#103 - Why Not? With Nick Mohindra
In This Episode This week, Payman welcomes his first boss, an early mentor and friend of 30 years, Dr Nick Mohindra. Nick recounts his early years at Edinburgh University, which preceded a career full of industry-changing firsts. Nick was one of the first dentists to computerise his practice. He was also the first clinician to realise how inter-dental brushing trumps flossing in the fight against gum disease. But perhaps his most famous first was the realisation that the textbooks were wrong about denture patients. Nick lifts the lid on how it felt waiting for science to catch up with his razor-sharp intuition, discusses his Oralift invention, and more. Enjoy! “Changing the profession is a big task, and if you’ve got the money, they listen more. ” Nick Mohindra In This Episode 01.00 - Backstory08.02 - Into dentistry12.49 - Student life15.01 - Into practice19.32 - Changing the profession32.17 - On optimism36.06 - Oralift46.11 - Rehab, rejuvenation, research52.03 - Blackbox thinking & darkest moments57.51 - The future of Oralift01.05.07 - Last days and legacy About Nick Mohindra Nick qualified from Edinburgh University and went on to practice in South Wales and Kent, where he spent ten years as a VT trainer. An interest in facial pain led to a theory that facial height in denture patients could be increased by much more than was advised at the time and resulted in unexpected but profound rejuvenating effects. Following his first research paper on the subject with Dr David Davis, Nick moved away from general practice to focus on rejuvenation through dentistry. Nick established Added Dimension Dentistry on Wimpole Street in 1999, where he perfected his DentalFaceLift technique. He also developed the Oralift appliance, which appears to reverse the signs of facial ageing. Nick is a prolific lecturer who has spoken at the World Aesthetic Conference, the London Anti-Ageing Conference and the University of Florence.