Episode Details

Top 5 Topics:

- When Oral Surgery Goes Wrong: A Bleeding Case That Almost Sent a Patient to the ER

- Why Some Patients Can’t Get Numb at the Dentist (And the Secret Tricks Surgeons Use)

- The Hidden Physical Toll of Dentistry: Why Oral Surgeons Have Back Pain by Age 40

- Inside a Wisdom Tooth Surgery: Techniques Dentists Argue About

- Social Media Is Censoring Dental Surgery: Why Instagram Flags Some Dentists

BackTeeth Boys Band Members:

- Dr. Serv Wahan - Seattle, Washington

- Dr. Amir Tahmasebpour - Toronto, Canada

- Dr. Joe Doctora - Nashville, Tennessee

- Dr. Brendan Gallagher - Long Island, New York

Quotes & Wisdom:

“Get this man a parking spot, sheesh!” - Brendan Gallagher

“Sometimes teeth make you do something different.” — Serv Wahan

“I thought I’d seen everything in my life… and then all of a sudden… there’s just blood.” — Joe Doctora

“If I don’t work out, I can’t work.” — Amir Tahmasebpour

“The patient’s forces of mastication are way stronger than your arm or wrist.” — Joe Doctora

“That little injection is like a cheat code.” — Serv Wahan

“Everyone was pretty professional. The exam seemed very fair, very smooth.” — Brendan Gallagher

“Exposing bonds on the palate… don’t ever do that again.” — Serv Wahan

“We do it out of our own time. We cut a half day out of our schedules to do it.” — Serv Wahan

Questions:

00:35 — “Brendan, are you a new man after doing the oral board exam?”

00:43 — “Did you have any “high profile” examiners?”

20:02 — “What about vertical impactions? Do you guys do anything differently?”

31:28 — “What are your tricks when a patient can’t get numb? What do you do about it?”

35:17 — “What do you guys use for a lower mandibular wisdom tooth block 32? What’s your go-to?”

40:47 — “Do you guys use Exparel ever?”

44:20 — “Joe, what’s your go-to for exposing and bonding? What’s your protocol?”

52:45 — “What do you think is the number one procedure that’s just a back crusher?”

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #212

- BackTeeth Boys Podcast Ep. 5

My watch in this episode = Citizen Promaster Diver Day Date

- 2.2026

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