# BackTeeth Boys Podcast Ep. 7 - Dose of Dental Podcast #249 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-gallagher-s-podcast-3360363/backteeth-boys-podcast-ep-7-dose-of-dental-podcast-249-x-dr-gallagher-s-podcast Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-gallagher-s-podcast-3360363/backteeth-boys-podcast-ep-7-dose-of-dental-podcast-249-x-dr-gallagher-s-podcast.md Podcast: [Dr. Gallagher's Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-gallagher-s-podcast-3360363) Published: 2026-08-14T15:11:47+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorgallagher/episodes/BackTeeth-Boys-Podcast-Ep--7---Dose-of-Dental-Podcast-249-x-Dr--Gallaghers-Podcast-e3nd9dp Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/3b14a948/podcast/play/124216185/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-14%2F429843683-44100-2-77df075660911.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-gallagher-s-podcast-3360363/episodes/backteeth-boys-podcast-ep-7-dose-of-dental-podcast-249-x-dr-gallagher-s-podcast Duration seconds: 3662 ## Resource Top 5 Topics: - The Root Tip That Vanished Into a Patient's Nerve Canal — And the 45-Minute Fight to Get It Back - Truth: Sometimes It’s Better to Leave the Root Tip Behind - Inside the Different IV Sedation 'Cocktails' Oral Surgeons Use Daily - The Hidden Physical Toll of Oral Surgery: One Dentist's 8-Week Recovery From Nerve Surgery - "It Was Pumping!” - Oral Surgeons Share Stories of Terrifying Bleeds, And How To Manage Them In Surgery BackTeeth Boys Band Members: - Dr. Serv Wahan - Seattle, Washington - Dr. Amir Tahmasebpour - Toronto, Canada - Dr. Joe Doctora - Nashville, Tennessee - Dr. Brendan Gallagher - Long Island, New York Quotes & Wisdom: 11:57 — Joe: "I try to give as little medication as possible to accomplish what I need to accomplish. I wish I was always taught that less is more." 34:20 — Amir: "I feel like you need to get your hands wet and dirty, get a sense of what drilling bone is like, what drilling out roots is like... you gotta get comfortable with having poor vision sometimes and using tactile sensation." 36:48 — Amir: "After extracting around 200 teeth, you've kind of built that feedback system into you. It's like a pedal of a car — you don't have to look at the tooth directly anymore, and you know exactly what's happening at all times." 45:10 — Joe: "If you bring the retained root tip to their attention and talk about it... give them a copy of the x-ray, be completely transparent and just say keep an eye out for this — then that neutralizes some of that risk because you’re working in their best interest." 49:03 — Joe: "I think there's less morbidity with leaving root tips in there than advertised." 54:56 — Joe: "A lot of the lingual nerve paresthesias happen, from my experiences,… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-gallagher-s-podcast-3360363/episodes/backteeth-boys-podcast-ep-7-dose-of-dental-podcast-249-x-dr-gallagher-s-podcast/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-gallagher-s-podcast-3360363/backteeth-boys-podcast-ep-7-dose-of-dental-podcast-249-x-dr-gallagher-s-podcast.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.