The Dental Head Start Podcast
ADSA mini series 2026: From hating dental school to 40 years in Orthodontics with Dr Derek Mahony
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Hosted by Dr Michael Shambira Recorded at the ADSA convention, specialist orthodontist Dr Derek Mahony is refreshingly honest: he hated dental school, missed out on medicine by one mark, and found general dentistry too much “drill, fill and bill”. His degree was sponsored by the Navy, so he had a job waiting when he graduated, and he kept his early clinical work simple while setting his sights on orthodontics. The…
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