<p>When a slipped disc ends your dental career at its peak, what comes next? Randeep Singh Gill&#39;s story isn&#39;t about endings—it&#39;s about radical reinvention. </p><p>A digital dentistry enthusiast whose career was built on precision and routine, Randeep found himself confronting an identity crisis when chronic neck pain forced him away from practice. But here&#39;s where it gets interesting: instead of retreating, he pivoted into the very thing he&#39;d always loved but never pursued: technology. </p><p>Now he&#39;s building Dental CFO, an AI-powered platform designed to give practice owners something he believes they desperately lack: clarity. From workaholic associate to tech founder, Randeep&#39;s journey exposes the fragility of our professional identities and the transferable skills we don&#39;t realise we possess until we&#39;re forced to use them.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In This Episode</strong></p><p>00:04:10 - Why dentistry over computing</p><p>00:05:25 - Left hand, right hand</p><p>00:10:15 - Six-day weeks and holiday guilt</p><p>00:14:30 - When cutting down actually earned more</p><p>00:20:40 - Identity crisis and the grief of leaving</p><p>00:26:05 - Teaching himself AI and entrepreneurship</p><p>00:32:30 - The six-month online course</p><p>00:38:15 - Finding your niche: Cerec crowns and clarity</p><p>00:39:05 - Building Dental CFO for real-time intelligence</p><p>00:42:45 - Financial clarity as obsession</p><p>00:47:25 - LinkedIn and hundreds of conversations</p><p>01:03:30 - Blackbox thinking</p><p>01:13:30 - Mistakes in tech: ego and uncertainty</p><p>01:17:05 - Squad models and developer dynamics</p><p>01:20:10 - Missing the people and the routine</p><p>01:26:55 - AI anxiety and raising kids offline</p><p>01:29:40 - Competition nightmares in tech</p><p>01:35:00 - Fantasy dinner party</p><p>01:37:30 - Last days and legacy</p><p><br></p><p><strong>About Randeep Singh Gill</strong></p><p>Randeep qualified from King&#39;s College London in 2009 and spent over a decade as an associate, including 11.5 years at the same practice where he developed a passion for digital dentistry and same-day Cerec crowns. When a cervical disc injury cut his clinical career short, he retrained in AI and entrepreneurship, founding Dental CFO—a platform designed to give dental practice owners real-time financial intelligence and clarity.</p>

Dental Leaders Podcast

Prav Solanki & Payman Langroudi

#318 The Pivot — Randeep Singh Gill

NOV 19, 202599 MIN
Dental Leaders Podcast

#318 The Pivot — Randeep Singh Gill

NOV 19, 202599 MIN

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<p>When a slipped disc ends your dental career at its peak, what comes next? Randeep Singh Gill&#39;s story isn&#39;t about endings—it&#39;s about radical reinvention. </p><p>A digital dentistry enthusiast whose career was built on precision and routine, Randeep found himself confronting an identity crisis when chronic neck pain forced him away from practice. But here&#39;s where it gets interesting: instead of retreating, he pivoted into the very thing he&#39;d always loved but never pursued: technology. </p><p>Now he&#39;s building Dental CFO, an AI-powered platform designed to give practice owners something he believes they desperately lack: clarity. From workaholic associate to tech founder, Randeep&#39;s journey exposes the fragility of our professional identities and the transferable skills we don&#39;t realise we possess until we&#39;re forced to use them.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In This Episode</strong></p><p>00:04:10 - Why dentistry over computing</p><p>00:05:25 - Left hand, right hand</p><p>00:10:15 - Six-day weeks and holiday guilt</p><p>00:14:30 - When cutting down actually earned more</p><p>00:20:40 - Identity crisis and the grief of leaving</p><p>00:26:05 - Teaching himself AI and entrepreneurship</p><p>00:32:30 - The six-month online course</p><p>00:38:15 - Finding your niche: Cerec crowns and clarity</p><p>00:39:05 - Building Dental CFO for real-time intelligence</p><p>00:42:45 - Financial clarity as obsession</p><p>00:47:25 - LinkedIn and hundreds of conversations</p><p>01:03:30 - Blackbox thinking</p><p>01:13:30 - Mistakes in tech: ego and uncertainty</p><p>01:17:05 - Squad models and developer dynamics</p><p>01:20:10 - Missing the people and the routine</p><p>01:26:55 - AI anxiety and raising kids offline</p><p>01:29:40 - Competition nightmares in tech</p><p>01:35:00 - Fantasy dinner party</p><p>01:37:30 - Last days and legacy</p><p><br></p><p><strong>About Randeep Singh Gill</strong></p><p>Randeep qualified from King&#39;s College London in 2009 and spent over a decade as an associate, including 11.5 years at the same practice where he developed a passion for digital dentistry and same-day Cerec crowns. When a cervical disc injury cut his clinical career short, he retrained in AI and entrepreneurship, founding Dental CFO—a platform designed to give dental practice owners real-time financial intelligence and clarity.</p>