6 AM to 10 PM: The Reality of a Traveling Oral Surgery Day | DOS DIENTES Q&A Show Episode 6

Top 5 Topics:

- The "Insurance Is Ruining Dentistry" Rant

- The "Sugar Baby" Dental School Myth

- Wisdom Teeth Horror Stories & Dry Socket Prevention

- Live Dental Implant Procedure Difficulty — "It Just Wouldn't Get Any Torque"

- Grueling Day in the Life of an Oral Surgeon

Top 10 Viewers on DOS DIENTES Episode 6 Q&A:

1st - Dr. Dennis, @drdsays

2nd – @carilynm56

3rd – khalede, @khalede994

4th – Raul, @raulencioo

5th – @hbogursky67

6th – daniella, @dani3434

7th – @user8123470065

8th – E, @rahil_doshi

9th – Ava, @ava_lon

10th - @gabbyguad

11th - Amanda, @amandag2402

12th - @ofri.lesh

Quotes & Wisdom:

04:13 "All healthcare workers are getting used and abused. I wanna stick up for healthcare workers and hopefully it gets better over time if we all start to unite."

08:04 "Orthognathic surgery in some hospitals getting reimbursed like $500 to a $1,000 a jaw, that's just unacceptable."

10:56 "I'm not gonna spend all these years of training and expertise and education and do trauma cases in the hospital if it's not appropriately reimbursed."

17:24 "Could you imagine general dentists doing all specialty work, but on the medical side? Like your family doctor doing all the specialist procedures as well? Doing your testicle check one day and a knee replacement the other day?"

20:33 "Insurance is the moneymaker. You want to really make money? Go into insurance, I guess?"

39:42 "The people getting a Range Rover or BMW less than a year after residency... most of the time they have a rich spouse or come from a very wealthy family. You don’t just graduate and get a Beamer, let me tell you. From my personal experience, I wanted a Cybertruck, and I’m in my 2nd year out of residency and I drive a Kia. Real life is way different that instagram portrays."

Questions:

23:35 "What's your favorite quality about the best dental assistant you have worked with?"

30:26 "What's your favorite and least favorite cases?"

39:42 "What are ballpark incomes of some of your general dentist friends?"

41:48 "What's the biggest misconception people have about healing after surgery?"

46:16 "Would you rather be a wisdom tooth or a canine?"

DOS DIENTES Team:

- Dr. Brendan Gallagher (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon)

- Dra. Alexia Gomez (Head Surgical Assistant; Dentist of Mexico)

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- @doctorgallagher_‘s TikTok LIVE Q&A 106

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- 7.2026

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