The Sports Dentistry Podcast

Podcast by John and Umair

The Sports Dentistry Podcast

Hosted by John and Umair, they will be diving deep into all things oral health and athletic performance, giving you exclusive insights, practical tips, and interviews with some of the top names in the sporting world 🦷💪 🥇 This is the first-ever podcast of its kind, bridging the gap between sports and dentistry. Whether you’re an athlete, coach, or just passionate about staying in peak condition, we’ve got you covered! Get ready for expert advice, behind-the-scenes stories, and everything you need to take your game to the next level 🏅

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Latest episodes

05 September 2025

Episode 21 - Daniel Ferreira

A look back following the release of Episode 20 with AIRWAAV (Bob Molhoek)

We introduce Daniel Ferreira, one of the co-founders of the Post Graduate Sports Dentistry course at the prestigious Egas Moniz School of Health in Science (Lisbon).

We discuss the newly formed programme in Portugal and what they are hoping to achieve in the future.

Will EA4SD be going to Portugal in the future....listen to find out!

Tickets for the following events can be purchased at these links;

UK Sports Dentistry (Manchester) Tickets - https://www.sportsdentistryuk.com/

EA4SD (Dusseldorf) Tickets - https://www.ea4sd.com/copy-of-3rd-ea4sd-symposium-programme

SPONSOR- ION8 https://www.ion8.co.uk

Dental Truama UK - https://www.dentaltrauma.co.uk/Index.aspx

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08 August 2025

Episode 20 - AIRWAAV (Bob Molhoek)

A look back following the release of Episode 19 with Saul Konviser

We introduce Bob Molhoek, CMO of AIRWAAV, and how he got involved in Sports Dentistry and his career to date.

We discuss the beginnings of AIRWAAV and the research behind it, what it's unique selling points are and what athletes they have managed to get on board.

We establish the differences between these performing enhancing mouthpieaces and the ones that are used for protection (such as mouthguards for contact sports) and what the future holds

AIRWAAV DISCOUNT CODE: SPORTSDOC (30% OFF between August 8th - 25th 2025)

Tickets for the following events can be purchased at these links;

UK Sports Dentistry (Manchester) Tickets - https://www.sportsdentistryuk.com/

EA4SD (Dusseldorf) Tickets - https://www.ea4sd.com/copy-of-3rd-ea4sd-symposium-programme

SPONSOR- ION8 https://www.ion8.co.uk

Dental Truama UK - https://www.dentaltrauma.co.uk/Index.aspx

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30 July 2025

Episode 19 - Saul Konviser

A look back following the release of Episode 18 with Anil Makkar.

We introduce Saul Konviser whose most recent research was published worldwide and highlighted the problems faced by the next generation of elite football (soccer) players in the UK.

We discuss how he got in to dentistry, and dental research in particular, what challenges he faced in collating the data and what we should be doing as Sports Dentists to overcome the hurdles that are being faced by upcoming athletes

Title of Research - "Disadvantages Starts Early: Academy Football Has High Levels of Oral Disease"

Link here https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/11/2/e002245

Tickets for the following events can be purchased at these links;

UK Sports Dentistry (Manchester) Tickets - https://www.sportsdentistryuk.com/

EA4SD (Dusseldorf) Tickets - https://www.ea4sd.com/copy-of-3rd-ea4sd-symposium-programme

SPONSOR- ION8 https://www.ion8.co.uk

Dental Truama UK - https://www.dentaltrauma.co.uk/Index.aspx

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23 July 2025

Episode 18 - Anil Makkar

We introduce Anil Makkar and discuss his remarkable story with regards to the origins of the PPM (Pure Power Mouthguard)

We discuss how it all started and dive in to some extraordinary stories that PPM led to, including an encounter with one of the greatest basketball player's ever, Shaquille O'Neal

Tickets for the following events can be purchased at these links;

UK Sports Dentistry (Manchester) Tickets - https://www.sportsdentistryuk.com/

EA4SD (Dusseldorf) Tickets - https://www.ea4sd.com/copy-of-3rd-ea4sd-symposium-programme

SPONSOR- ION8 https://www.ion8.co.uk

Dental Truama UK - https://www.dentaltrauma.co.uk/Index.aspx

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17 July 2025

Episode 17 - 2nd UK Sports Dentistry Conference

We look forward to the 2nd UK Sports Dentistry conference in Manchester on Friday 12th September...only 8 weeks away!

We discuss what to expect on the day, a little bit about each of our speakers and the live sporting event which we are heading to, which makes this conference unique

Tickets for the following events can be purchased at these links;

UK Sports Dentistry (Manchester) Tickets - https://www.sportsdentistryuk.com/

EA4SD (Dusseldorf) Tickets - https://www.ea4sd.com/copy-of-3rd-ea4sd-symposium-programme

SPONSOR- ION8 https://www.ion8.co.uk

Dental Truama UK - https://www.dentaltrauma.co.uk/Index.aspx

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09 July 2025

Episode 16 - Mike Salyzyn

A look back following the release of Episode 15 with Lyndon Meehan

We introduce Mike Salyzyn, the new president of the American Academy for Sports Dentistry (ASD)

We discuss Mike's involvement in the Winter Olympics in 2010 and how he see's the ASD developing over the next year.

Dental Truama UK - https://www.dentaltrauma.co.uk/Index.aspx

Tickets for the following events can be purchased at these links;

UK Sports Dentistry (Manchester) Tickets - https://www.sportsdentistryuk.com/

EA4SD (Dusseldorf) Tickets - https://www.ea4sd.com/copy-of-3rd-ea4sd-symposium-programme

SPONSOR- ION8 https://www.ion8.co.uk

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