BackTeeth Boys Podcast Ep. 6 - Dose of Dental Podcast #233 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast

Top 5 Topics:

- Nightmare Wisdom Tooth Extractions & Avoiding Disasters in Surgery

- The Mucocele Pop! – Do Some Oral Surgeons Intentionally Pop Lesions?

- On-Call Chaos: How Emergency Patients Get “Dumped” on Surgeons

- Exposing & Bonding Impacted Canines – The Brutal Reality of This Surgery

- PRF, No Bone Grafts & Secret Sinus Lift Tricks

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:

“You’re not obligated to destroy your staff’s day because a referring office wants to dump on you.”

“I don’t even graft those [vertical sinus lifts] anymore… I just use one red PRF and the implant. Studies have shown the membrane will form bone.”

“PRF is often overhyped… it’s not this magic thing everyone says it is.”

“The most protective time for dexamethasone… was actually 12 to 18 hours preoperatively.”

“I had to make a decision… do I want to risk pushing a root tip into the submandibular space?”

Questions:

02:06 – “Who do you think has the top three logos and social media for oral surgery, dental stuff? Give me your top three.”

09:25 – “When was your last mucocele?”

10:39 – “Which scissors do you guys like?”

12:31 –

“Why do you like to use that [lip retractor]? What’s the difference?”

13:34 –

“What’s your mucocele pop rate, sir? What’s your burst rate?”

20:24 –

“You get a call from an office who never uses you… their oral surgeon just left. His surgery from earlier today is bleeding. Can you see the patient?”

23:53 –

“Do you guys ever call quits after you have a certain number of non-bonding exposure bonds?”

01:06:17 –

“Do you guys ever do pre-op steroids for high risk cases?”

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #233

- BackTeeth Boys Podcast Ep. 6

My watch in this episode = Citizen Promaster Diver Day Date

- 5.2026

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