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EPISODE · Oct 4, 2026 · 19 MIN

130-Hour Weeks in Oral Surgery Residency, TikTok Shut Down Our LIVE, 11 Overnight Calls in 1 Month, Dental Insurance Benefits Expiring

from Dr. Gallagher's Podcast · host Brendan Gallagher, DDS

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 Balcony Top 11 Viewers on DOS DIENTES Episode 14 Q&A: 1st – JuliaJayBird1023, @crazycatperson2021 2nd – Brittany, @codysmom0412 3rd – May, @mahasti52 4th – @emmac623 5th – @sskocsyz2jm 6th – hehehehe, @sinaomura 7th – eve 💘, @xoevelyn05 8th – 🦢, @q.14mr 9th – Logan, @loganzol 10th – @dickjones31525 11th – @kapil3112 Top 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 124 Watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Caliber 16 Chrono 10.2026 #podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast

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