Top 5 Topics:
- Kids’ Fillings Without Local Anesthesia: How Dentists Use Lasers Without the Needle
- Papoose Board vs. Sedation
- Should Parents Stay in the Room at the Pediatric Dentist?
- How To Get Into Pediatric Dental Residency: Externships, Shadowing & Do You Need Research?
- From Touro to Stony Brook Peds Residency to Long Island Offices, Massapequa to Riverhead
Quotes & Wisdom:
14:05 — “With all those challenges and with the struggles that you go through, it makes you a better practitioner. And I wouldn’t change that at all.”
15:05 — “It didn’t hit me until maybe after the first week that, wow, this is the rest of my life.”
23:55 — “The biggest thing is how you explain it… we want what’s safest for your child, but also for all of us.”
33:22 — “If I have a patient that needs 3 quadrants of work, and on the first visit I’m administering anesthetic, I might’ve lost them right there. The laser has changed that experience.”
40:40 — “I always tell them go shadow… call the pediatric office down the street and go shadow… The person that you’re shadowing might say, ‘Hey, I went to dental school with the program director here. I’ll put in a good word for you.’”
Questions:
21:34 — “Have you ever had to use a papoose?”
25:11 — “Do you keep parents in the operatory with you, or do you ask them to step out?”
29:17 — “What are some of your favorite procedures that you’re doing on a daily basis?”
34:19 — “Did you have any preliminary examinations you had to take? I know you guys do have externships. What are those like?”
39:05 — “Do you need to do research? Does it make you stand out as an applicant?”
Now available on:
- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel
- Long Island Dentists Podcast #9
- Dose of Dental Podcast #259
My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono
10.2026
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