The Mentors of Dentistry Podcast

We had a very special guest, Dr. Christian Brenes, join us to discuss his journey in prosthodontics and his passion for digital dentistry. Dr. Brenes is currently a professor at the Dental College of Georgia, where he interacts with students, but also has a private practice and lectures stateside as well as in Latin America. I hope you enjoy this interview with Dr. Brenes!!!

This is the second part to our interview with Dan Pace. Dan offers financial services to help his clients achieve their goals. This episode we primarily discuss the 529, HSA, and 401K plans to help meet your financial needs. You can reach Dan at 917-757-3447 or [email protected]. I hope you enjoy the episode and thanks again for listening!!!  

I had a wonderful interview with Dan Pace. Dan offers financial services to help his clients achieve their goals. This is part one of two episodes with Dan, this episode we primarily discuss insurance needs and student loans. You can reach Dan at 917-757-3447 or [email protected]. I hope you enjoy the episode and thanks again for listening!!!  

So I felt like it was time to do an episode with some clinical tips that I've learned in my short time practicing. These aren't profound clinical tips, but they may help a few people here or there. I discussed bread and butter dentistry tips, from class II composites to denture adjustments, I tried to give some good ideas to make clinical dentistry a little easier. Thanks again for listening, reach out to us on the Facebook group, search out "The Mentors of Dentistry Podcast" group, ask for an invite and we will let you in!

Dr. Shah Nia joined me for a wonderful interview to discuss her experiences in private practice since graduating dental school in 2016. Shah graduated from the Dental College of Georgia and went straight into private practice in McDonough, Georgia. Dr. Nia gave insight as to how she handles juggling her busy schedule, while exceeding her patients needs and expectations. You can reach me at [email protected] and don't forget to visit the website www.thementorsofdentistry.com for all previous episodes!

Dr. Roger Arce, assistant professor of Periodontics at the Dental College of Georgia, joined me for an interview to discuss his personal journey and also knowledge about dental implants. I had a great time with Dr. Arce as he shared his clinical experiences and future outlooks for our profession. You can check out all that Dr. Arce does/has done in research on his website www.rogerarce.com. If you leave a review on itunes I would appreciate it very much, and of course you can find all previous episodes at www.thementorsofdentistry.com.   

So I thought it was time to give an update about the show, and take an opportunity to explain the "why" behind creating this podcast. I also give some personal info to help create a framework for listeners who don't know who I am. One of my recent clinical failures was also described, so take it easy on me. Thank you all again for listening, you can email at [email protected], check out the website for previous episodes www.thementorsofdentistry.com, and of course we have a FB page, just search for "the mentors of dentistry" in facebook, ask for an invite and we will let you in! Have an awesome day!!!

Dr. Ray Cornay joined me for an interview to discuss topics in CYA! Dr. Cornay graduated from DCG in 2016 and is currently in private practice in Stone Mountain, Georgia. For those of you who don't know what CYA is, it means (cover your @$$). Communication and documentation are the key elements as we discussed this topic. Please leave itunes reviews if you haven't don't so, and you can visit the website at www.thementorsofdentistry.com. Thanks for listening!!

I had an awesome and mind blowing interview with Dr. DeAngelo Webster. Dr. Webster gives his story of completing his dental practice startup for $85,000. We discussed why he chose to do a startup, demographics, real estate, and many other topics so make sure you listen to this episode. Please leave an itunes review if you have not, they are always appreciated, and you can reach out to me at [email protected]. Enjoy the episode!!!

I had a great interview with Dr. Mario Romero, one of my favorite professors from my time at the Dental College of Georgia. Dr. Romero has extensive experience in many aspects of dentistry, but has great passion for esthetic and direct resin dentistry. Dr. Romero has a great website with tons of information and also where you can see his lecture schedule, his website is www.restorativedentalseminars.com. There is a ton of great info, and some funny stories at the end of the show, so enjoy!!

This is a solo episode where I babble about five ways you could use in order to locate a dental practice to buy. I discuss using different options from brokers to soliciting with direct mail as ways to identify these dental practices. This isn't my best or longest episode, but hopefully you can pull one good piece of information out and be able to use it at some point in time. Thanks again for listening, you can email me at [email protected]! 

