The Sports Dentistry Podcast

🎙️ Episode 34 of The Sports Dentistry Podcast is live!  🇪🇺 Introducing the second part of our live interviews from the EA4SD conference in Düsseldorf in November 2025. ⭐️ Episode Includes; Germany Sports Dentistry Association Nik- Georgia Sports Dentistry  Christian Cardozo - Paraguay and Latin America Sports Dentistry Abdul Majeed Okshah - Saudi Arabia Sports Dentistry Flavia del Grosso - Italia...

🎙️ Episode 33 of  The Sports Dentistry Podcast  is live!  🚨 Our FIRST LIVE VIDEO podcast 🚨 🇪🇺 Introducing the first part of our live interviews from the EA4SD conference in Düsseldorf in November 2025. ⭐️ Episode Includes; Thanos Stavros- EA4SD Nikos Gkourtsas - ECOSEP Martina Palmieri- Teethan Mohammed El Sayegh - Egypt Sports Dentistry Byron, Vinnie, Emilio - American Academy for Sports Denti...

🎙️ Episode 32 of The Sports Dentistry Podcast is live! Introducing Elizabeth Crake 👉 Listen now to find out how Elizabeth has managed to juggle her career as a dentist and an international athlete 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 We discuss what is was like being capped by England Rugby and her aspirations to continue playing rugby at the highest level 🫡 We discuss if she would have changed anything in the past and wha...

🎙️ Episode 31 of  The Sports Dentistry Podcast  is live! Introducing Elif Gündüz Bayer 👉 Listen now to find out how Elif helped establish Sports Dentistry in Europe 🏀 We discuss how her chance meeting with some NBA stars from the past helped ignite her love for Sports Dentistry 🇹🇷 We discuss the inception of the Turkiye Sports Dentistry Association and look forward to their conference in Decembe...

🎙️ Episode 30 of  The Sports Dentistry Podcast  is live! Introducing Dr Janesh Ganda 👉 Listen now to find out how Dr Janesh has helped integrate Sports Dentistry in to South African Rugby ⚽️ We discuss what is involved in elite athlete screening and what parameters and tests they look at 🫡 We discuss the inception of the South Africa Sports Dentistry Association and look forward to their confer...

🎙️ Episode 29 of The Sports Dentistry Podcast is live! Introducing George Bourne 👉 Listen now to find out how George managed to deal with an acute dental trauma of England football internationalist Callum Wilson at MIDNIGHT! ⚽️ We discuss George's involvement with local professional football team Bournemouth FC 🫡 We discuss some hints and tips that can be useful when dealing with acute dental t...

🎙️ Episode 28 of The Sports Dentistry Podcast is live! Introducing Dr Amir Pakravan, CMO of GB Basketball 👉 Listen now to find out about Dr Amir's journey to becoming one the world's most well respected Sports Medicine Doctors 🏀 We discuss his role of being CMO of GB Basketball and how he is looking at integrating Sports Dentistry in to this 🇪🇺 We chat about Dr Amir's involvement with EA4SD and...

🎙️ Episode 27 of The Sports Dentistry Podcast is live! Introducing Bhavik Ganda, Co- Founder of the South Africa Sports Dentistry Association (SASDA) 👉 Listen now to find out about Bhavik's journey to becoming the team dentist for the Springboks (South Africa Rugby) 🇿🇦 We discuss the launch event of SASDA this December and what delegates should expect from it and the Capetown 7s 🏉 🔮 We chat abo...

🎙️ Episode 26 of The Sports Dentistry Podcast is live! Introducing Chris Golze, owner of XS Dental Labs 👉 Listen now to find out about how Chris' journey as a lab technician began and how he has now become one the UK's leading customised mouthguard manafacturers with some astonishing designs. 🌟 Lab prescription tips and tricks also discussed so this is a MUST listen! 🥊 Client list includes Tyso...

🎙️ Episode 25 of The Sports Dentistry Podcast is live! Introducing Lauren Ward from Philips 👉 Listen now to find out about how Lauren landed her Educational role with Philips having moved over from New Zealand. Find out about her passion for Sports and how she feels that Philips can play a major role in helping athletes 🤝 Introducing an exclusive partnership with Philips, powering The Sports Den...

🎙️ Episode 24 of The Sports Dentistry Podcast is live! Introducing Dr Sang Bu Lee of Korean Academy for Sports Dentistry (KASD) 👉 Listen now to find out about how the KASD started, the role they play with their Olympic and Paralympic Athletes and whats on the agenda at their conference in Seoul on the 13th and 14th March, 2026 👍 Don't forget to like, share and leave a 5 ⭐️ review so we can cont...

