Dental Hygiene to Dentist to Starting a Practice// Ep.4 Podcast with Dr. Melkon Avetisyan

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