Dr. Dan Bakhadj @dan_bakhadj – Long Island Dentists Podcast #9 x Dose of Dental #259

<p>Top 5 Topics:</p><p>- Kids’ Fillings Without Local Anesthesia: How Dentists Use Lasers Without the Needle</p><p>- Papoose Board vs. Sedation</p><p>- Should Parents Stay in the Room at the Pediatric Dentist?</p><p>- How To Get Into Pediatric Dental Residency: Externships, Shadowing &amp; Do You Need Research?</p><p>- From Touro to Stony Brook Peds Residency to Long Island Offices, Massapequa to Riverhead</p><p><br></p><p>Quotes &amp; Wisdom:</p><p><br></p><p>14:05 — “With all those challenges and with the struggles that you go through, it makes you a better practitioner. And I wouldn’t change that at all.”</p><p><br></p><p>15:05 — “It didn’t hit me until maybe after the first week that, wow, this is the rest of my life.”</p><p><br></p><p>23:55 — “The biggest thing is how you explain it… we want what’s safest for your child, but also for all of us.”</p><p><br></p><p>33:22 — “If I have a patient that needs 3 quadrants of work, and on the first visit I’m administering anesthetic, I might’ve lost them right there. The laser has changed that experience.”</p><p><br></p><p>40:40 — “I always tell them go shadow… call the pediatric office down the street and go shadow… The person that you’re shadowing might say, ‘Hey, I went to dental school with the program director here. I’ll put in a good word for you.’”</p><p><br></p><p>Questions:</p><p>21:34 — “Have you ever had to use a papoose?”</p><p><br></p><p>25:11 — “Do you keep parents in the operatory with you, or do you ask them to step out?”</p><p><br></p><p>29:17 — “What are some of your favorite procedures that you’re doing on a daily basis?”</p><p><br></p><p>34:19 — “Did you have any preliminary examinations you had to take? I know you guys do have externships. What are those like?”</p><p><br></p><p>39:05 — “Do you need to do research? Does it make you stand out as an applicant?”</p><p><br></p><p>Now available on:</p><p>- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast &amp; YouTube Channel</p><p>- Long Island Dentists Podcast #9</p><p>- Dose of Dental Podcast #259</p><p><br></p><p>My watch in this episode = Tag Heuer Aquaracer Calibre 16 Chrono</p><p><br></p><p>10.2026</p><p><br></p><p>#podcast #dentalpodcast #doctor #dentist #dentistry #oralsurgery #dental #dentalschool #dentalstudent #oralsurgeon #doctorgallagher #doctorgallagherspodcast </p>