Shot List & Scripts, v1 · Dr. Shamil Hajee × Megafon

Shoot Two.
36 Reels, Scripted.

Updated after the August 20 call, with Dr. Hajee's clinical notes merged in. Every cloning reel is a full back-and-forth. Every ranking has real items and starting grades to react to. Kill anything that isn't you, it's faster to swap a topic now than to shoot it twice.

Pre-Shoot Check-In
Wed Aug 26
2:00 pm
Shoot Day 1
Thu Aug 27
10:00 am, office closed
Shoot Day 2
Thu Sep 10
10:00 am, 2nd dentist

The plan at a glance

Six Setups. 36 Reels.

We batch by set and format, not by topic, so you're not jumping between the purple chair and the waiting room all day. Two blocks are waiting on you before we can script them, and they're flagged in gold. Everything else below is ready to shoot.

Stories over sales pitches Oral sedation only, no nitrous or IV "We aim to do it all," never "we do it all" Balanced takes, never hating on other dentists Extra lighting on every operatory setup
Setup 01 · shoot first

Purple Chair Stories

6 reels · story

Your highest performing format by a distance. Story hooks average 192,716 views across the niche. This is the vein.

Setup 02

Cloning

8 reels · two-Shamil

Patient voice on the left, you on the right. Every one handles a real objection that's costing you cases.

Setup 03

Blind Ranking

8 reels · tier board

I read the item, you grade it and give one reason. Grades below are starting points, overrule any of them live.

Setup 04

iPad Before & After

6 reels · case reveal

Waiting on your 5 or 6 cases. Script frame is built, we drop your stories into it.

Setup 05

Reaction

4 reels · screen + you

Waiting on videos from you. Fallback topics are listed if nothing lands by Thursday.

Setup 06

Funnel & Ads

4 pieces · paid

One follower ad, one rebuilt Smile Assessment ad, two retargeting cuts from footage we already have.

Why these formats

What 115 Reels Told Us

Scraped 11 dental accounts across the last 90 days on Aug 17.
01

Story hooks win by a distance

Story-hook reels average 192,716 views in the dataset, more than triple the next best hook type. Your purple chair reel wasn't luck, it was the format. That's why Setup 01 stays at six and shoots first.

02

The whole niche wins on curiosity, and you do none of it

Biggest two reels scraped: "I Bet You Didn't Know THIS About Cavities" at 774,422 and "What Causes Those White Dots On Your Tongue" at 270,906. Neither sells a treatment. Both answer something people privately wonder about their own mouth. Ranking 08 opens this lane.

03

Ranking and debate formats are proven

Cheat-sheet style reels pulled 234,793 and 180,145. Agree/disagree framing averages 71,160. That's Setups 02 and 03 validated with real numbers, not a hunch.

04

Reaction does better than you think

You said reaction isn't your thing. The scraped reaction reel did 100,402 and the whitening-reaction cluster averages 62,156. Worth keeping four slots. You only react to things you actually find interesting, we stop assigning them.

Counter-finding
Pure cosmetic before and afters underperform on reach, landing at 7,000 to 15,000 views. They convert people already considering you, they don't grow the account. Keep the six, expect them to sell rather than travel.
Setup 01

Purple Chair Stories

Shoot these first. Your best performing format, and the set takes the longest to light.
Set
The purple chair, dedicated cinematic lighting. This is the set you said looked washed out last round, so we are building it properly instead of using the natural op light.
Camera
Seated, chest up, chair clearly in frame. The chair is a character in these, not a backdrop.
Delivery
Talk like you are telling a friend at dinner. Do not read these word for word. The bones are yours, say it how you would say it.
Runtime
35 to 60 seconds. The 600-pound story ran long and still held, so do not rush to cut.
Recurring text hook
"We cater to cowards" works as an on-screen hook on any of these six. Pick your favourite two, we will not run it on all of them.
1
We bought the biggest chair we could find. It turned out that was not the point.
Text hookWe Cater To Cowards
Origin story · purple chair
Why this one first: it sets up the whole block. Every other purple chair reel gets easier once people know why the chair exists.
▶ Open TeleprompterScript
Hook

We bought the biggest dental chair we could find. And then something happened we did not plan for.

Why

We got it for accessibility. Wider base, more weight capacity, easier to transfer into.
That was the whole reason. One specific problem, one specific solution.

