Episode Details

Top 5 Topics:

- Life After Boards: “What No One Tells You After the Biggest Exam of Your Career”

- Why I Chose Dentistry Over Medicine: The Autonomy No One Talks About

- Wisdom Teeth & Bone Loss: The Hidden Dental Problem in Your 20s

- School Doesn’t Teach Real Life: What I Wish I Knew Earlier

- My “5-Year Entrepreneur Rule” - How Entrepreneurs Build Income Outside Their Job

Top 5 Viewers on this Episode on TikTok LIVE #89 Q&A:

1st - User725263892963, @user6263527289

2nd – ABR, @abr7127

3rd – Talent Jokes, @talentjokes

4th – J, @jobaratheo

5th – Jfcjdbddj, @_maka_303

6th - @h.sterling0

7th - @cbenjiiiii

8th - Alexia, @alexia_gomezv

9th - @ooohkay_bye

10th - Crim, @xxcrimson2

Quotes & Wisdom:

“I’m between 3-6 months behind comments on all the platforms… TikTok I’m behind like 7-9 months… I promise I’m gunna get to it.”

“Now that I’m done with the board exam… at least for now… I don’t find out if I pass or not for another month… but now I can finally get back on lives with you guys.”

“Practice ownership means autonomy — you call your own shots, you make your own schedule. In the hospital, they dictate the rules.”

“I’m so glad I went the dental route rather than the medical route. I did the hospital life… I don’t want to do it anymore.”

“It’s very hard to read the examiners. You answer, they say ‘I understand,’ and they move on. It’s a totally different exam than anything you’ve taken before.”

“I worked myself to the limit preparing for that exam. Thank God I’m out of it now.”

“I wish I would’ve lived life a little bit more in undergrad and dental school instead of constantly stressing about the next exam.”

“So little of school actually relates to real life. I wish I focused earlier on the bigger picture of how life actually works.”

“I want to give you experience-based advice — real things we can relate to — not just talking about money or numbers.”

“I want us all to succeed. That’s why I do this — even after a long day, getting on here for the live.”

“It’s a good thing when you realize early that something isn’t right for you. That’s not failure — that’s awareness.”

Questions:

06:12 — “Favorite surgical instrument?”

07:05 — “Would you be interested if I pick ‘case of the day’… go over how I section an impacted wisdom tooth… would you guys be interested in that?”

08:11 — “Did you like the Bad Bunny halftime show?”

11:10 — “How was your school and personal life balance in undergrad and dental school?”

13:04 — “Wisdom teeth removal this Thursday… woke up with a cold/congestion. Should I postpone (IV sedation)?”

16:07 — “My friend got 13 interviews… didn’t match. Any advice?”

17:58 — “What’s a solid CBSE score I should aim for?”

19:44 — “OMSITE reflective of boards?”

23:29 — “I’ll be 35 entering dental school—too old?”

26:40 — “What will OS do if root tips get lost in the sinus?”

28:04 — “What hospital did you do residency in?”

31:35 — “Favorite Bad Bunny song?”

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono

- 2.2026

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