🎙️ Episode 23 of The Sports Dentistry Podcast is live—and we’re taking you straight to the heart of the 2nd UK Sports Dentistry Conference in Manchester 🦷🏏 👉 Listen now and join the movement that’s redefining athlete care #SportsDentistry #AthleteHealth #OralHealthInSport #PodcastLaunch #DentistryCommunity #SportsScience #thesportsdentistrypodcast #podcasts #sportspodcasts #dentalpodcasts Ticke...

A look back following the release of Episode 21 with Daniel Ferreira. We introduce Professor Peter Fine, director of the MSc Restorative programme at UCL Eastman Dental Insitute We discuss his journey in Sports Dentistry and his experience at major sporting events such as the London 2012 Olympic Games and Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022. We discuss what the future holds for Sports Dentistry and...

A look back following the release of Episode 20 with AIRWAAV (Bob Molhoek) We introduce Daniel Ferreira, one of the co-founders of the Post Graduate Sports Dentistry course at the prestigious Egas Moniz School of Health in Science (Lisbon). We discuss the newly formed programme in Portugal and what they are hoping to achieve in the future. Will EA4SD be going to Portugal in the future....listen to...

A look back following the release of Episode 19 with Saul Konviser We introduce Bob Molhoek, CMO of AIRWAAV, and how he got involved in Sports Dentistry and his career to date. We discuss the beginnings of AIRWAAV and the research behind it, what it's unique selling points are and what athletes they have managed to get on board. We establish the differences between these performing enhancing mouth...

A look back following the release of Episode 18 with Anil Makkar. We introduce Saul Konviser whose most recent research was published worldwide and highlighted the problems faced by the next generation of elite football (soccer) players in the UK. We discuss how he got in to dentistry, and dental research in particular, what challenges he faced in collating the data and what we should be doing as...

We introduce Anil Makkar and discuss his remarkable story with regards to the origins of the PPM (Pure Power Mouthguard) We discuss how it all started and dive in to some extraordinary stories that PPM led to, including an encounter with one of the greatest basketball player's ever, Shaquille O'Neal Tickets for the following events can be purchased at these links; UK Sports Dentistry (Manchester) ...

We look forward to the 2nd UK Sports Dentistry conference in Manchester on Friday 12th September...only 8 weeks away! We discuss what to expect on the day, a little bit about each of our speakers and the live sporting event which we are heading to, which makes this conference unique Tickets for the following events can be purchased at these links; UK Sports Dentistry (Manchester) Tickets - https:/...

A look back following the release of Episode 15 with Lyndon Meehan We introduce Mike Salyzyn, the new president of the American Academy for Sports Dentistry (ASD) We discuss Mike's involvement in the Winter Olympics in 2010 and how he see's the ASD developing over the next year. Dental Truama UK - https://www.dentaltrauma.co.uk/Index.aspx Tickets for the following events can be purchased at these ...

A look back following the release of Episode 14 with Steve Mills We introduce Lyndon Meehan, specialist Endodontist who is Sports Dentist to Welsh Rugby and Welsh Football Association. We discuss Lyndon's impressive CV which includes being field of play Sports Dentist for the Champions League final between Juventus and Real Madrid in Cardiff 2017 and volunteering at the London 2012 Olympics. Denta...

A look back following the release of Episode 13 with Dr James Robson (MBE) We introduce Steve Mills, specialist paedatric dentist and past president of the American Academy for Sports Dentistry (ASD) We discuss Steve's involvement in Olympic and Paralympic athlete screening, how the ASD has developed since its inception and how he see's Sports Dentistry developing in the coming years. Dental Truam...

A look back following the release of Episode 12 with Richard Worrall  We introduce Dr James Robson (MBE), Chief Medical Officer and team doctor for Scotland rugby for over 30 years. James is regarded as one of the pioneers of Sports Medicine and has been instrumental in integrating Sports Dentists in to his team. James discusses how he went from being a physio to completing medicine, leading to a...

A look back following the release of Episode 11 with Abtaha Maqsood We introduce Richard Worrall, founder of Edinburgh Sports + Spinal Physiotherapy.  Richard has vast experience as a physiotherapist and treating elite athletes, having worked with Glasgow Rangers Football Club and Newcastle Falcons Rugby Club.  Richard has a special interest in TemperoMandibular Dysfunction (TMD) and works closely...

A look back following the release of Episode 10 with Reena Kumar We introduce Abtaha Maqsood, current Cricket Scotland and Essex Women's professional cricketer. We discuss how she has managed to defer her dental degree at the University of Glasgow after 3 years, to allow her to pursue her dream of playing professional sport. We talk about how the 100 tournament brought about overnight fame and wha...

A look back following the release of Episode 9 with Emilio Canal Jnr. We introduce Reena Kumar, Academic Director of IASD (Indian Academy of Sports Dentistry). We discuss how she got in to Sports Dentistry and her involvement in the Special Olympics and her plan to introduce Sports Dentistry nationwide in a country of 1.5 billion people Dental Truama UK - https://www.dentaltrauma.co.uk/Index.aspx...