perpetual student mentality, Everyday Oral Surgery

Be a Student of the Socket

Posted on January 23, 2026 by EDOS Team

Blogpost: Be a Student of the Socket Be a student of the socket.Become an expert at reading the post-extraction site, the post-op radiograph, and any other “after-action” metrics you can gather. If you want to improve quickly and consistently, there are few habits more powerful than learning to examine your work with calm honesty—right after…

Socks on a Rooster: Learning from Mistakes

Posted on June 3, 2025 by EDOS Team

When I was a first-year oral surgery resident, I had two great chief residents who became tremendous mentors to me. One of them, Ryan, was in his final year of residency—but it was also his first year at our program, just like me. The year before, he had been in his third year of residency…