NDP Episode 26: When good enough is not enough with Dr. Brian Baliwas (@sfdentalnerd)

Welcome back for another great episode of the Noobie Dentist Podcast. Both this weeks episode and next weeks episode were recorded several months ago before I moved down to Australia and I am very excited about finally getting them published and released for you guys to enjoy. Today’s guest is Dr. Brian Baliwas the man, the legend behind SF Dental Nerd (@sfdentalnerd) on Instagram. Brian is currently practicing in probably one of the trendiest cities in the world thanks to the boom of silicon valley and the golden state warriors in San Francisco. He is a 2014 University of the Pacific grad and a true stud in every sense of the word. He’s a practice owner, he has a thriving Instagram page and above all else he is an excellent clinician who I look up to and respect highly. We had a great chat and I thoroughly enjoyed this interview and I hope you get tons of value from it as I did. We talk about his journey of getting into dental school and how his mindset and approach pushed him to thrive. My biggest take away from this interview was the question of when is “good enough” not enough and how we should push ourselves and take pride in our work to continue to get better and better as clinicians. His sentiment of wanting other dentists, who may see his work in the future to think that’s a nice restoration or the lab to call him and commend him on his prep and margins. I think we should all be aiming for such standards! As always please reach out on Instagram with any feedback, I do love hearing from you guys! The NoobieDentist podcast is now available on Spotify, youtube, noobiedentist.com,   apple podcast app, stitcher and any other podcast apps out there! www.noobiedentist.com @noobiedentist on Instagram https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu90HU1-gBJK1Pkz61OQaQA Thanks for listening!