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.
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TIP #138 [RE-RUN] – Standing Your Ground with Dr Amanda Phoon Nguyen
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Rerun Series: Find your support network on social media. Picked by Christina Potestas 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 a…
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FEATURE #92 – POV: You’re a Dental Student in 2024 with Nathan Lau, Emily Lee, Jack Awad and Ashton Foo
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Hosted by Hieu Dong In this episode, we get a glimpse into the world of dental school and dental students in 2024. Join Nathan from Griffith Uni, Emily from UQ, Jack from USYD and Ashton from UWA as they share what a day in the life is like at their uni’s and give valuable advice for younger students. From the parties and fun to the grind and stres…
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TIP #137 – OHT Student Spotlight with Kaitlyn White: Thriving and Surviving Uni
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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 Christina Potestas Wow, we are well within the first semester this ye…
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FEATURE #91 – Empowering Women and Everything in Between with Dr Tiffany Chen
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Hosted by Dr David Keir David and Tiffany sit down and uncover their similar experiences in their journeys to becoming the dentists they are today. Tiffany moved from New Zealand to pursue dental school in Australia and took a liking to the relaxed atmosphere that regional life gave just after graduating. After working for a few years, she took off…
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TIP #136 – Seeing Your First Patient with Dr Nicole Contemplacion & Laura Righetto (OHT)
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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 Christina Potestas I wanted to dedicate this episode to all my peers …
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Feature #90 – Our Dental School Journeys So Far with Hieu Dong & Christina Potestas
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In this episode, Hieu and Christina miraculously got a chance amongst their hectic schedules to catch up and get to know each other a little better. Like dental school, they joined the Dental Head Start team with two feet running so it was fun to chill for a sec and in fact discover that they have quite unique experiences and journeys into dental s…
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FEATURE #89 – How to become a confident, competent, and resilient dentist with Dr Raghu Channapati
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Today we have a fascinating discussion with Dr. Raghu Chennapati about helping new graduates transition smoothly into the dental profession. Dr. Chennapati has a unique perspective, having trained as a prosthodontist in India before moving to Australia and starting his career over as a general dentist. He shares insights from his own journey of nav…
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TIP #135 – Endodontic Radiography: How to catch that apex! with A/Prof William Ha
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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 Haydyn Bathurst In dental school, taking PAs in endodontics has been …
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FEATURE #88 – Our Implant Journeys with Dr Graeme Pearson & Dr David Keir
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If you’ve been a long time listener of the podcast, you may recognise some familiar voices in this episode! In this month’s Feature, Dr David Keir and Dr Graeme Pearson are back on the show to catch us up on their dental journeys and in particular, on their implant journeys. Both David and Graeme have taken different approaches to their further edu…
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FEATURE #87 – [Re-Run] Communication with Dr Mark Hassed
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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. If you’re struggling with treatment plans and communication I have absolutely n…
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Mental Wellbeing Focus #5 – Mental Resilience in Dentistry with Dr Kyle Stanley
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Welcome to the Mental Wellbeing Series by Dental Head Start. Join us across a limited series of episodes as we delve into the world of mental health and explore strategies and tips to improve our overall well-being. Hosted by Dr Kaejenn Tchia In today’s episode I discuss the importance of mental resilience in Dentistry with Dr Kyle Stanley. We also…
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FEATURE #86 – CEREC To Success & The Patient Experience with Dr Lingaiah Dronavalli
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As a new grad, it’s almost the norm rather than the exception nowadays to have at least some form of digital dentistry within one’s practice. But it wasn’t always this way, and for many more seasoned dentists, the world of digital dentistry was something they had to slowly piece together over the years and learn to leverage. In this months’ feature…
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TIP #134 – Empowering & Educating Parents on Breathing & Growth with Dr Shereen Lim
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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 Erica Hwin It’s common practice nowadays to encourage parents to b…
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TIP #133 – Mythbusting in Rotary with A/Prof William Ha
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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 Haydyn Bathurst A lot of dental students that are about to graduate h…
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Mental Wellbeing Focus #4 – Identity & Self Worth in Dentistry with Dr Viet Le and Dr Chiraag Devani
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Welcome to the Mental Wellbeing Series by Dental Head Start. Join us across a limited series of episodes as we delve into the world of mental health and explore strategies and tips to improve our overall well-being. Hosted by Dr Kaejenn Tchia In today’s episode I chat with Dr Viet Le and Dr Chiraag Devani on an important mental health topic of Iden…
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TIP #132 – The Sixth Month (The Courage to Try Again) with Dr Erica Hwin
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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 Erica Hwin It’s time for your 6 month review! Dr Erica Hwin is bac…
