#241 Ortho Empire — Siamack Bagheri

Prav and Payman chat with Siamack Bagheri, a highly successful orthodontist who owns ten large orthodontic practices with his wife. Siamack shares his story of coming to the UK from Iran in the 1970s and pursuing dentistry. He discusses the challenges he faced during dental school and how those experiences shaped him. The conversation touches on recruitment challenges, the shift toward temp agencies, the business advantages of new tech in aligner therapy, and more. Enjoy! In This Episode 00:02:15 - Backstory 00:04:35 - Choosing dentistry 00:07:40 - Dental School 00:14:50 - The next generation 00:18:00 - Case selection 00:21:35 - Practice management 00:31:35 - Ortho technology 00:35:50 - Referring cases 00:40:40 - Clinical work 00:44:45 - Recruitment 00:48:10 - Remote monitoring and aligner therapy 00:51:45 - Blackbox thinking 01:00:15 - Early interceptive orthodontics 01:02:25 - Fears 01:06:05 - Looking back 01:08:10 - Fantasy dinner party 01:10:15 - Last days and legacy About Siamack Bagheri Siamack Bagheri graduated from Bristol University in 1987. He then gained orthodontic qualifications from the Royal Colleges of England and Edinburgh and an MSc from the University of London. He is the principal of a group of 10 orthodontic clinics in London, Cheltenham, and Shropshire.