i was on a podcast 🎙️ — here's everything i shared about dentistry, residency & life in private practice

recently, i had the privilege of being featured on the aspire care podcast, hosted by liyi (year 1 NUS nursing student) and CC (NYP nursing graduate). aspirecare is a wonderful platform where healthcare voices are heard, stories are shared, and change is inspired — they've featured guests across medicine, nursing, physiotherapy and allied health, and i'm really grateful to have been part of it.

we covered a lot of ground — from why i chose dentistry, to what dental school is actually like, to my own braces journey as a patient, to my decision to pursue an orthodontic residency, and whether dentists really do have great work-life balance (spoiler: it's complicated). 

so here's the full breakdown 👇

here are my top 5 horror movies that every dental student will recognise: from the gut-punch of a last-minute patient cancellation to losing lab instruments for the hundredth time (and yes, paying for every single one). if you survived dental school, you'll know exactly what i mean.