Episode Details

Top 5 Topics:

- Balancing 6 Kids with Oral Surgery Residency & Career

- Working 3-4 Days a Week as a Successful Oral Surgeon

- Wisdom Teeth Removal & Sedation Tricks from a Pro

- Why Dr. Stucki Avoided Traditional Partnerships & Changed His Path

- Brother Surgeons Working Together + Building a Podcast Empire

Quotes & Wisdom:

"To make it through residency with kids, you have to go into it with good expectations... Residency is one of those things we've all experienced and bonds us all together. To make it through residency, you have to have grit, man, serious grit." — Dr. Stucki

"I resisted becoming like an associate with a buy-in track... I didn't like being the low man on the totem pole and kind of being at someone else's mercy." — Dr. Stucki

"After many years, sometimes you can lose a little bit of steam... [My brother] just is pure passion, man. He loves it. Even the bad patients, he's like, 'this is so great.' So it inspires me." — Grant Stucki

"I think the failure to give reversal is because providers might be rarely using it. Everyone in the office who helps me should know that there is a reversal." — Grant Stucki (on anesthesia safety)

"We travel a lot as a family. Just getting your kids out. You know, we're active in our community. It's fun." — Grant Stucki (on prioritizing family)

Questions:

01:46 - "How'd you like UCLA for dental school? Just to bring it back to the beginning."

05:29 - "How did you manage to have kids during residency?"

07:36 - "Did you have a job before your job now? Are you a solo owner or do you have one partner, multiple partners?"

16:54 - "Is it a general dentist office? Is it just a specialty-mix office or only oral surgery?"

18:38 - "How many days a week do you work?"

28:04 - "What's your IV sedation meds cocktail?"

47:48 - "What's your favorite procedure to do? When you see it and you're like, all right, it's going to be a good day."

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #234

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

- 5.2026

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