The turn

Then I started noticing something.
Nervous patients kept asking to sit in it.
Not because they needed to. Because it did not feel like a dental chair.
There is more room around you. Nothing is right in your face.
You can put your arms down at your sides.

Land it

Somebody once told me there is an old dental slogan. We cater to cowards.
I used to think that was a joke.
Now I think it might be the most useful thing we do here.

2
She sat down and said, please do not look in my mouth yet.
Text hook12 Years Since Her Last Dentist
Nervous patient · story
Needs from you: a real patient who had been away for years. Change the number to whatever the true one is. If you do not have one, we shoot reel 6 instead and drop this.
▶ Open TeleprompterScript
Hook

She sat down in this chair and said, please do not look in my mouth yet.

Set the scene

Twelve years since she had seen a dentist.
Not because she did not care. Because the last time went badly, and every year after that it got harder to walk back in.
That is how it works. Avoidance compounds.

What we did

So we did not look in her mouth.
We sat in this chair and talked for twenty minutes.
No instruments. Nothing on the tray. I did not even put gloves on.
She booked a second visit before she left, and that is the one where we actually started.

Land it

If it has been years, I already know.
I am not going to make you feel bad about it. That is not a treatment plan, that is just being unpleasant.
Come sit in the chair. We will talk first.

3
You do not have to be awake for all of it. Most people do not know that is an option.
Text hookYou Can Sleep Through It
Oral sedation · educational
Rewritten Aug 20 to Dr. Hajee's own framing. It is minimal sedation: awake and aware, but loopy, relaxed, and not aware of what is happening. Completely knocked out is a hospital and general anaesthetic. Oral sedation only at New West. No nitrous, no IV, no GA.
▶ Open TeleprompterScript
Hook

Most people do not know they can be sedated for a regular dental appointment.

What it is

It is called oral sedation. It is a tablet. It goes under your tongue.
This is minimal sedation. You are awake and you are aware.
But you are loopy, you are relaxed, and you are not really aware of what is happening.
For most people with real anxiety about this, that is the part that matters.

What it is not

If you want to be completely knocked out, that is a hospital setting. That is general anaesthetic, and it is a much more involved procedure.
We do not do laughing gas here. We do not do IV sedation.
We do the tablet. For most nervous patients, that is the one that is actually needed.

Land it

You will need someone to drive you home. That is the main catch.
But if the reason you have not been in years is that you cannot face being awake for it, that reason has an answer.

4
People think they are scared of the pain. Almost nobody is.
Text hookIt Was Never The Drill
Dental anxiety · reframe
▶ Open TeleprompterScript
Hook

People tell me they are scared of the pain. After enough of these conversations, I do not think that is usually true.

The real thing

Ask someone what actually bothers them and it comes out differently.
It is lying flat while someone stands over you.
It is not being able to talk with your mouth open.
It is not being able to see what is happening.
It is not being able to stop it whenever you want.
That is not pain. That is the feeling of being trapped.

What changes it

Which is why this chair works better than I expected.
More space around you. Less equipment crowding your face. You can sit up more than you would think.
And we agree on a signal before we start. You raise your hand, I stop. Every time, no negotiation.

Land it

Freezing solves the pain. It was never really the problem.
Giving you control back is what solves the rest.

5
Here is exactly what I do in the first ten minutes with a nervous patient.
Text hookBefore I Touch Anything
Process transparency · no-pressure
Why it works: transparency is the trust builder in this niche. Showing the process beats claiming you are gentle.

Dr. Hajee's notes: no mask, no glasses, no gloves. Hand on their shoulder or arm. Straight conversation.
▶ Open TeleprompterScript
Hook

If you are nervous about the dentist, here is exactly what happens in the first ten minutes with me. No surprises.

The steps

One. You sit down and nothing goes in your mouth. Not a mirror, not a light, nothing.
Two. You tell me what happened last time. I want the bad story, because it tells me what to avoid.
Three. We agree on a stop signal. Hand up, I stop. That is real, not a formality.
Four. I tell you what I am about to do before I do it. Every single step, out loud.

The point

Notice what is missing from that list.
Nowhere in there did I tell you what treatment you need or what it costs.
That is a different conversation and it does not belong in the first ten minutes.

Land it

You can sit in that chair, tell me your whole history, and leave without booking anything.
People do it. That is allowed.

