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130-Hour Weeks in Oral Surgery Residency, TikTok Shut Down Our LIVE, 11 Overnight Calls in 1 Month, Dental Insurance Benefits Expiring

130-Hour Weeks in Oral Surgery Residency, TikTok Shut Down Our LIVE, 11 Overnight Calls in 1 Month, Dental Insurance Benefits Expiring4 oct.19 min

<p>Top 5 Topics:</p><p>- TikTok Shut Down Our LIVE: 4 Flags in 15 Minutes for &quot;Dangerous Activity&quot; (and I wasn&#39;t even driving)</p><p>- 130-Hour Work Weeks in Oral Surgery Residency</p><p>- 11 Overnight 24-Hour Calls in 1 Month on Hand &amp; Plastic Surgery</p><p>- Why Dental Offices Slow Down in October (&quot;Use your insurance benefits before they run out&quot;)</p><p>- How TikTok LIVE #1 Started: A First-Year Resident, a Laptop and an Apartment Balcony</p><p><br></p><p>Top 11 Viewers on DOS DIENTES Episode 14 Q&amp;A:</p><p>1st – JuliaJayBird1023, @crazycatperson2021</p><p>2nd – Brittany, @codysmom0412</p><p>3rd – May, @mahasti52</p><p>4th – @emmac623</p><p>5th – @sskocsyz2jm</p><p>6th – hehehehe, @sinaomura</p><p>7th – eve 💘, @xoevelyn05</p><p>8th – 🦢, @q.14mr</p><p>9th – Logan, @loganzol</p><p>10th – @dickjones31525</p><p>11th – @kapil3112</p><p><br></p><p>Top Quotes &amp; Wisdom:</p><p><br></p><p>[05:09] – &quot;Hand &amp; plastic surgery, those rotations you&#39;re on call every third day for 24 hours. I had a 24-hour overnight shift 11 times in October 2022.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>[08:02] – &quot;This is our little DOS DIENTES show at the end of a long day.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>[09:55] – &quot;Who knows when we&#39;re gonna die, so I&#39;d rather use the time now, living rather than sleeping.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>[10:03] – &quot;You need to have one day in the week where you can sleep in.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>[10:56] – &quot;I remember the first TikTok LIVE I ever did, I set up the laptop, and I was like, you know what? I can make a podcast out of this.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>[13:08] – &quot;There were a couple times I worked over 130 hours in one week in residency.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>Top Questions:</p><p>[02:28] – &quot;Is it possible to overlap med and dental school for 2 years?&quot;</p><p>[04:11] – &quot;I&#39;m a first year dental student. Do you have any advice?&quot;</p><p>[08:34] – &quot;Why do we brush when we wake up when we already brushed before sleeping?&quot;</p><p>[08:49] – &quot;What&#39;s your skincare routine?&quot;</p><p>[13:01] – &quot;What&#39;s the most amount of hours you worked in a week in residency?&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>DOS DIENTES Team:</p><p>- Dr. Brendan Gallagher (Oral &amp; Maxillofacial Surgeon)</p><p>- Dra. Alexia Gomez (Head Surgical Assistant; Dentist of Mexico)</p><p><br></p><p>Now available on:</p><p>- Dr. Gallagher’s Podcast &amp; YouTube Channel</p><p>- @doctorgallagher_‘s TikTok LI