Top 5 Topics:

- Escaping Rent Forever: Buying Your Dental Office Suite

- The Truth About Finding the PERFECT Associate

- WHAT You Learn From Your FIRST JOB Is Most Important - Here’s Why:

- Quality Over Quantity: The Real Way to Master Surgery & Avoid Bad Habits

- How To Sniff Out A Toxic Job And Bad Mentorship:

Quotes & Wisdom:

"Your first job is your most important job. A genuine mentorship where you can actually learn from people with some experience that have been successful in that setting." — Alex Nguyen

"I would rather keep you as a friend than have a potential fallout as a business partner." — Alex Nguyen (on mixing friends & business)

"Quality vs. Quantity in learning. You can have bad reps and it takes you a while to learn that the reps are bad." — Alex Nguyen

"The surgery itself is easy. It’s how to think beforehand, how to work it up, and also how to take care of it afterwards." — Alex Nguyen

"If you ever think that you’ve hit the top, you’re done... Your patients will always deserve better than what you’re giving them now." — Alex Nguyen

"I prefer hard work over natural giftedness all day. I prefer their attitude over their experience." — Alex Nguyen

Questions:

09:22 - Brendan: "How many operatories did you have?”

“What's your timeline on hiring an associate?"

13:17 - Brendan: "Of the guys and girls that you did residency with, would anyone stand out that you would have wanted to work with in practice?"

17:03 - Brendan: "What are some you do not want to happen to your associate, that happened to you?"key tips you'd give to chief residents right now looking for a job? What are some red flags?"

21:53 - Brendan: "What's the first thing

1:01:09 - Brendan: "Would you ever accept that an associate you hired could potentially be better than you?"

Now available on:

- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast & YouTube Channel

- Dose of Dental Podcast #237

My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono

- 1.2026