6
Open slot. This one is your story to pick.
Text hookTBC Thursday
Open slot · your call
Dr. Hajee has the patient in mind and took notes on Aug 20. No names needed.

What we have so far: she booked in and told reception "no judgement please," then told the assistant the same thing. That repetition is the story, it says everything about what she was bracing for.
Bring these four answers Thursday and I will script it in ten minutes
  • What was she like when she walked in? One or two specific things you noticed.
  • What did she say that stuck with you? Her words, not a summary.
  • What did you do differently for her than you would do for anyone else?
  • Where is she now? Did she come back, did she finish, does she still see you?

The 600-pound reel worked because of the specifics, not the dentistry. Same rules here. If a detail feels too small to mention, it is probably the one that lands.

Setup 02

Cloning: Two Versions Of Dr. Hajee

Left clone is the patient voice, the objection people actually walk in with. Right clone is you, answering it.
Set
Needs open space so both of you fit side by side. The back cupboard worked last time. The renovated room next door might be better, we will scout it when we arrive.
Camera
Locked off, identical frame for both roles. Mark your floor position with tape so the two clones line up in the edit. Do not move the tripod between takes for any reason.
How we shoot it
All Patient lines first, standing on the left mark. Then reset, all Dr. Hajee lines, right mark. You are talking to an empty space, I will feed you the other side out loud so the timing feels natural.
Voice
Dr. Hajee is changing his voice for the patient side so the two clones do not sound identical. Decided Aug 20.
Delivery
Patient is a bit sceptical, a bit defensive. Not stupid, just repeating what he has heard. Dr. Hajee is relaxed and certain. Never smug. The moment he sounds like he is winning, the reel stops working.
Runtime
30 to 45 seconds. Ad-lib freely, the last line is the one worth landing exactly.
1
Invisalign is five grand. I am not spending that on my teeth.
Text hookThe $500 Option And The $5,000 One
Price objection · highest priority
This is the walkout reel. Two patients left this month the moment they heard the number. This one gets in front of them before they are sitting in your chair. Uses your own line from the call, word for word.
▶ Open TeleprompterDialogue
PatientDr. Hajee
Invisalign is like five grand. I am not spending that on my teeth.
Expensive compared to what?
Compared to not doing it. I do not have five grand sitting there.
You do not have to drop it all at once, it gets split up. But before that, let us talk about whether you even need the full thing.
Wait. There is a cheaper option?
There is usually a few. Sometimes it is a five hundred dollar fix that gets you most of the way there. Sometimes it is the full treatment.
Every place I have been just pushes the expensive one.
I will show you the five hundred dollar option and the five thousand dollar one, and you decide what makes sense for your life.
And if I pick the cheap one?
Then you picked the cheap one. You are still my patient.
2
I do not really smile in photos anyway, so what is the point.
Text hookSay That Back To Yourself
Motivation objection
▶ Open TeleprompterDialogue
PatientDr. Hajee
Honestly I do not really smile in photos anyway. So what is the point.
Say that back to yourself slowly.
What?
You do not smile because of your teeth. So you are telling me you do not need to fix your teeth, because you do not smile.
That is not what I meant.
I know. But I have watched a lot of people go through this, and the thing that changes is never really the teeth.
So what changes?
They stop covering their mouth when they laugh. They do it without noticing. Their family notices first.
3
If I am doing this I want it done fast. Braces are faster.
Text hookWhich One Is Actually Faster
Speed objection · your idea
You raised this one on the call. Written as a genuinely balanced take, because braces really are faster for some cases and claiming otherwise would be the kind of thing you would not say.
▶ Open TeleprompterDialogue
PatientDr. Hajee
If I am doing this I want it over with. Braces are faster than Invisalign.
Sometimes. Depends entirely on what we are fixing.
I read that braces are always quicker.
For big bite corrections, often yes. For crowding and spacing, aligners are frequently the same or faster.
Why would plastic be faster than metal?
Because we plan every single movement before you start wearing anything. Nothing gets adjusted by feel at a monthly appointment.
So how do I know which one I need?
I would scan you and show you both timelines side by side. And if braces are better for your mouth, I will tell you that.
4
My friend said the aligners stained her teeth yellow.
Text hookThe Aligners Did Not Stain Them
Staining objection · your idea
▶ Open TeleprompterDialogue
PatientDr. Hajee
My friend did Invisalign and said it stained her teeth yellow.
The aligners did not stain them. Coffee did.
What is the difference?
The trays are clear plastic sitting flat against your teeth. Drink coffee with them in and you are holding it there for hours instead of rinsing it away.
So I cannot drink coffee for a year.
You take them out, you drink, you rinse, you put them back in. Twenty seconds.
That is it?
That is it. Most of what people call an Invisalign problem is a habit problem.
5
It is not bothering me. I will deal with it next year.
Text hookWhat Waiting Actually Costs
Delay objection
Written to inform rather than frighten. The last line is what keeps it on the right side of that. If it still reads as scare tactics to you, kill it, this is the one most likely to feel off in your voice.
▶ Open TeleprompterDialogue
PatientDr. Hajee
It is not bothering me. I will deal with it next year.
What is it doing right now?
Nothing. It is a small chip.
A chip means the enamel is broken, and enamel does not grow back. Chipping is an active process. It is unpredictable when a chip gets worse, and how. Right now that is a filling.
And next year?
Maybe still a filling. Maybe a crown, if it cracks further. Those two are about two thousand dollars apart.
You are trying to scare me into treatment.
I am telling you what I can see. You can absolutely wait. I would just rather you wait knowing that, than wait assuming it is nothing.
6
Whitening strips your enamel. Everyone knows that.
Text hookSensitivity Is Not Damage
Whitening myth
▶ Open TeleprompterDialogue
PatientDr. Hajee
Whitening strips your enamel. Everyone knows that.
Professional whitening does not remove enamel. It lifts stain out of it.
Then why did my teeth hurt for two days after?
Because the gel temporarily opens the tubules in your teeth. That is sensitivity, not damage, and we can manage it. Expect some either side of the two weeks, and stay off cold, sweet and acidic foods while you are doing it.
What about the kit I bought online?
That is the part I would actually worry about. Unknown concentration, no custom tray, so the gel sits on your gums instead of your teeth.
So the dentist version is safer and works better.
Usually both, yes. Which I realise sounds convenient coming from a dentist.
7
I brush twice a day and floss. Why do I need a cleaning?
Text hook48 Hours Is All It Takes
Hygiene objection
▶ Open TeleprompterDialogue
PatientDr. Hajee
I brush twice a day and I floss. Why am I paying for a cleaning?
Because brushing cannot remove what has already hardened, and it cannot get below your gums.
Hardened?
Plaque turns into tartar in about forty-eight hours. Once it is hard, a toothbrush does nothing to it. It needs an instrument.
So the brushing is pointless.
The opposite. Brushing is what stops most of it forming in the first place. The cleaning handles the bit that got past you.
Nobody has ever explained it that way.
I know. That is genuinely the problem.
8
Every dentist I see finds four things wrong and a treatment plan for all of them.
Text hookSome Things We Just Watch
Trust objection · your whole positioning
The biggest objection in the category. This is your no-pressure positioning said out loud instead of claimed. If only one cloning reel gets made, make it this one and reel 1.
▶ Open TeleprompterDialogue
PatientDr. Hajee
Every dentist I have been to finds four things wrong and a treatment plan for all of them.
That happens. I would be annoyed too.
So how are you any different?
I will show you everything I see on the scan. Including the things I think we should leave alone and watch.
Nobody leaves things alone.
Some things do not need treating yet. Telling you that costs me money today and keeps you as a patient for fifteen years.
And if I say no to something?
Then it is a no. It goes in your chart and we move on. You will not hear about it again unless it changes.
Setup 03

Blind Ranking

I read the item, you grade it and give one reason. Grades below are starting points, overrule any of them live.
What changed
You were right about the kids one. The old version mixed questions with items, so there was nothing to actually rank. Every list below is now a single category of comparable things graded on one axis, and each ranking states its axis up front.
Set
Waiting room. Good colour, tree in the background, and it is the set you liked from the last batch. Standing or perched, you need room to react.
Camera
Single, waist up so your hands are in frame. Tier board is added in post, you are reacting to nothing on the day.
How it runs
I read the item cold. You give the grade first, then one sentence why. Say the grade before you think about it, that is what makes the format watchable.
The good stuff
The reels that pop are the ones where your grade surprises people. Chocolate is not the worst thing for kids teeth. Hard bristles are worse than a cheap brush. Lean into those.
Runtime
35 to 55 seconds, six to eight items each.
1
Ranking every way you can whiten your teeth, from the ones that work to the ones that damage them.
Text hookA Dentist Ranks Teeth Whitening
Whitening · 62k avg in niche
▶ Open TeleprompterBlind rank

Axis: does it actually work, and will it hurt you. Every one of these is something a patient has told me they are doing.

  • A+ In-office professional whitening. Strongest result, and your gums are protected the whole time.
  • A Custom take-home trays from your dentist. Slower, nearly the same result, and you control the pace.
  • B Drugstore whitening strips. They genuinely work. They just do not fit your teeth, so you get an uneven result around the edges.
  • C Whitening toothpaste. It removes surface stain. It does not change the actual colour of your teeth. Those are different things.
  • D LED kits from social media. The light is doing almost nothing. Whatever result you get is the gel, and you do not know what is in it.
  • D Charcoal powder. Abrasive. You are sanding your teeth, and the layer underneath enamel is yellower than the enamel.
  • F Oil pulling. Not dangerous. Just does not whiten teeth.
  • F Lemon juice and baking soda. Acid plus abrasive. This is the one that actually causes permanent damage.

The pattern? The stuff that works fastest is also the stuff that is supervised. That is not a coincidence and it is not me upselling you.

2
Ranking the worst things for your kid's teeth. Number one is not what you think.
Text hookChocolate Is Not The Worst One
Kids · your idea · mum audience
Your idea from the call, made rankable. The hook is that the obvious villain scores mid and the healthy-looking snacks score worst. That is the share trigger for the mum groups you mentioned.
▶ Open TeleprompterBlind rank

Axis: how much damage it actually does to a child's teeth. Not how unhealthy it sounds.

  • F A bottle or sippy cup of anything but water at bedtime. Sugar pooling against the teeth for eight hours with no saliva flow. Nothing on this list is worse.
  • F Juice sipped slowly all afternoon. It is not the amount of sugar, it is the hours of contact. One glass in ten minutes is far better than the same glass over three hours.
  • D Gummy vitamins. Parents are shocked by this one. They are sticky, they sit in the grooves of the molars, and they get taken every single day.
  • D Fruit snacks and gummy candy. Same problem. Sticky beats sweet every time.
  • D Raisins and dried fruit. Healthy food, genuinely bad for teeth. Concentrated sugar that glues itself into the grooves.
  • C Crackers and those little fish crackers. Turn to paste and pack into the molars. Worse than most candy.
  • C Sports drinks. Acidic on top of sugary, which is a double hit.
  • B Chocolate. Genuinely one of the better options here. It melts and clears quickly instead of sticking around.

If you take one thing from this. It is not how much sugar. It is how long it stays on the teeth.

3
Ranking every way to straighten teeth, including the ones I would never recommend.
Text hookA Dentist Ranks Every Way To Straighten Teeth
Ortho · feeds the Invisalign funnel
▶ Open TeleprompterBlind rank

Axis: results, comfort, and how likely it is to go wrong. Balanced take, we are not running down braces.

  • A Clear aligners done through a dentist. Planned start to finish, removable, and someone is checking the movement.
  • A Traditional metal braces. Still the most powerful tool we have for complex bite problems. Not glamorous, extremely effective.
  • B+ Ceramic braces. Same mechanics, less visible, slightly more fragile and more expensive.
  • B Lingual braces, the ones behind the teeth. Invisible and effective. Harder to clean and takes real getting used to.
  • B Expanders. The right tool for a narrow arch, especially in kids. Not a cosmetic fix.
  • C A retainer for very minor movement. Fine for what it is. People try to use it for things it cannot do.
  • D Mail-order aligners. No scan, no supervision, nobody looking at your roots or your gum health. Sometimes fine. When it goes wrong it goes badly wrong.
  • F Filing your own teeth with a nail file. This is permanent. Enamel does not grow back. Please do not.

The top two are both A grade. That is the actual answer. Which one is right depends entirely on your bite, and anyone who tells you otherwise before scanning you is guessing.

4
Ranking best practices for your kid's oral hygiene, best to worst.
Text hookBest Practices For Kids Teeth, Ranked
Kids · Dr. Hajee's list
Retitled on the Aug 20 call to "best practices for kids' oral hygiene." Items below are Dr. Hajee's own list from that call. Axis runs best to worst, so the good practices sit at the top and the harmful habits sit at the bottom. Dr. Hajee mentioned cleaning this up and sending a sheet, whatever comes back replaces this.
▶ Open TeleprompterBlind rank

Axis: best to worst for your child's teeth.

