Hantavirus Next Pandemic? Oral Surgery 100+ Hour Weeks, No MD For Some OMFS? Gray Tooth After Braces

Top 5 Topics:- Next Pandemic Panic: Hantavirus from Rat Poop?- Why Your Dentist Bill Is So Insanely High (Insurance Lies Exposed)- 100-Hour Work Weeks: The Brutal Reality of Becoming a Surgeon- Tooth Suddenly Turns Gray After Braces — Is This Normal?- Why Some Oral Surgeons Don’t Do the MD DegreeTop 10 Viewers on this Episode on TikTok LIVE #96 Q&A:1st - Ibrahim, @ll2u52nd – @reesemacmillian3rd – @ericanthony094th – Bri | Pre-Dental, @alfabri8d5th – @cbenjiiiii6th - Lauren @lilllaurenn7th - @ari_1012408th - Tony, @thereviewnerd9th - ZacharyTodd, @zachary_todd10th - mg, @millergramsQuotes & Wisdom:“Everyone’s got a smile worth taking care of, right? You gotta work on what you have right now, not what you don’t have.”“I was doing like probably 10 to 15 hour study days… I would go to the gym in the morning and I would sit on a spin bike and I would just do flashcards for like an hour in the morning.”“Start with just getting something out there [for your personal statement]. Look up examples… word vomit stuff out on the page… then you edit it, you modify it… It’s going to take weeks to months.”“Do it, man. [OMFS residency] It’s hard. You got to stay in there. Get used to taking a lot of sacrifices, but with dedication, you can do it.”“For what I do day in and day out of oral surgery, I don’t need an MD to do it… that would be an extra 2 years… not necessary.”“Grades do matter. It’s also different for different dental schools because some dental schools just have pass/fail.”“I had multiple weeks that I had worked over 100 hours. All 4 years I had those kinds of work weeks.” “Keep it going… I remember for the DAT, there was a while where I would go to the gym… and then basically come home and do practice tests and studying.”Questions:[01:21] “How are prices determined for medical procedures? Does insurance define them or the doctor?”[05:11] “I’m in 1st semester of dental school. I did bad. Is it really that big of a deal? Do grades matter?”[~05:30] “Do you have any tips on writing the personal statement?”[08:46] “What’s your thoughts on dental anesthesiology?”[~09:00] “I’ve had braces for 4 months. Is it normal for a tooth that’s moved significantly to be gray?”[11:49] “Why didn’t you take an MD degree?”[~13:00] “What do you think about the military dental scholarship?”[~14:00] “How long are rotations in residency?”[15:31] “Do all OMFS residencies in the US require you to be a green card holder?” “Which years of OMFS residency usually have the insane hours?”Now available on:- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube ChannelMy watch in this episode = Citizen Promaster Diver Day Date (Green)- 5.2026#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast