Episodes

Ever wondered if dental practice ownership is your path to success or a potential headache waiting to happen? Join Dr. David Keir and special guest Dr. Jesse Green from The Savvy Dentist Podcast as they dive deep into the realities of dental practice ownership. In this conversation, you’ll discover: The essential mindset and personality traits needed for successful practice ownership How to determine if you’re building a lifestyle practice or scalable business The real-world challenges of ba...

Hosted by Dr David Keir Poker and dentistry: an unlikely pair with more in common than you’d imagine! Welcome to The Dental Mentoring Series, the series dedicated to helping dental graduates thrive in their careers. In this episode, Dr. David Keir reveals the surprising life lessons I learned from playing over a million hands of poker – and how they directly apply to your dental career. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why judging decisions by outcomes is holding you back How to handle “varia...

Hosted by Michael Shambira Ever wondered how others make dental school look easy while you’re struggling to stay afloat? You’re not alone. In this powerful episode of the Dental Head Start Podcast, final-year student Michael Shambira and Dr. Ricky Wasef dive into the hidden aspects of dental education that no one teaches but everyone experiences. Learn how to: Navigate the challenges of dental school while staying true to yourself Build resilience through difficult clinical experiences Deve...

Hey and welcome back to the Dental Head Start podcast — where we’re all about helping dental students become great dentists. In this special series, we’re replaying some of our most-listened-to episodes — the ones that resonated most with you, our amazing community. Whether it’s clinical tips, career guidance, or inspiring stories from dentists who’ve been right where you are, these episodes have made a real impact. So if you’re new here, this is the perfect way to catch up on our biggest hits....

Hosted by Dr David Keir Are you spending thousands on CPD but not seeing the ROI you hoped for? You’re not alone! Discover how to transform your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) journey from a costly obligation into a rewarding investment. Welcome to The Dental Mentoring Series, the series dedicated to helping dental graduates thrive in their careers. In this episode, Dr. David Kier shares his hard-earned wisdom from investing hundreds of thousands in professional development, reveali...

Hosted by @dr.haydynbathurst This is the second episode with Dr Martin Gale specialist endodontist talking about artificial intelligence and dentistry. You can find the first episode in the previous podcast links. It’s well worth a listen because it covers the context by explaining the history of AI before we get into the ethics of AI. In this second episode, we will be covering how AI might disrupt patient care the business of dentistry, who controls the patient journey, and how manpower and t...

Hosted by @dr.haydynbathurst Hello everyone and welcome again to “What I wish I knew”, the dental headstart series where we give you little tips and tricks to help you get ahead in dentistry. In this episode today I am talking with specialist endodontist Dr Martin Gale. As new general dentists, patients come to us with often complex problems, and we are sometimes under a lot of stress to find the correct diagnosis. If we can’t figure it out, and particularly if the patient is in pain, then refe...

Hosted by Dr David Keir Everyone’s talking about it. Everybody wants a mentor. That’s what they’re looking for when they graduate. Who’s your mentor, and are you putting the effort in? This is the dental mentoring sessions podcast by dental Head Start, real world mentoring every fortnight. I’m Dr David Keir, a practice owner, mentor and someone who’s been exactly where you are. The goal of this podcast is to share real world lessons I’ve learned and discussions I’ve had while mentoring my team,...

Hosted by Dr David Keir Everyone’s talking about it. Everybody wants a mentor. That’s what they’re looking for when they graduate. Who’s your mentor, and are you putting the effort in? This is the dental mentoring sessions podcast by dental Head Start, real world mentoring every fortnight. I’m Dr David Keir, a practice owner, mentor and someone who’s been exactly where you are. The goal of this podcast is to share real world lessons I’ve learned and discussions I’ve had while mentoring my team,...

Hosted by Dr David Keir Everyone’s talking about it. Everybody wants a mentor. That’s what they’re looking for when they graduate. Who’s your mentor, and are you putting the effort in? This is the dental mentoring sessions podcast by dental Head Start, real world mentoring every fortnight. I’m Dr David Keir, a practice owner, mentor and someone who’s been exactly where you are. The goal of this podcast is to share real world lessons I’ve learned and discussions I’ve had while mentoring my team,...

@dr.haydynbathurst Welcome back Dental Head Start listeners! we’re on part two now of our communication series with @drpeterdayman. If you haven’t listened to the first episode, please go back and listen to that one. This episode, in particular, dives into how we can talk to patients about what we can restore and what we can’t restore. Again, if you’re just graduating, this will be extremely helpful for you to be able to communicate well with your patients. Warning, this episode is not G rated,...

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Dr Hieu Dong I’ve heard it. You’ve probably heard it. The whisperings throughout the clinics and the dental school whores, the reels and memes you’re sending to your mates. Is biomimetic dentistry the new thing. And do...