  • A+ Bringing them in before the first birthday, or as soon as you see the first tooth.
  • A+ Brushing twice a day.
  • A Lower-fluoride toothpaste, matched to their age.
  • A Sealants on the back molars, over the grooves where nearly every childhood cavity starts.
  • B+ Fluoride at the office.
  • B+ Getting that floss in.
  • B Plenty of water.
  • B Avoiding sticky foods.
  • D Thumb sucking, past the age it should have stopped.
  • F A bottle at bedtime.
  • F Mouth breathing.

Almost nothing at the top of this list costs real money. The bottom three are the ones parents do not realise are on the list at all.

5
Ranking toothbrushes, from the three hundred dollar one to the free one we give you.
Text hookThe $300 Brush Is Not First
Products · counter-intuitive
Aug 20: soft bristle goes in as its own item so it can be graded S-tier, above every specific brush. The $300 one stays on the list by name.
▶ Open TeleprompterBlind rank

Axis: how clean your teeth actually get. Not how much it costs.

  • A A mid-range electric with a pressure sensor. The sensor is the feature that matters, because most people brush far too hard.
  • A- The three hundred dollar smart brush. Works beautifully. You are paying two hundred dollars for an app.
  • B+ A basic electric with a timer. Nearly all of the benefit for a fraction of the price.
  • S Soft bristles, on any brush on this list. Dr. Hajee's line: with a soft bristle brush, we are happy.
  • B A soft manual brush used properly. Genuinely fine. Technique beats hardware.
  • B The free one we hand you at the end of a cleaning. Same as above. It is a soft manual brush.
  • C Medium bristles. Harder than anyone needs.
  • F Hard bristles. The worst thing on this list, and it is sold in every shop. Recession at the gumline and worn notches in the enamel. I see it constantly.
  • D Charcoal bristles. A gimmick added to an ordinary brush.

The most expensive item is not first and the cheapest is not last. It is almost entirely about pressure and time.

6
Ranking the entire toothpaste aisle so you can stop standing there reading boxes.
Text hookA Dentist Ranks The Toothpaste Aisle
Products · high search intent
Aug 20: "the one with the dentist on the box" removed, it did not mean anything to Dr. Hajee. Hydroxyapatite added at his suggestion.
▶ Open TeleprompterBlind rank

Axis: does it prevent decay. That is the actual job of toothpaste.

  • A+ Plain fluoride toothpaste. The boring one. Best thing in the aisle and usually the cheapest.
  • A Sensitivity toothpaste with fluoride. Same protection, plus it genuinely helps sensitivity if you give it a couple of weeks.
  • A Kids fluoride toothpaste at the right amount for their age. A smear under three, a pea after.
  • B Hydroxyapatite toothpaste. Real evidence behind it, genuinely promising. Fluoride still has decades more data.
  • C Whitening toothpaste. Fine if it has fluoride. It is polishing surface stain, not whitening teeth.
  • C Kids toothpaste, lower fluoride, matched to their age.
  • D Fluoride-free natural toothpaste. You have removed the ingredient that does the work. Now you are brushing with soap.
  • F Charcoal toothpaste. Abrasive, usually no fluoride, and it stains the edges of old fillings grey.

If you remember one word from this whole video, it is fluoride. Everything else on the tube is marketing.

7
Ranking dental hacks from the internet. One of them is actually fine.
Text hookOne Of These Is Actually Fine
Myth bust · reaction crossover
This one doubles as reaction material. If you send me a video of any of these being done, we shoot it as a reaction reel instead and it gets stronger.
▶ Open TeleprompterBlind rank

Axis: harmless and useful, all the way down to please stop.

  • A Tongue scraping. The one that is actually fine. Genuinely helps with breath.
  • C Oil pulling. Twenty minutes for a result that mouthwash gets in thirty seconds. Not harmful, just an odd use of your morning.
  • C A diluted hydrogen peroxide rinse. Has a legitimate use. Most people online are using it far too strong and far too often.
  • D Charcoal brushing. Abrasive, and the layer under your enamel is darker than your enamel.
  • F Whitening with lemon juice. Acid on enamel. This one causes permanent damage and it is everywhere.
  • F DIY aligners made from moulds at home. No scan, no root position, no gum assessment.
  • F Filing your own teeth flat with a nail file. Irreversible in about four seconds.
  • F Pulling your own tooth with pliers. I wish this was not on the list.

