Dr. Shouvik Ponnusamy @thejawdoc - Dr. Gallagher's Podcast x Dose of Dental Podcast #149

Top 5 Topics:- Dental Insurance is a Scam?” – Exposing the $50 Billion Waste in Benefits- Toothsome Revolution” – How One Oral Surgeon Is Disrupting Dental Care With Patient Advocacy- From Zero to Zygomatic: Full Arch Implants That Transform Lives- Why Corporate Dentistry Might Be Failing You” – Inside the Collapse of a Top Implant Center- The Mouth-Mind Connection” – How Missing Teeth Impact Your Mental Health & Job ProspectsQuotes & Wisdom:“Once you get the itch to build your own thing, it's hard not to scratch it.”“Having a schedule that allows you to pursue your passions is a big hack.”“There’s a whole community of folks who want to learn this stuff.”“We don’t talk enough about the mouth-mind connection.”“Our value proposition is: we don’t care who you see, we just want to make sure you see somebody.”“Only 5% of employees ever reach the maximum benefit of their dental insurance.”“Follow the money — that’s how we align provider incentives.”“How do we rebuild a free market in dentistry?”“Residency is what you make of it. You can survive, or you can get after it.”“If I had listened to what people wanted, I would have built a faster horse.” – Henry FordQuestions:01:12 – Where did you go to residency?02:15 – What did your wife do after moving to Austin while she was pregnant?04:18 – Tell me about your schedule—what days do you work, do you work weekends, what are your hours?12:45 – Were they leaving or left? Did one leave before the other? Were they partners or part of a different organization?15:17 – What were they giving you? Fee per day, salary, percentage?17:48 – Do the referred patients stay with the prosthodontist or return to their general dentist?19:11 – How do you plan your cases? What system do you use—Blue Sky, DTX?25:17 – Tell me more about Toothsome.26:46 – Where do you find the patients for Toothsome? Facebook groups?36:24 – How do we get coverage for underserved communities if we do direct contracting?Now available on:- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel- Dose of Dental Podcast #149My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono- 6.2025#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctorgallagherpodcast #doctorgallagherspodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #doctorlife #dentistlife #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher