{"podcast":{"title":"Dr. Gallagher's Podcast","slug":"dr-gallagher-s-podcast-3360363","podcast_index_feed_id":3360363,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3b14a948/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://linktr.ee/doctorgallagher","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/9812098/9812098-1670027322034-882e2d3ddbe13.jpg","author":"Brendan Gallagher, DDS","episode_count":2301,"summary":"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome! I’d like to introduce you to my podcast on discussions of dentistry, oral surgery, marketing/branding, mentoring, quotes on positivity and more. It’s a compilation of all the audio of my content and some exclusive, podcast-only stuff for my podcast family :) thank you for joining me here as it means more to me than you know 🙏 👉 Let’s connect on YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok at @doctorgallagher too, just send me a DM on Insta Let’s get this party started 🤙","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T04:23:31.029099+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-gallagher-s-podcast-3360363"},"episode":{"title":"Dr. Mario Lucca @luccaofs - Dose of Dental Podcast #240 x Dr. Gallagher's Podcast","slug":"dr-mario-lucca-luccaofs-dose-of-dental-podcast-240-x-dr-gallagher-s-podcast","published_at":"2026-06-16T10:47:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-gallagher-s-podcast-3360363/dr-mario-lucca-luccaofs-dose-of-dental-podcast-240-x-dr-gallagher-s-podcast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-gallagher-s-podcast-3360363","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doctorgallagher/episodes/Dr--Mario-Lucca-luccaofs---Dose-of-Dental-Podcast-240-x-Dr--Gallaghers-Podcast-e3krbkc","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3b14a948/podcast/play/121531468/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-16%2F426218882-44100-2-1ac7e54790582.mp3","summary":"Top 5 Topics: - Ditching Insurance for Fee-for-Service - Starting a Solo Practice in One of America’s Most Expensive Cities - The Shocking Ethics of Dental Insurance Pricing - Wife Joins the Practice + Work-Life Balance in a High-Stress Career - Lighter Sedation, Wisdom Teeth & Modern Oral Surgery Secrets Quotes & Wisdom: "At the time I was newly engaged. I had just turned 40 and it was like, do I repeat the associate track for another 5 years... Or do I just go for it?" "We're fighting the good fight. I'm a bit of a dinosaur... solo practice startup... just building a brand." "I feel better now just about having straight costs. This is what it costs; It doesn't matter who you are." "You can lose 30% [of volume] and still make the same dollar amount. I had belief that it was feasible." "I have more time with people. I'm not rushed. Patients are paying for that time and they're getting it and it just creates a more enriching experience." "Sometimes in life... you really have to be tenacious, but sometimes things choose you too... oral surgery chose me." "I got a little bit of a delayed start, but I was out of residency when I was 35... by ordinary standards we all end up somewhere in our early to mid thirties." "None of us are in it just to work as a contract. We want it to be satisfying. We want a home base practice that we belong in." "I would rather work to the end and then just close the doors, than work for another organization for 5 years." Questions: 03:13 - "Where did you go to dental school, where did you grew up? Let's start from the beginnings." 05:01 - "Wow, so you took a 3 year gap. How was that coming back after 3 years of doing GP work?" 0…","meta_description":"Top 5 Topics: - Ditching Insurance for Fee-for-Service - Starting a Solo Practice in One of America’s Most Expensive Cities - The Shocking Ethics of Denta…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3890,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-gallagher-s-podcast-3360363/episodes/dr-mario-lucca-luccaofs-dose-of-dental-podcast-240-x-dr-gallagher-s-podcast/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-gallagher-s-podcast-3360363/dr-mario-lucca-luccaofs-dose-of-dental-podcast-240-x-dr-gallagher-s-podcast.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}