Dr. Jason Hobbs joined us on The Mentors of Dentistry Podcast to share his experiences in his dental journey. We discussed how he decided on dentistry as a career, some of his residency training, and how he has had a positive experience helping Heartland Dental in opening a new practice in Grovetown, Georgia. Don't forget to leave itunes reviews, which I love, and also visit our website thementorsofdentistry.com for all new episodes. I had a great time catching up with Dr. Hobbs, so take a listen and enjoy!

I sat down and created a very unorganized show introducing the idea of financial independence. The idea of FIRE (financial independence retire early) has been a growing area of interest of mine recently, so I wanted to share the idea and hopefully create some dialogue on the Facebook group or through emailing me at [email protected]. If you'd like to give me a great Christmas gift, you could leave me an itunes review!!! I hope you enjoy the episode and have a Merry Christmas!  Phil  

We had Dr. Pranav Kaushish and Dr. Gary Johnson on the show to give us updates on new things going on in their lives. Plus it was just a great opportunity to chat with some of my best friends. Dr. Kaushish has found a new job and Dr. Johnson is tackling a full mouth rehab. The audio is not the best during the beginning of the episode so I apologize. The episode also ends abruptly, so listen to the intro as I explain why. Enjoy!

Dr. T.J. O'Shea joined me to discuss his journey that led him through his hospital based residency at the University of Michigan. We talked a lot about his experiences in the residency and treating medically complex patients. We also discussed his current job in a group practice in Detroit, where he gets to do a lot of extractions, his favorite procedure. If you are enjoying The Mentors of Dentistry, please leave an itunes review! Enjoy!

We had another great interview on The Mentors of Dentistry Podcast! Dr. Jordan Blankenship-Sniker joined us to discuss her journey in making OR based hospital dentistry available to her patients. Dr. Jordan did a one year residency after dental school out west in Utah and is currently in private practice with her Dad in the Atlanta area. We mainly discussed her journey into offering hospital based dentistry for special needs patients, the process in getting started and how the work flow is different from regular dental office dentistry. We also discussed her residency, a challenging situation, and of course personal finances. By the way the story at the end that Jordan tells is ridiculously funny. This was a great interview with a lot of information, so I hope you enjoy!! By the way don't forget to leave us a review on itunes!!!

Dr. Alex McRee joined me for a spontaneous episode one Saturday morning to talk about his experience in residency and transition into private practice. We focused on his surgical experience and how he has leveraged those skills gained in residency to help multiple private practice dentists broaden the services offered to their patients. Thank you so much for listening, and don't forget to leave an itunes review and visit our website at www.thementorsofdentistry.com!!!

We had third year dental student Dallin Gomez on the show! Dallin created a Facebook group called "Making Money after Dental School Mastermind." It is a spectacular group where a ton of information is shared about how to become successful after dental school. We discussed his journey into dentistry, his current dental school education, and Dallin had some great book recommendations as well. I hope you enjoy the episode, please go search out Dallins Facebook group to participate. If you want to reach out to me you can at [email protected], and please leave us a review on itunes!!!

We had an interview with Dr. Kyle Hollis discussing his journey in dental implant training. Dr. Hollis is currently in private practice where he is implementing his implant training that he received at the Misch Institute. We discussed some clinical pearls to help you out in everyday practice, as well as some personal finance as well. This was a great interview with a lot of practical information, so I hope you enjoy!! By the way don't forget to leave us a review on itunes!!!

I had a great interview with second year prosthodontic resident Dr. Eric Bailey. He is currently at the Dental College of Georgia where is he gaining awesome experience in surgical and restorative phases of some complex dentistry. We discussed his reasoning to do a prosth residency, dental implants, and of course some financial/life stuff towards the end. If you haven't reviewed the podcast, please take a few minutes and go to itunes and leave a review, I would love it so very much! Enjoy!!

This was a great interview with Dr. Seth, who serves as a dentist in our military. We discussed the HPSP scholarship, some clinical topics, as well as some general life advice as a dentist. I hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget if you want to reach out to me you can at [email protected] and join our facebook group by searching "the mentors of dentistry podcast" ask for an invite and I'll accept your request!!

I had the pleasure of interviewing one my good dental school buddies, Dr. Gary Johnson. We talked about his story involving his first couple of years out of dental school working with his big sister. There is a lot of great information in our interview and I hope you enjoy the show!

An interview with Dr. Pranav Kaushish, a new dental grad working as an associate. He describes how he found his first job, work schedule and some stories of his first year out of dental school.