#51 - Endo-Geekery with Rob Jacobs

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.