The Mediocre Dentist

EP 13 - The Dentists Journey - The Patient Clinic Years

Join David and Andrea as they continue their journey down memory lane of Dental School. In this episode, they discuss what it was like to work in Dental School on real live patients. David teaches Andrea about the NERBS (Northeast Regional Boards) which she never had to take in dental school.

EP 12 - A Dentist's Journey - The Pre-Clinic Years

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.

EP 11 - A Dentist's Journey - The Pre-Dent Years

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.

EP 10 - This Place used to be Fun

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.

EP 9 - PUL Heist

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.

EP 8 - Popular Podcast Problems

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.

EP 7 - The 10 “Oh Sh#!” Moments in Chair PT 2

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

EP 6 - The 10 “Oh Sh#!” Moments in Chair

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.

EP 5 - The Triple Threat Solution

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 it.

EP 4 - The Triple Threat

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.