Dr. Anish Gupta (PART 2) @lyondentalimplants - Dose of Dental Podcast #222 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

Top 5 Topics:- Work-Life Balance & Designing Your Dream Schedule as an Oral Surgeon- Wisdom Teeth Removal Pain-Free with Exparel (Opioid-Free Recovery)- Ditching Insurance for Fee-for-Service: Why Your Dentist Might Say "No" to Your Coverage- Anesthesia & Sedation Secrets for Wisdom Teeth (What Really Happens When You're Put to Sleep)- Hospital Privileges, Admin Costs & the Broken Healthcare SystemQuotes & Wisdom:(10:34) “The joy of being your own boss is that you can set the hours… it can be the dream if you build it the way you want it to be.” — Anish Gupta(11:05) “Hey, I want to make it home for soccer games. And yeah, you can do that as a practice owner.” — Anish Gupta (on designing your practice around family)(12:49) “If you just chase the money, you might end up in a place that… you make a lot of money, but you’re also burning out really fast.” — Anish Gupta (advice for new grads)(22:51) “Try switching things up… different room, different perspective… whatever you think of, try it.” — Brendan Gallagher (social media content tip)(42:28) “Whenever you can track something… you can figure out if what you’re doing is worthwhile or not.” — Anish Gupta (on testing Exparel/PRF in his practice)(48:04) “There are probably like five or six or seven or maybe 10 really good ways… There are 999,000 wrong ways of doing it. As long as you have a reason for what you’re doing and it makes sense and it’s safe for patients.” — Anish Gupta (anesthesia philosophy)(40:18) “If you had to get your wisdom teeth out, what would you want? …We have the technology to make things better.” — Anish Gupta (patient-centered innovation mindset)(18:37) “Insurance is really just marketing, right?” — Anish Gupta(10:39) “Nobody ever tells you this when you’re going into dental school or… oral surgery… but to be your own business owner, I never would have believed it, but it can be the dream.” — Anish GuptaQuestions:(05:48) “How many operatories and how many assistants do you have, if I can ask?”(07:55) “How far away is your office from your house?” (09:05) “What time do you get out of work to be able to make swim practice or meets?”(11:12) “If you were coming out of residency now, what would you look for, for the OMFS residents listening? …what would you kind of look for for a certain trajectory maybe to kind of skip over a step if you will, like get a head start on the way out?” (23:58) “How long do you think it took you before you got into the habit of trying things when you were first starting… on social media?” (26:17) “If you were going to say the same thing to yourself eight months ago when you were finishing up… What would you tell yourself? What would be different that you’d be looking at?” (43:54) “What’s your go-to sedation medication regimen that you give for the clean cut, average size patient getting wisdom teeth removed?” (51:14) “Do you have an age cutoff for sedation?”Now available on:- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel- Dose of Dental Podcast #222My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono- 4.2026#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast