards and owns practices in London. He mentors young dentists who look up to him, and rightly so- he’s knows exactly what it takes, both clinically and non-clinically, to be a good dentist.But to get to this point, he’s had to brave the dark-side of dentistry, learning many painful lessons and truths the hard way- lessons here’s here to share with us now. Nothing is off the table. You’re getting the unfiltered and brutal truths on how to survive and grow as a young dentist.

Hossein (AKA 'Studyplate') is a 4th year dental student and content creator. He’s built a following of over 60k followers, 100M views and 7 million likes on TikTok whilst studying dentistry and more. When it comes to social media, building a massive community or following, and actually getting paid to make social media content- he’s the expert and he’s here to show you how to do the same.However, it definitely wasn’t easy- and we're going to cover all of this including the challenges of dental student life, finding a balance and much much more, so make sure you stick around!

Building a start-up, in your first year after graduating dental school is insane. Building it up to a valuation of £1M whilst still practicing dentistry, is even crazier. And that’s exactly what Faris, our guest for today, did.

A big question we had was, what does it take in the years prior to build the skills in order to do what Faris did- which we’ll uncover by diving into Faris’ story: How did a dental-student-youtuber turned co-founder brave the real world of dentistry and achieve such heights at such a young age, and how can you do the same?