Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

Top 5 Topics:- TikTok Shut Down Our LIVE: 4 Flags in 15 Minutes for "Dangerous Activity" (and I wasn't even driving)- 130-Hour Work Weeks in Oral Surgery Residency- 11 Overnight 24-Hour Calls in 1 Month on Hand & Plastic Surgery- Why Dental Offices Slow Down in October ("Use your insurance benefits before they run out")- How TikTok LIVE #1 Started: A First-Year Resident, a Laptop and an Apartment BalconyTop 11 Viewers on DOS DIENTES Episode 14 Q&A:1st – JuliaJayBird1023, @crazycatperson20212nd – Brittany, @codysmom04123rd – May, @mahasti524th – @emmac6235th – @sskocsyz2jm6th – hehehehe, @sinaomura7th – eve 💘, @xoevelyn058th – 🦢, @q.14mr9th – Logan, @loganzol10th – @dickjones3152511th – @kapil3112Top Quotes & Wisdom:[05:09] – "Hand & plastic surgery, those rotations you're on call every third day for 24 hours. I had a 24-hour overnight shift 11 times in October 2022."[08:02] – "This is our little DOS DIENTES show at the end of a long day."[09:55] – "Who knows when we're gonna die, so I'd rather use the time now, living rather than sleeping."[10:03] – "You need to have one day in the week where you can sleep in."[10:56] – "I remember the first TikTok LIVE I ever did, I set up the laptop, and I was like, you know what? I can make a podcast out of this."[13:08] – "There were a couple times I worked over 130 hours in one week in residency."Top Questions:[02:28] – "Is it possible to overlap med and dental school for 2 years?"[04:11] – "I'm a first year dental student. Do you have any advice?"[08:34] – "Why do we brush when we wake up when we already brushed before sleeping?"[08:49] – "What's your skincare routine?"[13:01] – "What's the most amount of hours you worked in a week in residency?"DOS DIENTES Team:- Dr. Brendan Gallagher (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon)- Dra. Alexia Gomez (Head Surgical Assistant; Dentist of Mexico)Now available on:- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel- @doctorgallagher_‘s TikTok LIVE Q&A 124Watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Caliber 16 Chrono10.2026#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast

Top 5 Topics:- Oral Surgeon Reveals When You Can Stop Worrying About Dry Socket- Orthodontist vs Oral Surgeon: Who Makes More Money?- Why Some Dentists Say No to Insurance Networks- How to Get Into Dental School With a Low GPA- Passing Boards, Then Building OMFSWeightroom.com For Other Oral Surgeons To Study The Way I DidTop 15 Viewers on this Episode on TikTok LIVE 123 Q&A:1st – Brittany, @codysmom04122nd – s, @sahad.xyz3rd – riya, @riya.anand54th – levikimyagarov, @levi.kimyagarov5th – Tiara, @tiaraalynn_6th – Ablahi, @loiytdg4567th – Khalil Tams, @khaliltams8th – Alexandros Antonopou, @alexandrosantonop59th – @benjaminlam7110th – @dailyclips822811th – Davey-boy, @user02080610212th – Isaiah Rabata, @isaiahrabata13th – Simply-J 🌸, @juditttpl14th – @wrb_adrian15th – pamlynch, @pamlynch85Top Quotes & Wisdom:[03:10] "Why don't I make a salad every single day? Because then at least I'm getting a healthy salad in 5 days of the week."[05:30] "Maybe you're getting overworked, underpaid, underappreciated, treated poorly. You need to have options if you’re not happy."[09:05] "You gotta work. I would study before dental school, at lunch, during dental school classes, and then go to Panera Bread and study until 10:30 PM at night. Then rinse and repeat the next day."[09:30] "Make sure you go all in when you do have those summer weeks off during dental school. I was pushing 12 to 15-hour days studying for the CBSE."[14:30] "There are a lot more stressful things going on in the world than surgery. Believe it or not, the surgery isn't usually the most stressful thing."[16:10] "Your DAT is what they're going to compare you to other applicants across the country. That's how you're going to make up for a low GPA."[17:40] "We don't let insurance dictate how much time we can spend with a patient. We're not rushing you out the door. I'm going to sit down with you."Top Questions:[02:48] "Unrelated to dentistry, what do you pack for lunch?"[08:59] "How do you study for the CBSE while managing everything else in dental school?"[09:50] "Is there any way to strengthen applications with a very low GPA?"[10:50] "I'm 50 years old and had my wisdom teeth out last Thursday. When can I stop worrying about dry sockets?"[12:45] "Could you go more in depth on your 6-month anesthesia rotation? What kind of things did you do?"[15:40] "Who makes more money, Orthodontists or Oral Surgeons?"[16:45] "What is your protocol when patients come in with paresthesia after a mandibular third molar extraction?"Now available on:- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube ChannelMy watch in this episode = Citizen Cal 2100 Chrono Limited Edition Panda9.2026#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast

Key Concepts:1 – Always review critical anatomy first, tracing the sinus floor, the tooth positions, and existing implants on radiographs before starting surgery.2 - Engaging the sinus floor 1–2 mm anchors the implant in cortical bone can be advantageous for long-term stability, but going deeper risks perforating the Schneiderian membrane.3 - Keep at least 3 mm between implants and 1.5 mm between an implant and a tooth to preserve vascularity and prevent bone breakdown.4 - Plan with the restorative dentist, so extractions, alveoloplasty, and implant positions all serve the final restoration.5 - Place implants parallel, and let insertion torque (45 Ncm here) decide whether healing abutments can go on the same day.Key Instruments/Materials:- Periapical radiographs mapped the sinus floor, the adjacent implant, and the bone at site #13 during planning.- Elevators removed #11 and #12 while directing force away from the implant at #10.- Osteotomy burs prepared the implant sites and, left in place, served as paralleling guides.- Healing abutments were placed immediately because both implants achieved 45 Ncm of torque.- 3-0 chromic gut sutures closed the flap over the sites.* Instrument Partner Of This Project – (Looking for a partner with instruments, I'll be talking about and showing the instruments I used in each case) * Dental Implant Partner - (I place 3 different brands of implants and I'm waiting for my favorite one to partner with me on this project so I can finally reveal it...)* Bone Grafting Partner - (This could be you! You know who you are lol let me know)Top 13 Viewers on this Episode on TikTok LIVE 122 Q&A:1st – Brittany, @codysmom04122nd – @kapil31123rd – @emmac6234th – mak, @_makeba5th – Mads🍒✨, @madisunn966th – JuliaJayBird1023, [handle not visible]7th – @_doctorbell8th – bovineluvr, @bovineluv9th – christy07, @christypnw0310th – Matt C, @matt_c2811th – Ablahi, @loiytdg45612th – @user178129199513th – brayden💚❤️⚾⚾, @brayden8340Top Questions:- With a 3.0 GPA, an 80 CBSE score, and a 60% class rank, should I apply to Oral Surgery residency?- Have you had implants with crestal bone loss, and did you explant them?- I want to start placing implants, but it scares me. Where do I start?- What do you do with a hot mandibular tooth with a big infection when the patient still feels it after an IANB and infiltrations, with no sedation?- Is $500K too much for dental school?Now available on:- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube ChannelMy watch in this episode = Citizen Ecozilla Diver (overnight on-call watch in residency)9.2026#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast

Top 5 Topics:- Oral Surgeon Salary Myth ("Do oral surgeons make all the money?")- 8 Implants and 9 Extractions in 1 Day- Effective vs Efficient Studying That You Need For Dental School - Here’s How I Did It:- 3.6 GPA and 21 DAT: Dr. Gallagher's Real Dental School Stats- Top 5 East Coast OMFS ProgramsTop 15 Viewers on DOS DIENTES Episode 13 Q&A:1st – @h_omfs2nd – Brittany, @codysmom04123rd – @emmac6234th – TJ 2016 💙, @dustygirl06125th – Jfcjdbddj, @maka_3036th – kaya, @kaya888_7th – @elierrrc8th – @mason_hm9th – Shey.Shey20, @shallyne.s10th – conchswfuao, @conch90211th – Christopher Moussa, @user12789459212th – @gghh611713th – tuner1, @tune716814th – aryeezy, [handle not visible]15th – Hemmo, @hemmo55Top Quotes & Wisdom:[~01:50] – "Sometimes you go into a case and you think, this is easy, this is a slam dunk. And then you get going and it just doesn't work."[~07:10] – "It's going to take some work to live the life that you dreamed of. Very few people are just handed the life they dreamed of. You gotta work."[~12:35] – "Some people are born with a certain amount of discipline. But I do think one hundred percent it's experiences."[13:38] – "Even though I didn't know if I wanted to be a dentist my whole life, I always went hard." [~20:00] – "Effective studying is getting higher scores. Efficient studying is maintaining those high scores while studying less and less for each exam."Top Questions:[~01:10] – "I just started OMFS residency in Glasgow. Any tips?"[~05:40] – "How hard was it to organize externships when you were a dental student?"[~08:30] – "What are your thoughts on Montefiore, MedStar, and Vanderbilt for 4-year OMFS?"[~10:00] – "I got a 58 on the CBSE. Should I retake?"[~11:45] – "Is being an oral surgeon genetically determined because of the hard work?"[~21:45] – "What was your GPA and DAT when you applied to dental school?"DOS DIENTES Team: - Dr. Brendan Gallagher (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon)- Dra. Alexia Gomez (Head Surgical Assistant; Dentist of Mexico)Now available on:- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel- @doctorgallagher_‘s TikTok LIVE Q&A 121Watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Caliber 16 Chrono9.2026#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast #DOSDIENTES

Top 5 Topics:- My Violin Concept for Getting Into Dental School & Residency- Residency Horror Stories - Will AI Replace Dentists and Doctors?- The Hidden Physical Toll of Dentistry- Corporate Takeover of Dentistry and the Job MarketTop Quotes & Wisdom:41:31"Now I'm an oral surgery resident, why am I looking at buttholes? I had no idea this was a part of our residency. I was in rectal clinic for a month looking at buttholes. Could you imagine that? So I thought I should probably talk about these experiences on social media lmao"17:39"A lot of people think you're just competing against everyone in your class. Try and think of them all as teammates. And not everyone's gonna be your teammate, but that doesn't mean you need to be their opponent."34:50"Is doing research important for your application? When I was applying for oral surgery, I had 14 or 15 interviews: 8 of them asked me about playing the violin; 2 programs asked me about my research in dental school."17:39"Use AI to your advantage; to prepare yourself to study quicker and more effectively, rather than writing everything down."26:50"I'm 32 years old and I feel like I have a back of an 85-year-old man right now."34:50"Do something you're interested in, because when you can talk about something you're passionate about on the interview, you're gonna crush it."15:48"How are you gonna differentiate yourself from the person next to you? Not in a competitive way, but just think about it. What's gonna make you stand out in their mind when they're on their seventy-fifth application on their desk?"Top Questions:00:45 — What was your path into dentistry, and what led you to oral surgery residency?04:50 — How do you choose the right residency track for you?07:59 — What does a typical day actually look like as an oral surgeon?15:40 — How can a pre-dental student truly stand out?17:39 — How do you avoid burnout in dental school?24:32 — What physical toll does dentistry take on your body, and how do you protect yourself?Now available on:- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel- Dose of Dental Podcast #256My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono9.2026oral surgeon, oral surgery residency, residency horror stories, will AI replace dentists, AI in dentistry, how to get into dental school, pre-dental tips, dental school burnout, dentist job market, corporate dentistry, is dentistry worth it, day in the life oral surgeon, dental school study tips, DAT tips, NYU Bellevue residency, 4 year vs 6 year oral surgery#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast