Dentists Reveal: Fixing Jaw Dislocations, $500K Debt & The Wisdom Teeth Risk No One Warns You About

Top 5 Topics:

- TMJ Jaw Dislocation "Reduction" (the jaw-snapping-back moment)

- The Dental School Debt Crisis ($500K+)

- Nose Fracture Reduction Techniques

- Wisdom Teeth Nerve Damage Risk

- "Are Dentists Actually Rich?" Myth-Busting

Top 12 Viewers on DOS DIENTES Episode 11 Q&A:

1st – Jaclyn Lin, @jaclynlin

2nd – AntHoney Sosa, @anthony.sosa123

3rd – @jawnnyboi123

4th – jordo, @jordojordojordo

5th – @user9288000747044

6th – drwme, @drwme6

7th – Ali Raza, @ali.raza99013

8th – @nonuser165

9th – @sabeehs4

10th – @barstowbilly

11th – Kirayoshikage, @yoshikagekira2023

12th – Heath, @heathheathyheather

Top Quotes & Wisdom:

03:58 – "Number one! You should be proud of that." (on being the first dentist in the family)

~04:50 – "It's not what you think until you start doing it — you're like, wow, it's not what you think."

12:21 – "You should really do a year in a hospital setting — you get more clinical experience. It helps a lot, everything."

~12:40 – "The hospitals are just manipulating and abusing residents these days."

~13:25 – "Effective studying is getting higher grades. Efficient studying is maintaining those higher grades but studying less and less for them."

~13:48 – "They're just pumping out more and more dental students because dental school is the moneymaker in dentistry now. They're getting rich by not doing dentistry."

~13:58 – "You need to incentivize helping patients — not incentivize dental schools teaching students by giving them more PowerPoints."

Top Questions:

~03:38 – "Were y'all first gen dentists, or did you have family in dentistry?"

~08:20 – "Is coronectomy on a wisdom tooth safe? Is it less recovery time?"

09:08 – "Thoughts on applying to an OMFS residency after practicing as a general dentist for a few years?"

~10:55 – "Do you ever miss doing crown preps or setting denture teeth?"

~13:18 – "Any advice for a D1 that just started dental school?"

~13:42 – "Average debt is now 500k plus. Is it worth it?"

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 116

Watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Caliber 16 Chrono

9.2026

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