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Special List #10: The Side of Dentistry No One Teaches You with Dr. Nicole Saldua

18 December 2025 · 1:01:43 · Episode 10

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Dr. Nicole Saldua is a general dentist known for her shockingly candid Instagram takes on the human side of dentistry—the loneliness that can creep in, the challenge of calming anxious patients, and dentistry’s failures to explain care in a way real people actually understand. For her, clarity comes from simple language, strong analogies, and frameworks that make consent feel collaborative, not scary. She also…

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