I Interviewed a New Grad 7 Months Apart (First Year of Practice) – IC052

The first EVER ‘Prospective’ episode of Protrusive - I interviewed new-grad Dr Triman Ahluwalia in 2023, then again 7 months later in 2024 to see how he gets on with his first year as a *real* Dentist ;) We uncover what it feels to be a freshly qualified Dentist, the pressures and fears that come with procedures such as endo and surgical extractions, but what we can do as growing clinicians to overcome these hurdles. https://youtu.be/9NtKCIVfMLs Watch IC052 on Youtube This episode is packed with lots of top tips to help you in your journey from the ground up, or as a reminder for those that have been there and done that, that we are forever learning on our journey and there’s always something out there to help us become better Dentists. Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Highlights of this Episode:02:02 Introduction to Dr Triman (2023)03:32 Experiences at Dental School07:15 Procedures You Fear + Sectioning Teeth11:25 Thoughts on Social Media in Dentistry15:26 Documenting Work16:30 Future Career Plans18:00 Additional Comments from Triman19:03 Back to the Future: 2024 Triman Update21:50 Dental Photography Progress23:08 Tricky Dental Procedures Update27:46 The Good and the Bad of DFT32:26 Career Path in Dentistry34:49 Triman’s Top Tips37:06 Wrapping Up Don’t forget to check out the Protrusive App where you can find more awesome tutorials on becoming a more efficient and effective practitioner. If you liked this episode, you will also like IC029 - Young Dentist Thrival Guide  This episode is not eligible for CPD/CE points, but never fear, there are hundreds of hours of CPD waiting for you on on the Ultimate Eduction Plan, including Premium clinical workthroughs and Masterclasses. Click below for full episode transcript: Jaz's Introduction: Welcome to the first ever Protrusive Prospective episode. You see, I interviewed Dr. Triman Ahluwalia in his first month of being a real dentist, i. e. newly qualified. I then interviewed him again seven months later to see how he got on. Jaz's Introduction:Hello Protruserati, I'm Jaz Gulati, and welcome back to your favorite dental podcast. Every year we make an episode to help those who are in their first year, i. e. they've just qualified and they're entering the big bad world dentistry. And this is a interesting one because I've never done a prospective episode whereby I've told the guest to wait six, seven months and then we'll continue the recording. Just to see if the perspective has changed. I think this is essential listening and watching for those who are literally about to enter the first year of dental school, or maybe you're returning to work again after some time off, or maybe you just want to gain some insight into the mind of the newly qualified dentist. Maybe you mentor some dentists, by the way, speaking of mentorships and big things, Intaglio is almost out. For those of you who don't know, Intaglio is a new platform we're making to allow one on one mentorship. Look, it doesn't matter. How much money you paid to these courses doesn't matter how many continuums or diplomas you've done. When you have that specific case and you need someone to sit down with to discuss that case, step by step for a good hour or even two hours, the course organizes the diploma teachers. They are busy. They don't have the time to do one on one, which is why we created this platform to allow mentors and mentees to connect and allow fair exchange. Because you know what when a mentee needs help they really value it and they value that one on one time so Intaglio is coming soon and also a big update number two is I'm in my new studio I've now moved from reading to West London quite close to Heathrow it's like little India it's called Southall. I'm close now to my parents my in laws we get lots of support for family so that was a big reason I'm still working in Reading. But yeah, it's been a crazy time with moving.