Hello Everyone!
Welcome to episode 4 of the video podcast series. Today's guest, Dr. Melkon Avetisyan, was previously a dental hygienist and is now practicing as a dentist. He shares his journey about his non-traditional route into dental school and his plans for starting a practice in the near future.
Feel free to reach out to Dr. Avetisyan with any questions you may have. You can comment down below and/or message him on Instagram @melkon.avetisyan
0:00 Intro
1:20 How he started pursuing dentistry
3:18 Road to hygiene school and dental school
4:20 Applying twice to dental school
6:00 All about hygiene school
12:07 Pros of doing hygiene school before dental school
13:51 Cons of doing hygiene before dental school
18:00 Life as a new dentist
20:00 Pressure and stress of being a dentist
24:00 Starting a start-up practice
26:00 Why a shared space?
29:00 Financing a dental practice
31:40 Transitioning out of current associate position to practice owner
