Dr. Vishal Sharma

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Group Dentistry Now Show: The Voice of the DSO Industry · Transforming Associate Development and Retention Through Structured Education · 11 Jul 2026 podcast

I think the challenge for dentists today, early career dentists today is, first of all, that the profession is so much more complex than it was in 2004 when I graduated.

Now you have to understand clear liner therapy, implantology, cosmetics.

You throw Botox into that.

There's social media which brings a whole new array of pressures onto early career dentists, showing them what they should be accomplishing.

and I think leaving them with feelings of inadequacy.

So it's a very, very different profession.

And because it's so much more complex, and because coming out of dental school, we're seeing that dentists just aren't as prepared as they were certainly 40 years, 30, 20 years ago, where dentistry was not as complex.

Having a more sequential, structured, systematic pathway, I think is going to be the path forward for them succeeding.

And some of our CDOs that we work closely with who are of my vintage are still utilizing techniques and their thought processes revolve around what was successful for them when they were in their developmental years, as opposed to what the new challenges are for early career dentists.

And it's not the same recipe for success.

So I think that's where the disconnect comes in.

And, you know, obviously I'm happy to be part of trying to find a solution to that.

We're certainly seeing that readiness gap.

There's no doubt.

Dental school provides a great base for competence, but it leaves that readiness gap for real world challenges.

As you step into private practice, there's more complex treatment planning.

Patient communication becomes more difficult.

We have financial conversations with patients for the first time.

Early career dentists now need to balance time management and productivity expectations.

You know, the reality is dentists are coming out and they have to figure out a lot of these challenges on their own.

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