Oct 7, 2020
Dentistry was always in the stars for today’s guest, Rob Jacobs.
Rob’s father Tony is a prominent dentist and founder of the GDPUK website and forum, so you could say dentistry was destiny.
In this episode, Rob gets geeky about his passion and specialism - endodontics. He also talks family and lets us in on what happened during hid dad’s recent brush with COVID.
Enjoy!
In This Episode
01.02 - COVID life and lockdown
02.17 - On dad and growing up
10.49 - What makes a great endodontologist?
15.21 - Insta-endo
19.01 - Heroics, referrals and day-to-day endo
25.42 - On pricing
32.17 - COVID and family values
46.30 - Future and practice ownership
51.03 - Rob’s black box moment
56.09 - To specialise or not to specialise?
01.02.15 - One thing you need to know about endo
01.07.16 - Rob’s last day on earth
About Rob Jacobs
Mancunian Rob Jacobs gained his bachelor of dental surgery from Newcastle University in 2012 and went on to work in Manchester as a general dentist.
In 2015, Rob embarked on specialist training in endodontics at Liverpool University, where he also completed a doctorate-level research project on patient-reported outcomes.
Rob currently practices in Garstang, Lancashire.