David delivers another insightful focus episode, this time for dental students. Drawing from over eight years of professional experience as a practice owner and dental professional, David shares five critical insights he wishes he knew during his time as a dental student: Building professional networks Learning from early mistakes Developing emotional resilience Maintaining physical wellness Strategic career planning David share’s his personal experience, practical advice, and motivational...

Hosted by Dr Haydyn Bathurst Welcome back Dental Head Start Listeners to todays episode on communication. With me in this episode is Dr Peter Dayman. I reached out to Dr Dayman after listening to his interview on ABC Nightlife with Phillipclarke. A lot of us may be too young to be listening to ABC radio, but it was my parents that had listened to Dr Dayman’s episodes on the ABC, in which he handles all sorts of curveball questions from the audience and makes it look easy how well he is able to ...

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Dr Haydyn Bathurst You may not realise it but as we get older, so too do our teeth. Not only is there increased wear and tear on the outside of teeth which may seem obvious, there is also morphological changes on the i...

Hosted by Dr Haydyn Bathurst Hello Dental Head Start listeners, welcome back to our feature series! Today’s guest is Dr Arosha Weerakoon. Dr Arosha wears many hats in the dental industry, a practice owner of Tewantin family dental, a lecturer at the University of Queensland where she also obtained her pHD in Dentine, Adhesive Interfaces & Physiological Ageing. This is only just scratching the surface and how I met Arosha was that as some listeners may know she is a fellow Colgate Advocate for O...

Hosted by Hieu Dong All throughout dental school, my friends and I have always dreamed about where we’d be in 5, 10, 20 years time. Who will be a specialist, a practice owner or not even a dentist anymore! Now that my time at dental school is coming to an end, I’ve been reflecting a lot about where we will all be ending up, a time to finally step into the real world and make the decisions for what we want in our lives. In this episode, I’ve brought on Dr Caroline Nguyen, a practice owner and mu...

Welcome to the Discoveries in Dental focus series. This series highlights recent dental discoveries and saves you time having to read through numerous journal articles. Hosted by @dr.haydynbathurst In this episode, Dr Haydyn talks about the recent development of the first fully robotic dental crown preparation procedure on a live patient. He provides a balanced overview of the emerging robotic dental technology, its potential implications, and the need to carefully consider the benefits and ri...

Welcome to the OHT pathways focus series by Dental Head Start. Listen to a limited series of interviews with OHTs that have taken the less traditional general practice pathway and used their scope to endeavour into a unique, different and fulfilling career. Hosted by Christina Potestas In this episode, I chat with dental hygienist Salik Faniad @sydneyhygienist who returns to the podcast with some pretty big changes in his career. Salik shares how his experiences and lessons learnt so far has h...

Welcome to the Discoveries in Dental focus series. This series highlights recent dental discoveries and saves you time having to read through numerous journal articles. Hosted by @dr.haydynbathurst This episode is an overview of silver fluoride in dentistry. It covers the differences between silver diamine fluoride and silver fluoride, the history of silver compounds, benefits like antibacterial properties and caries arrest, as well as drawbacks such as tooth staining and contraindications. Dr...

Re-run series: Finding your support network on Social Media Picked by @christina_oralhealth This series of re-run episodes is a curated selection of interviews to help listeners cut through the noise of social media and start finding their support network of dentists who are actively sharing their expertise and life online. These interviews reveal more about the real person behind the Instagram profile – I hope that it opens doors to a network of potential mentors and starts what may be a guid...

Hosted by Dr David Keir Join us on the Dental Head Start podcast as we dive into our first episode of our four-part series, “5 Things I Wish I Knew.” This episode is crafted specifically for new graduates stepping into the world of dentistry. Despite the excitement, the transition from student to practitioner brings its own set of challenges. We discuss the reality of day-to-day dentistry where the need for work-life balance and a supportive work environment becomes crucial. Hear about the comm...

Welcome to the Discoveries in Dental focus series. This series highlights recent dental discoveries and saves you time having to read through numerous journal articles. Hosted by @dr.haydynbathurst In this episode I discuss the use of mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA), a calcium silicate-based cement used in endodontic procedures such as pulp capping and preventing pulpal exposure, even in cases of irreversible pulpitis. However, there are potential contradictions in using MTA, such as the need...

Hosted by Christina Potestas @christina_oralhealth Listen on all podcast players Hi Dental Head Start listeners, Christina here. This episode is a bit of a fangirling moment for me because I sit down with Tabitha Acret @tabitha_dental_hygienist_ , whose journey beyond Uni is quite inspirational. We talk about her initial work in both general and specialist practices, travelling around the world and presenting Guided Biofilm therapy to international audiences and all the serious life lessons in ...