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The Dental Head Start Podcast

The Dental Head Start podcast is made to help dental students become great dentists. You cant google the path to dental success, but you can learn from those already there. We interview dentists who have achieved what you’re striving for and get the story behind the struggles, the successes and the advice they want you to hear. Get the head start you need in your dental career.

The Unseen Curriculum: Formation Series #4 – Learning without ego with Dr Matt Hedge

0 secs; March 25, 2026

Most played episode series #7 – Becoming confident and competent with Dr Maria Avis

58 mins; March 20, 2026

The Unseen Curriculum: Formation Series #2 – Rapid progress without being reckless with Drs Johan Weemaes and Greg Fine

41 mins; March 10, 2026

Most played episode series #6 – The Cracked Tooth with Dr Michael Mandikos

17 mins; March 03, 2026

The Unseen Curriculum #6 – the cost of becoming a dentist with Dr Michael Shambira

14 mins; February 24, 2026

Feature #99 – Mastering General Dentistry: From mistakes to mentorship with Dr Julian Dantes

54 mins; February 17, 2026

The Unseen Curriculum #5 – How to build mental resilience as a dental student with Dr Rebecca Smith

29 mins; December 22, 2025

Most played episode series #5 – Upskilling & Critically Evaluating Yourself with Dr Andrew Cheng

30 mins; December 08, 2025

Dental Business Head Start #4 – Inside the Legal Side of Practice Ownership with Dr Jesse Green

14 mins; November 17, 2025

Most played episode series #4 – The Complete Guide to Predictable Dental Bonding Protocols with Dr Bez Shokouhi

35 mins; November 10, 2025

The Unseen Curriculum #4 – The Mental Game Behind Clinical Confidence with Dr Aneet Gill

0 secs; November 04, 2025

Feature 98# – Uni life: Beyond the grades with Michael Shambira

32 mins; October 28, 2025

Dental Business Head Start #3 – What to look for when buyinh your first dental practice with Dr Jesse Green

50 mins; October 20, 2025

Most played episode series #3 – Perspective and the Importance of Life Outside of Dentistry with Dr Sahil Soni

78 hours 48 mins; October 14, 2025

Dental Mentoring Series #7 – A Day In The Life Of A Graduate

24 mins; October 06, 2025

The Unseen Curriculum #3 – How Dental Routines Build Exceptional Careers with Dr Patrick Lam

42 mins; September 29, 2025

Dental Business Head Start #2 – How to Know When You’re Ready for Dental Practice Ownership with Dr Jesse Green

44 mins; September 22, 2025

Dental Mentoring Series #6 – Beyond Basic Matrices: Elevating Your Restorative Game

24 mins; September 15, 2025

Most played episode series #2 – Airway, Snoring and Sleep Apnoea with Dr David McIntosh

120 hours 23 mins; September 09, 2025

The Unseen Curriculum series #2: How to Lead When You Don’t Feel “Loud Enough” with Dr Zoe Watson

65 hours 56 mins; September 01, 2025

Dental Business Head Start #1: The Hidden Realities of Running a Dental Business with Dr Jesse Green

51 mins; August 25, 2025

Dental Mentoring Series #5 – Poker Secrets That Will Transform Your Dental Career

19 mins; August 18, 2025

The Unseen Curriculum series #1 – Navigating Dental School’s Hidden Lessons

53 mins; August 08, 2025

Most played episodes series #1 – Endodontics and sharing knowledge with Dr Omar Ikram

77 hours 28 mins; July 31, 2025

Dental Mentoring Series #4 – Stop Wasting Money on CPD: Make Every Course Count

20 mins; July 31, 2025

Tip #149 – The AI Dentist: Who Controls the Patient Journey? with Dr. Martin Gale

31 mins; July 02, 2025

Tip #148 – Imaging: AI Revolutionizing Diagnosis and Image Recognition with Dr. Martin Gale

36 mins; June 29, 2025

Dental Mentoring Series #3 – Why is it so expensive? Handling objections

30 mins; June 19, 2025

Tip #148 – Imaging: AI Revolutionizing Diagnosis and Image Recognition with Dr. Martin Gale

36 mins; June 12, 2025

Dental Mentoring Series #2 – Mastering Local Anaesthesia: Patient Comfort and Technique

19 mins; June 09, 2025

Dental Mentoring Series #1 – Navigating Your Dental Career Success

20 mins; May 07, 2025

Tip #147: Communication: Effective patient interaction for new graduates with Dr Peter Dayman

21 mins; April 09, 2025

Tip #146 – Biomimetic Dentistry: Exploring Deep Margin Elevation and Immediate Dentine Sealing with Dr Aditya Sawant

0 secs; April 02, 2025

Things I wish I knew focus series #2 – As a new student with Dr David Keir

20 mins; March 27, 2025

Feature #97 – Communication: Confident and ethical patient interaction with Dr Peter Dayman

31 mins; March 06, 2025

Tip #145 – Aging teeth and its implications for dental restorations with Dr Arosha Weerakoon

0 secs; February 27, 2025

Feature #96 – Embracing Lifelong Learning: An Interview with Dentist, Researcher, and Educator – Dr. Arosha Weekaroon

25 mins; November 20, 2024

FEATURE #95 – Planning Your Timeline: Career, Kids, Practice Ownership

36 mins; October 23, 2024

Discoveries in Dental Focus #4 – Robot dentists are here!

9 mins; October 02, 2024

OHT Pathways Focus #3 – Business ownership with Salik Faniad

35 mins; September 18, 2024

Discoveries in Dental Focus #3 – The Pros and Cons of Using Silver Fluoride in Dentistry

12 mins; September 11, 2024

Tip #145 [RE-RUN] – Empowering and educating parents on breathing and growth with Dr Shereen Lim

19 mins; September 04, 2024

Things I wish I knew focus series #1 – As a new graduate with Dr David Keir

19 mins; August 29, 2024

Discoveries in Dental Focus #2 – Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) for Endodontic procedures

9 mins; August 21, 2024

Feature #94 – Making the most of our Oral Health degree with Tabitha Acret

63 hours 57 mins; August 14, 2024

TIP #144 – Restorative Workflow in Endodontics with Dr Harry Mohan

36 mins; July 24, 2024

Tip #143 – Protecting our career through posture with Stephanie Botts

38 mins; July 11, 2024

TIP #142 [RE-RUN] – Dreaming big for life after graduation with Dr Kaejenn Tchia

17 mins; July 03, 2024

Discoveries in Dental Focus #1 – Digital Dentures

11 mins; June 27, 2024

OHT Pathways Focus #2 – Working in Prosthodontics with Amelia Musulin

46 mins; June 17, 2024

TIP #141 – A Pep Talk for Dental Students in Exams… with Dr Ben Lee Part 2

0 secs; June 05, 2024

FEATURE #93 – Dreaming big: A journey from dentist to entrepreneur with Dr Namita Gupta

68 hours 45 mins; May 29, 2024

TIP #140 – Crowns for Beginners with Dr Ben Lee Part 1

41 mins; May 26, 2024

TIP #139 – The strongest bond in dentistry: Dental assistant and Dentist with Rochelle Fisher

49 mins; May 20, 2024

OHT Pathways Focus #1 – Working in Orthodontics with Mirna Yousif

53 mins; May 03, 2024

TIP #138 [RE-RUN] – Standing Your Ground with Dr Amanda Phoon Nguyen

37 mins; April 25, 2024

FEATURE #92 – POV: You’re a Dental Student in 2024 with Nathan Lau, Emily Lee, Jack Awad and Ashton Foo

66 hours 8 mins; April 17, 2024

TIP #137 – OHT Student Spotlight with Kaitlyn White: Thriving and Surviving Uni

16 mins; March 27, 2024

FEATURE #91 – Empowering Women and Everything in Between with Dr Tiffany Chen

54 mins; March 20, 2024

TIP #136 – Seeing Your First Patient with Dr Nicole Contemplacion & Laura Righetto (OHT)

39 mins; March 13, 2024

Feature #90 – Our Dental School Journeys So Far with Hieu Dong & Christina Potestas

32 mins; March 06, 2024

FEATURE #89 – How to become a confident, competent, and resilient dentist with Dr Raghu Channapati

58 mins; January 29, 2024

TIP #135 – Endodontic Radiography: How to catch that apex! with A/Prof William Ha

37 mins; November 15, 2023

FEATURE #88 – Our Implant Journeys with Dr Graeme Pearson & Dr David Keir

42 mins; November 05, 2023

FEATURE #87 – [Re-Run] Communication with Dr Mark Hassed

63 hours 21 mins; October 23, 2023

FEATURE #87 – [Re-Run] Communication with Dr Mark Hassed

63 hours 21 mins; October 18, 2023

Mental Wellbeing Focus #5 – Mental Resilience in Dentistry with Dr Kyle Stanley

63 hours 21 mins; October 04, 2023

FEATURE #86 – CEREC To Success & The Patient Experience with Dr Lingaiah Dronavalli

99 hours 0 mins; September 26, 2023

TIP #134 – Empowering & Educating Parents on Breathing & Growth with Dr Shereen Lim

19 mins; September 21, 2023

TIP #133 – Mythbusting in Rotary with A/Prof William Ha

41 mins; September 13, 2023

Mental Wellbeing Focus #4 – Identity & Self Worth in Dentistry with Dr Viet Le and Dr Chiraag Devani

65 hours 5 mins; September 07, 2023

TIP #132 – The Sixth Month (The Courage to Try Again) with Dr Erica Hwin

23 mins; August 30, 2023

FEATURE #85 – Finding the Right Job with Dr Nauvneel Kashyap

84 hours 24 mins; August 27, 2023

TIP #131 – Hypo-what-mineralisation? with Dr Deb Wong

28 mins; August 16, 2023

TIP #130 – Biomimetic Dentistry – Principles with Dr Maheer Shah

32 mins; August 02, 2023

FEATURE #84 – Special Needs Dentistry & Oral Health Advocacy with Dr Trudy Lin

65 hours 4 mins; July 31, 2023

TIP #129 – Antibiotic Resistance in Dental Health with Dr Leanne Teoh

20 mins; July 26, 2023

Mental Wellbeing Focus #3 – Left Handed Dentistry: The Side You Never Thought About with Dr Vishi Phoeung & Dr Owen Johnston

43 mins; July 19, 2023

TIP #128 – Teeth, Tongues & Tonsils with Dr Shereen Lim

17 mins; July 13, 2023

TIP #127 – LA For Children with Dr Deborah Wong

37 mins; June 14, 2023

TIP #126 – The State of Saliva with Dr Samantha Byrne

19 mins; June 07, 2023

TIP #125 – Childhood Bruxism: A Case Study with Dr Shereen Lim

23 mins; May 31, 2023

FEATURE #83 – The Reality of Dentistry Post-Graduation with Dr Cathleen Dong

93 hours 12 mins; May 28, 2023

Mental Wellbeing Focus #2 – Overcoming Challenging Career Circumstances with Dr Martin Mendelson

53 mins; May 24, 2023

TIP #124 – What is AI Machine Learning and its Future in Dentistry? with Dr Hanna Pethani

21 mins; May 17, 2023

Mental Wellbeing Focus #1 – Positive Psychology in Dentistry with Dr Mahrukh Khwaja

66 hours 13 mins; May 10, 2023

TIP #123 – The Pigmented Lesion with Dr Michelle Kang

23 mins; April 26, 2023

FEATURE #82 – Business, Motherhood and Leading Women in Dentistry with Dr Vicky Prokopiou

74 hours 11 mins; April 23, 2023

TIP #122 – How to Section with Dr Cecilia So

17 mins; April 19, 2023

TIP #121 – The Who What When Where of the ADSA with Sanika Shorey

19 mins; April 12, 2023

FEATURE #81 – Perspectives of a New Grad with Dr Olan Hartley, Dr Jayarna Hartland and Dr Zainab Noor

96 hours 44 mins; April 10, 2023

TIP #120 – AI: What is Natural Language Processing and Its Future in Dentistry? with Dr Hanna Pethani

16 mins; April 05, 2023

TIP #119 – What is IBD and Its Role With the Mouth with Dr Michelle Kang

22 mins; March 29, 2023

TIP #118 – Extractions… Pick Your Battles Wisely with Dr Cecilia So

39 mins; March 22, 2023

TIP #117 – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Oral Environment with Dr Samantha Byrne

21 mins; March 15, 2023

TIP #116 – How to Shine Bright in Your Early Years of Dental School – with Sanika Shorey

25 mins; March 12, 2023

TIP #115 – That OHT Clean Feeling! with William Carlson-Jones

25 mins; March 01, 2023

FEATURE #80 – The Big Wide World of Oral Medicine with Dr Michelle Kang

38 mins; February 26, 2023

TIP #114 – The First Month (The Mental, Physical & Social Exhaustion) with Dr Erica Hwin

23 mins; February 23, 2023

TIP #113 [RE-RUN] – Don’t Die Wondering, Just Ask with Dr Mark Hassed

14 mins; February 15, 2023

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