Apr 7, 2022
Adam Naughton is one of the thousands of dental students whose academic life was rudely interrupted by the COVID pandemic.
In his fourth year of study, he’s yet to get hands-on with impressions, crowns, root canal and other treatments.
But that hasn’t stopped Andrew from putting his name out there and finding his niche on social media early on. His Positive Smile Club Instagram channel pitches five questions on dentistry, mindset and self-development to both new and established names in the profession.
Adam chats about dental school, his Instagram channel and hopes for the future, and reveals his own answers to Positive Smile Club’s five questions.
Enjoy!
In This Episode
02.38 - Being a dental student
07.14 - COVID
10.19 - Backstory
14.29 - Instagram
16.03 - Why dentistry
19.22 - Content creation
25.25 - Mindset and self-development
27.27 - Five questions
38.11 - Soft skills
42.28 - Black box thinking
46.44 - Dental school
55.01 - Positive Smile Club
01.00.57 - Inspiration and specialisation
01.08.46 - Last days and legacy
01.11.45 - Fantasy dinner party
01.14.17 - TikTok
About Andrew Naughton
Andrew Naughton is a fourth-year dental student at the University of Leeds’ School of Dentistry. He runs the Positive Smile Club Instagram channel.