{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Millennial Dentist","title":"089 Creating a Dental Career That You Love with Darin Dichter","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3526,"description":"We are live at Spear Studio, and so excited to introduce Dr. Darin Dichter. This studio is where a lot of the recorded video content for Spear Education is filmed. Dr. Dichter is the resident prosthodontist at Spear Education. He brings with him 20 years of clinical, research, and teaching experience. He is also an instructor for the upcoming workshop Restoring the Edentulous Arch. Sully and Dr. Dichter kick the show off with Dr. Dichter sharing his background growing up in Oregon, and how he almost become a ski instructor instead of a dentist. They also talk about how Dr. Dichter grew a practice from scratch before deciding to do a residency. We also learn about the chance phone call that ended up placing Dr. Dichter at Spears. Sully gets to ask a lot of questions about dental careers, clinical procedures, dental education, and more.    You can find Dr. Darin Dichter here: Dr. Darin Dichter Spear Education Darin Dichter on LinkedIn Restoring the Edentulous Arch   Show Notes:   [02:48] Dr. Dichter grew up in Gearhart, Oregon. He went to college at the University of Oregon. He had a family friend who was a dentist, and that inspired him to take the Dental Admission Test (DAT). [04:27] He had to choose between being a ski guide or a dentist. He chose being a dentist.  [07:22] He went to Oregon Health Sciences in Portland. After school, he worked with a family friend for a year, and then started a practice from scratch. [12:01] Some dental schools are designed to make people really good clinicians, and others are designed to prepare people for the next step. It would be helpful to know what you wanted to do before choosing a school. [13:31] When working in a small town everyone knows who you are and where you are. It's still easier to start a practice in a small town. [16:08] He then moved to Portland to practice. He was at a lecture and was approached to join a study club.  [18:39] The most impactful study club that Dr. Dichter was in also had the periodontist,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/D3UIzKy5ypAnatWQQMGyQMdZ4LGVCxM2CwOkN-FWkNI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yMjk1/NzM4MTdkYjQ3ZWI5/MWUxZTY4MGRjNDI4/YTEwMC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}