The Mediocre Dentist
Every dentist, either once a day, once a week, or once a month, feels Mediocre. This podcast explores why.
Episodes
In this episode, David And Andrea re-live the first year's of dental school. David crushed science courses and struggled with waxing. Andrea breezed through pre-clinical and spent most of her time drinking.
Lets go back to the beginning, and discuss how this whole thing started. Over the next 4 episodes, David and Andrea flashback their lives and careers and how they got to where they are now. They compare the differences and in their journeys. We start off in the pre-dental years.
A common complaint heard in dental offices in the breakroom is, "This place used to be fun!" That sentiment in the office is very detrimental to the health of the office team. David & Andrea break down the psychology behind that comment and provide real-time solutions for Dentists to take back the narrative.
Tragedy hits the PODCAST team, as they have been robbed! David and Andrea finally got a sponsorship from the pUL tool aligner company, and then the supplies were stolen. Join them as they crack the case wide open and follow the clues.
The PODCAST is a success! After just 7 episodes, the PODCAST already has thousands of views across multiple platforms. David and Andrea have become POPULAR! Emails, texts, Videos and comments are piling up from fans. But, with that POPULARITY also comes TROLLS! One such comment that pushes David! And Andrea learns about one 123 Vancouver Dentist wrought with jealousy over her success, which complains to her corporation.
This episode is a continuation of last weeks episode where David and Andrea recount the top 10 scariest moments for clinical dentists. As they review, they create a new grading system to describe the amount of angst with each of the disasters. Finally, they explain why dentists should give themselves grace and realize there are logical reason why working in the mouth is hard, unpredictable and sometimes sh#$ happnens
We train for 4+ years in Dental School and Residencies to make sure that all of our dentistry is perfect. But, sometimes shit goes wrong in the Dental Chair. David and Andrea recount, vote and debate what the Top 10 Hall of Fame “Oh Shit” things in the office.
In the last episode, we discussed how at any one time of a dentist’ s career they are either dealing with 1. Patient issue 2. Staff issue or 3. Equipment issue. In this episode, David and Andrea try to make light of the situation and put into perspective life in general and the relatively small amount of time we get to spend on this earth. If the triple threat is inevitable - why fight it? Give into the chaos! One day you will miss...
Dentists often feel like everything is on Fire. They are not wrong! In this episode, David talks about “The Triple Threat” in Dental Offices. At any one point of your entire career, one of these three things are always going on.
In this episode, David and Andrea talk about the craziness of the Dental Industry and how everyone is constantly striving for more. Where does it come from? Why? And will it ever end.
This is the Episode where David and Andrea break the secret that no dentists are actually happy. Dentists suffer from stress, anxiety and depression at alarming rates. They hypothesize and ponder whether it comes from the staff, patients, overhead, or the dental ce world. We learn a lot about what really happens in dental offices and in dentists' minds! Have a listen- and you are guaranteed to have a laugh with us. You will still b...
In this Introduction Episode- David and Andrea discuss the rules for this anti-establishment PODCAST. We learn that David often feels Mediocre about his restorative dentistry related to his margins and contacts (despite being a successful dentist for the last 20+ years). And that Andrea feels Medicore about her lack of knowledge of the Business side of the practice specifically the letters KPIs and P/L! Rest relax and enjoy this po...
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