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FEATURE #85 – Finding the Right Job with Dr Nauvneel Kashyap
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Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin With job hunting season just around the corner, we’re teaming up with Nauv Kashyap to cover the top most commonly asked questions students and new grads have when it comes to finding the right job. Even as times change, the challenges we face as new grads are evergreen. In this episode, we’re talking about the differences be…
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TIP #131 – Hypo-what-mineralisation? with Dr Deb Wong
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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 Erica Hwin We’ve all children come in for check-ups, with no signs…
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TIP #130 – Biomimetic Dentistry – Principles with Dr Maheer Shah
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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 Erica Hwin Biomimetic dentistry – it’s all the talk nowadays but w…
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FEATURE #84 – Special Needs Dentistry & Oral Health Advocacy with Dr Trudy Lin
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Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin Inclusivity, equitability, and community – these are the themes for this month’s Feature. In this episode, we are joined by Dr Trudy Lin, one of 25 Special Needs dentists in Australia and a passionate advocate for equitable access to oral health for all individuals, with her work and contributions granting her the SA Young A…
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TIP #129 – Antibiotic Resistance in Dental Health with Dr Leanne Teoh
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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 Haydyn Bathurst We are all briefly aware of antibiotic resistance bei…
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Mental Wellbeing Focus #3 – Left Handed Dentistry: The Side You Never Thought About with Dr Vishi Phoeung & Dr Owen Johnston
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Welcome to the Mental Wellbeing Series by Dental Head Start. Join us across a limited series of episodes as we delve into the world of mental health and explore strategies and tips to improve our overall well-being. Hosted by Dr Kaejenn Tchia In today’s episode I have a fireside chat with 2 dental school colleagues of mine whom we all share one com…
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TIP #128 – Teeth, Tongues & Tonsils with Dr Shereen Lim
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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 Erica Hwin Teeth, tongues, thumbs and tonsils. There are so many t…
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TIP #127 – LA For Children with Dr Deborah Wong
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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 Erica Hwin Whether you love treating kids or not, as dentists, we …
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TIP #126 – The State of Saliva with Dr Samantha Byrne
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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 Haydyn Bathurst Saliva… or rather spit! We’re told it’s important to …
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TIP #125 – Childhood Bruxism: A Case Study with Dr Shereen Lim
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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 Erica Hwin As dentists, we are one of the very first people to be …
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FEATURE #83 – The Reality of Dentistry Post-Graduation with Dr Cathleen Dong
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Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin There is so much stress and anxiety that comes with graduating and entering the real world of dentistry, and it’s so easy to get swept up in it all. As new grads, at some point in our first few years there will be a moment where we hit a bit of a wall, when the magic and glamour starts to fade, and we’re left to wonder, “Is …
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Mental Wellbeing Focus #2 – Overcoming Challenging Career Circumstances with Dr Martin Mendelson
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Welcome to the Mental Wellbeing Series by Dental Head Start. Join us across a limited series of episodes as we delve into the world of mental health and explore strategies and tips to improve our overall well-being. Hosted by Dr Kaejenn Tchia In today’s episode I chat with Dr Martin Mendelson, our second international guest on the DHS podcast from …
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TIP #124 – What is AI Machine Learning and its Future in Dentistry? with Dr Hanna Pethani
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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 Haydyn Bathurst All this talk of AI machine learning, but what does t…
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Mental Wellbeing Focus #1 – Positive Psychology in Dentistry with Dr Mahrukh Khwaja
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Welcome to the Mental Wellbeing Series by Dental Head Start. Join us across a limited series of episodes as we delve into the world of mental health and explore strategies and tips to improve our overall well-being. Hosted by Dr Kaejenn Tchia In today’s episode I chat with Dr Mahrukh Khwaja about the how positive psychology can help us thrive in ou…
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TIP #123 – The Pigmented Lesion with Dr Michelle Kang
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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 Haydyn Bathurst From learning all things oral pathology in school we …
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FEATURE #82 – Business, Motherhood and Leading Women in Dentistry with Dr Vicky Prokopiou
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Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin For many of us, perhaps one of the biggest reasons and deciding factors that led us to choose dentistry, was the work-life balance it would afford us. The flexibility in our working hours and a steady income that may one day allow us stability to settle down, work less days and have time to raise a family. But perhaps this i…
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TIP #122 – How to Section with Dr Cecilia So
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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 Erica Hwin If there’s one thing I wish dental school taught me bet…
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TIP #121 – The Who What When Where of the ADSA with Sanika Shorey
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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 Haydyn Bathurst For those in dental school right now you may be famil…
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FEATURE #81 – Perspectives of a New Grad with Dr Olan Hartley, Dr Jayarna Hartland and Dr Zainab Noor
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Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin At Dental Head Start, our mission is to nurture a platform that stays relevant to the times and for the people whom it serves – students and new graduates like yourselves. It’s our goal to provide our listeners with content that is honest, relatable and digestible to give insight into what real world dentistry really looks l…
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TIP #120 – AI: What is Natural Language Processing and Its Future in Dentistry? with Dr Hanna Pethani
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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 Haydyn Bathurst It’s all the office talk at the moment. Is ChatGPT go…
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TIP #119 – What is IBD and Its Role With the Mouth with Dr Michelle Kang
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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 Haydyn Bathurst When we sign up to become dentists and study the art …
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TIP #118 – Extractions… Pick Your Battles Wisely with Dr Cecilia So
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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 Erica Hwin If there’s one procedure that as new grads we often fea…
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TIP #117 – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Oral Environment with Dr Samantha Byrne
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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 Haydyn Bathurst In dentistry we learn lots about how bacteria is the …
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TIP #116 – How to Shine Bright in Your Early Years of Dental School – with Sanika Shorey
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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 Haydyn Bathurst In today’s episode is an interview with the current p…
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TIP #115 – That OHT Clean Feeling! with William Carlson-Jones
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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 Haydyn Bathurst ‘Why can’t you get that stubborn piece of calculus of…
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FEATURE #80 – The Big Wide World of Oral Medicine with Dr Michelle Kang
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Hosted by Haydyn Bathurst In this month’s feature episode we ask Oral Medicine Specialist Dr Michelle Kang about her journey and experience through the big wide world of oral medicine. Topics discussed include the variation in city and rural cases, the experience of travelling and the importance of a good support network to help you through tough t…
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TIP #114 – The First Month (The Mental, Physical & Social Exhaustion) with Dr Erica Hwin
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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 Erica Hwin Welcome to the first of a series of monthly catch ups w…
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TIP #113 [RE-RUN] – Don’t Die Wondering, Just Ask with Dr Mark Hassed
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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. You will never get the girl/boy, the job or the case acceptance if you do not s…
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TIP #112 – The Broadening Scope of the OHT with William Carlson-Jones
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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 Haydyn Bathurst In the ever evolving field of dentistry the role of t…
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TIP #111 – Is It Restorable? with Dr Michael Mandikos
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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 Erica Hwin It’s one thing understanding textbook definitions of re…
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FEATURE #79 – A Journey in Confidence with Dr Erica Hwin & Haydyn Bathurst
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Happy New Year to our Dental Head Start family! To kick 2023 off, we wanted to touch base and share the big plans we have in store for you on The Dental Head Start Podcast. Firstly, we’d like to welcome our superstar editor Haydyn Bathurst to the microphone for his official debut as our new student host! Haydyn has been a huge asset to the team and…
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New Grad Focus #5 – Welcome to the Dental Profession! with Dr Michelle Chen
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Welcome to the New Grad Focus Series by Dental Head Start. Join us across a limited series of episodes as we take a deep dive into the journey of a new grad, covering various topics from multiple different angles. Hosted by Dr Phillip Nguyen Congratulations! You’ve finally made it through dental school and now you’re ready to start working as a den…
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FEATURE #78 – Overcoming Decision Paralysis as a New Grad with Dr Alex Khominsky
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It goes without saying that a trait of our industry is being high achievers. What comes with big dreams is often big decisions, and when faced with too many, we can find ourselves inflicted by decision paralysis. What kind of dentist do I want to become, what kind of practice do I want to work at, what kind of people do I want to surround myself wi…
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New Grad Focus #4 – Looking After Yourself as a New Graduate with A/Prof Matt Hopcraft and Dr Jean Wu
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Welcome to the New Grad Focus Series by Dental Head Start. Join us across a limited series of episodes as we take a deep dive into the journey of a new grad, covering various topics from multiple different angles. Hosted by Dr Phillip Nguyen When you’ve gone through so many years of dental school, the last thing you want to happen is to cut your ca…
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