BackTeeth Boys Podcast Ep. 4 - Dose of Dental Podcast #208 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

Top 5 Topics:- Wisdom Teeth Horror Stories- Nerve Injury & Lawsuits: The Dental Procedure Nobody Warns You About- 2-Stage Wisdom Tooth Removal (Coronectomy): The ‘Safer’ Option When Close To The Nerve?- Sinus Complications After Upper Tooth Extractions- Hidden Bone Infections: ‘Lumpy Jaw’ + The Weird Diagnosis ClueBackTeeth Boys Band Members:- Dr. Serv Wahan - Seattle, Washington- Dr. Amir Tahmasebpour - Toronto, Canada- Dr. Joe Doctora - Nashville, Tennessee- Dr. Brendan Gallagher - Long Island, New YorkQuotes & Wisdom:(08:12) “If you do enough extractions… you’re gonna end up seeing pretty much every complication.”(09:49) “If it’s not healing well… I usually would do a biopsy… and look for clues like sulfur granules.”(12:31) “The scary thing about Actino… it’s commensal… you already have it—then it overgrows and infects bone.”(34:19) “Communicate, over-communicate, communicate some more.”(34:56–36:09) “That ‘barely peeking’ wisdom tooth is a food trap… kicking it down the road can do more harm than good.”(38:58–39:27) “You’re young and healthy now… you don’t know what the future is gonna bring… what if it flares up in your late 60s/70s?”Questions:(06:21) “If you take out the distal upper molar and you get a 5–6 mm sinus opening, do you still take the adjacent tooth that’s on the treatment plan… or stop/repair and come back?”(16:09) “For very high, fully bony maxillary third molars, what incision design(s) do you use now… and what are you trying to avoid (like recession/tearing)?”(23:11) “With a contra-angle (after training on straight handpieces), how are you sectioning disto-angular wisdom teeth now—what’s your go-to technique?”(32:40) “How do you guys approach coronectomy in those ‘30s/40s, nerve-intimate wisdom tooth’ cases—how do you treatment plan and consent it?”(47:22) “If the IAN is high-riding and in your path, how do you know if the nerve is buccal vs lingual without a CBCT?”Now available on:- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel- Dose of Dental Podcast #208My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono- 1.2026#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast