Dr David Keir

The Dental Head Start Podcast

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The Dental Head Start podcast is made to help dental students become great dentists. You cant google the path to dental success, but you can learn from those already there. We interview dentists who have achieved what you’re striving for and get the story behind the struggles, the successes and the advice they want you to hear. Get the head start you need in your dental career.

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Dr David Keir

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FEATURE #86 – CEREC To Success & The Patient Experience with Dr Lingaiah Dronavalli 26.09.2023 1:39:00

As a new grad, it’s almost the norm rather than the exception nowadays to have at least some form of digital dentistry within one’s practice. But it wasn’t always this way, and for many more seasoned dentists, the world of digital dentistry was something they had to slowly piece together over the years and learn to leverage.  In this months’ feature, we explore Dr Lingaiah Dronavalli’s journe...

TIP #134 – Empowering & Educating Parents on Breathing & Growth with Dr Shereen Lim 21.09.2023 19:29

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin It’s common practice nowadays to encourage parents to bring their children in early to familiarise themse...

TIP #133 – Mythbusting in Rotary with A/Prof William Ha 13.09.2023 41:04

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Haydyn Bathurst A lot of dental students that are about to graduate haven’t gotten much experience with rotary endodont...

Mental Wellbeing Focus #4 – Identity & Self Worth in Dentistry with Dr Viet Le and Dr Chiraag Devani 07.09.2023 1:05:05

Welcome to the Mental Wellbeing Series by Dental Head Start. Join us across a limited series of episodes as we delve into the world of mental health and explore strategies and tips to improve our overall well-being.  Hosted by Dr Kaejenn Tchia In today’s episode I chat with Dr Viet Le and Dr Chiraag Devani on an important mental health topic of Identity and Self Worth in Dentistry. Learn the...

TIP #132 – The Sixth Month (The Courage to Try Again) with Dr Erica Hwin 30.08.2023 23:06

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin It’s time for your 6 month review! Dr Erica Hwin is back for a catch-up 6 months since starting ful...

FEATURE #85 – Finding the Right Job with Dr Nauvneel Kashyap 27.08.2023 1:24:24

Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin With job hunting season just around the corner , we’re teaming up with Nauv Kashyap to cover the top most commonly asked questions students and new grads have when it comes to finding the right job. Even as times change, the challenges we face as new grads are evergreen. In this episode, we’re talking about the differences between dentist-owned practices vs big corporate or...

TIP #131 – Hypo-what-mineralisation? with Dr Deb Wong 16.08.2023 28:22

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin We’ve all children come in for check-ups, with no signs of active decay, but their parents stop and ask,...

TIP #130 – Biomimetic Dentistry – Principles with Dr Maheer Shah 02.08.2023 32:10

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin Biomimetic dentistry – it’s all the talk nowadays but what does it mean exactly? In this episode, we are...

FEATURE #84 – Special Needs Dentistry & Oral Health Advocacy with Dr Trudy Lin 31.07.2023 1:05:04

Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin Inclusivity, equitability, and community – these are the themes for this month’s Feature. In this episode, we are joined by Dr Trudy Lin, one of 25 Special Needs dentists in Australia and a passionate advocate for equitable access to oral health for all individuals, with her work and contributions granting her the SA Young Australian of the Year Award in 2022. In this conve...

TIP #129 – Antibiotic Resistance in Dental Health with Dr Leanne Teoh 26.07.2023 20:04

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Haydyn Bathurst We are all briefly aware of antibiotic resistance being a global phenomenon however as we know in the s...

Mental Wellbeing Focus #3 – Left Handed Dentistry: The Side You Never Thought About with Dr Vishi Phoeung & Dr Owen Johnston 19.07.2023 43:40

Welcome to the Mental Wellbeing Series by Dental Head Start. Join us across a limited series of episodes as we delve into the world of mental health and explore strategies and tips to improve our overall well-being.  Hosted by Dr Kaejenn Tchia In today’s episode I have a fireside chat with 2 dental school colleagues of mine whom we all share one common trait that is often not talked about eno...

TIP #128 – Teeth, Tongues & Tonsils with Dr Shereen Lim 13.07.2023 17:41

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin Teeth, tongues, thumbs and tonsils. There are so many things to look out for in a growing child and it ca...

TIP #127 – LA For Children with Dr Deborah Wong 14.06.2023 37:14

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin Whether you love treating kids or not, as dentists, we play such a crucial role in shaping their attitude...

TIP #126 – The State of Saliva with Dr Samantha Byrne 07.06.2023 19:11

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Haydyn Bathurst Saliva… or rather spit! We’re told it’s important to test saliva at school but does knowledge about the...

TIP #125 – Childhood Bruxism: A Case Study with Dr Shereen Lim 31.05.2023 23:14

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin As dentists, we are one of the very first people to be looking inside a child’s mouth and picking u...

FEATURE #83 – The Reality of Dentistry Post-Graduation with Dr Cathleen Dong 28.05.2023 1:33:12

Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin There is so much stress and anxiety that comes with graduating and entering the real world of dentistry, and it’s so easy to get swept up in it all. As new grads, at some point in our first few years there will be a moment where we hit a bit of a wall, when the magic and glamour starts to fade, and we’re left to wonder, “Is this it? Is this what I want to be doi...

Mental Wellbeing Focus #2 – Overcoming Challenging Career Circumstances with Dr Martin Mendelson 24.05.2023 53:58

Welcome to the Mental Wellbeing Series by Dental Head Start. Join us across a limited series of episodes as we delve into the world of mental health and explore strategies and tips to improve our overall well-being.  Hosted by Dr Kaejenn Tchia In today’s episode I chat with Dr Martin Mendelson, our second international guest on the DHS podcast from the USA, all about how to overcome challengi...

TIP #124 – What is AI Machine Learning and its Future in Dentistry? with Dr Hanna Pethani 17.05.2023 21:14

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Haydyn Bathurst All this talk of AI machine learning, but what does this mean for dentistry? Am I going to be able to p...

Mental Wellbeing Focus #1 – Positive Psychology in Dentistry with Dr Mahrukh Khwaja 10.05.2023 1:06:13

Welcome to the Mental Wellbeing Series by Dental Head Start. Join us across a limited series of episodes as we delve into the world of mental health and explore strategies and tips to improve our overall well-being.  Hosted by Dr Kaejenn Tchia In today’s episode I chat with Dr Mahrukh Khwaja about the how positive psychology can help us thrive in our dental careers. This is our first internat...

TIP #123 – The Pigmented Lesion with Dr Michelle Kang 26.04.2023 23:02

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Haydyn Bathurst From learning all things oral pathology in school we learn to memorise specific pictures in textbooks t...

FEATURE #82 – Business, Motherhood and Leading Women in Dentistry with Dr Vicky Prokopiou 23.04.2023 1:14:11

Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin For many of us, perhaps one of the biggest reasons and deciding factors that led us to choose dentistry, was the work-life balance it would afford us. The flexibility in our working hours and a steady income that may one day allow us stability to settle down, work less days and have time to raise a family. But perhaps this is much easier said than done. There’s so much you...

TIP #122 – How to Section with Dr Cecilia So 19.04.2023 17:31

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin If there’s one thing I wish dental school taught me better, perhaps second only to how to luxate pro...

TIP #121 – The Who What When Where of the ADSA with Sanika Shorey 12.04.2023 19:43

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Haydyn Bathurst For those in dental school right now you may be familiar or unfamiliar with who ADSA are, what things t...

FEATURE #81 – Perspectives of a New Grad with Dr Olan Hartley, Dr Jayarna Hartland and Dr Zainab Noor 10.04.2023 1:36:44

Hosted by Dr Erica Hwin At Dental Head Start, our mission is to nurture a platform that stays relevant to the times and for the people whom it serves – students and new graduates like yourselves. It’s our goal to provide our listeners with content that is honest, relatable and digestible to give insight into what real world dentistry really looks like. So who better to hear from than from yo...

TIP #120 – AI: What is Natural Language Processing and Its Future in Dentistry? with Dr Hanna Pethani 05.04.2023 16:32

Welcome to What I Wish I Knew by Dental Head Start. This is a podcast where we learn from people that have been there, made the mistakes, learnt the lessons and have developed into the accomplished dental professionals they are today. It’s your weekly mentoring session. Hosted by Haydyn Bathurst It’s all the office talk at the moment. Is ChatGPT going to take my job as a dentist??? In the face of...