Dr. Jeffrey Greenberg: So, my entire family’s in dentistry, so both my parents are dentists. My sister’s a dentist. my brother is a dental office manager. So we don’t have a ton of creativity as far as that’s concerned in our family. But for a long time, I kept trying to push away the assumption that I would becoming a dentist. I’m the youngest of my family as well. and you know, I always knew I was going to go into the healing arts. That’s why I always thought of it in my brain. I knew I was gonna help people, heal in some way. and I always resisted it also because I saw my family struggle with all of the operations of dentistry, if I’m being very honest with you. I mean, that’s actually the biggest thing. All the HR nightmares, the fires putting out, that was the stuff I didn’t want.
Dr. Jeffrey Greenberg: And so for a long time when I was younger, I was like, I don’t, I just don’t want that. but I really enjoyed the field of dentistry. Like I grew up in the field of dentistry, and so as much as I kept trying to look around, I kept seeing I actually really like it. So I kind of had a epiphany moment actually while I was taking the MCATs. I had the epiphany moment. I’m like, I don’t want to do this, I would rather go into dental. So I actually applied to dental schools without really telling anyone in my family until I got in for the most part. And, yeah. And so it’s kind of been a good journey ever since.
Dr. Eric Block: So you were going to apply to medical school, changed your mind? Yeah.
Dr. Jeffrey Greenberg: I didn’t even send the applications out. I was like, Nope. I remember, I was, I was looking at a histology slide on the MCATs of a geral cell, and I was like, what the hell am I doing here? I’m like, this is absolutely ridiculous. This is not what I wanted. And, yeah, and I, yeah, I stuck on the dental path ever since.
Dr. Eric Block: And where’d you go to dental school?
Dr. Jeffrey Greenberg: Tufts? I went to school, Tufts graduated in class of 2012
Dr. Eric Block: And after Did you do a residency, A-G-P-R-A-E-G-D?
Dr. Jeffrey Greenberg: No, I went straight into, private practice, associating, with different offices.
Dr. Eric Block: And how long did you associate until you opened up your own practice?
Dr. Jeffrey Greenberg: So, I probably, excuse me, got the bug around seven years in, but didn’t start actually making it a thing until, eight years in, something like that. So it took me a little bit of time to start figuring out what I might want and, going out there
Dr. Eric Block: Now, did associating the other offices, did that help you kind of mold your philosophy and style of dentistry?
Dr. Jeffrey Greenberg: Absolutely, in every possible way. you know, finding the right mentors is huge, and sometimes mentors can be bad, and those are also a great learning opportunity. and so I was taking notes furiously no matter which kind of office I was in. And also learning about myself, like, because I didn’t take through the residency, I gave myself years to find myself to figure out what my brand actually is. and so it gave me a great opportunity to do that.
Dr. Eric Block: Yeah, I was similar. I associated for many years in different offices and they were very different. And I kind of pick and chose what I liked and what I didn’t like and took those, to create my own style. And your, you type of practice you are, outside of Boston, your practice is different than mine. we’re both private dentists. can you explain your practice, how many chairs, what kind of technology do you have?