Your favorite podcast host, Dr. Joel Berg, is back with AAPD’s newest Podcast Series, Newly Erupted! Created for residents and early career dentists, this series aims to focus on topics that will help you kick start your career in the dental field, all handpicked by residents themselves!
Listen below, or with iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and TuneIn.
Newly Erupted is generously sponsored by Elevate Oral Care.
Do you have an idea for a topic that you would love to hear on Newly Erupted? Email cshennan@aapd.org with your suggestion!
Latest Episode
Being Your Own CEO
In this episode of Newly Erupted, host Dr. Joel Berg is joined by Dr. Lisa Bienstock for a valuable conversation about the business of dentistry. Dr. Bienstock discusses her experience as a partner, an employee, and now a practice owner, emphasizing how each role shaped her career while also working for her and her life stage at the time – ultimately cementing her mantra that you need to be the CEO of your own destiny.
She also shares the ways she “extends her reach” via multiple practices, mentoring future practitioners, and philanthropy allowing her to not only support and help more children who need care.
Guest Bio
On this episode of Newly Erupted, host Dr. Joel Berg is joined by Dr. Lisa Bienstock for a valuable conversation about the business of dentistry. Dr. Bienstock discusses her experience as a partner, an employee, and now a practice owner, emphasizing how each role shaped her career while also working for her and her life stage at the time – ultimately cementing her mantra that you need to be the CEO of your own destiny.
A graduate of Columbia University/NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Center’s prestigious Pediatric Dentistry residency program, Dr. Bienstock has held hospital privileges at Phoenix Children’s Hospital since 2013. Beyond the clinic, she is a passionate educator, national speaker, and philanthropist, with a growing presence on social media where she shares oral health tips (and plenty of real-life parenting humor) on platforms like TikTok and IG. Most recently, she did a commercial for Sensodyne Pronamel Toothpaste.
But Dr. Bienstock’s proudest title? Mom. She and her husband—her biggest supporter and partner in all things—are raising three amazing kids: a curious toddler, a spirited grade-schooler, and a wise-beyond-his-years teen. Life at home is joyful chaos, filled with family dance parties, sticky fingers, and endless laughter.
When she’s not practicing dentistry or mentoring the next generation of pediatric specialists, Dr. Bienstock recharges by traveling, listening to audiobooks while running on her treadmill, and treating herself to the ultimate indulgence: a Dairy Queen Blizzard with Oreos and cookie dough. (Trust her—it’s the perfect combo.)
Dr. Bienstock brings heart, humor, and a whole lot of hustle to everything she does—and she’s on a mission to help children thrive through comprehensive, compassionate, and innovative care.
*The views expressed are solely those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the AAPD or the sponsor