One A grade out of eight. That is roughly the hit rate of dental advice on the internet.

8
Your jaw is sore and you keep getting headaches. Ranking what your mouth is actually telling you.
Text hookWhat Your Mouth Is Trying To Tell You
Body curiosity · biggest reach lane
Dr. Hajee called this one and C4 the two best on the list. Opening item changed on Aug 20 to sore jaw or headaches, his call, because it pulls far more people in than starting with tongue spots. Items below are his.

Body curiosity is the highest-reach lane in the niche: the tongue-spots reel did 270,906 and a cavities explainer did 774,422. Diamond has nothing here yet.
▶ Open TeleprompterBlind rank

Axis: how fast you should actually do something about it.

  • Book soon Sore jaw, or headaches you keep waking up with. Most people never think to mention this to a dentist. It is often the first thing we can actually explain.
  • Book soon Clenching or grinding. Usually happening at night, usually news to the person doing it.
  • Book soon Flat teeth. If your teeth are shorter than they used to be, something is wearing them down.
  • Mention it Chipping teeth. Chipping is an active process. Worth looking at, not worth panicking about.
  • Book soon Gums that bleed when you floss. Not normal, however common it is. Early gum disease is completely reversible. Later, it is not.
  • Mention it A metallic taste, or morning breath that brushing does not fix. Usually gum related. Occasionally something else.
  • Call today A mouth ulcer that has not healed in two weeks.
  • Call today Any white or red patch on your tongue that has not gone in two weeks. Almost always nothing. Two weeks is the line, and this is the one I would want you to act on.

Most of this list is worth a mention at your next visit. The last two are the reason I am making this video.

⚠ Waiting on you
Setup 04

iPad Before & After

The format you said you liked. Holding the iPad, telling the story, the image blows up full screen on the reveal.

Blocked until you upload cases. Folder and a short notes doc are already set up, links at the bottom of this page. Five or six cases, mixed. The script frame below is identical for every case, so the moment your notes land these are written same day.

Set
Waiting room. Same look as the crossbite one you sent me, which is the reference for this whole block.
Props
iPad, cleaned, brightness up. Before image loaded and ready before we roll so there is no fumbling.
The reveal
You hold the iPad and talk to it, then the image goes full screen in the edit. That was the part you specifically liked, so it happens on every one of these.
Runtime
25 to 40 seconds. These are short.
The frame every case gets dropped into
Repeatable script structure
Structure
Hook, 3 sec

The specific thing about this case. Not "here is a before and after." Something like "she had been hiding this one tooth in every photo for nine years."

The before, 8 sec

What was going on, in your words, looking at the iPad. What the patient said about it matters more than the clinical description.

What we did, 8 sec

Plain language. What treatment, roughly how long. No jargon that needs explaining.

The reveal, 6 sec

Image goes full screen. You react to it. Let the picture do the work, do not talk over it.

Land it, 5 sec

The human line. What changed for them, not what changed in their mouth.

1
Crossbite, the case you sent on the call
Confirmed · you already sent this one
This is the one you sent me over Instagram during the call, the single tooth sitting behind. Already have the reference, just need it in the folder at full quality with your notes.
2
Lower anterior crowding
Requested
You said you have "a lot of videos where the bottom teeth are all crowded." Pick the most dramatic one.
3
Upper spacing or gaps
Requested
4
Whitening
Requested
Pairs with ranking reel 1. Same topic, two formats, we can post them a week apart.
5
A full smile makeover
Requested
The biggest transformation you have. This is the one that gets used in ads.
6
Wildcard, whichever case you are proudest of
Your pick
Deliberately left open. The case you would show another dentist is usually the one with the best story attached.
⚠ Waiting on you
Setup 05

Reaction

Turkey teeth did 1,800 views on your account. The format works better than you think it does.

The data is against you on this one. The reaction reel in our scrape did 100,402 views and the dentist-reacts topic cluster averages 62,156. You said it is not your thing and you would rather rank. Fair compromise: you only react to things you genuinely find interesting, we stop assigning them. Send anything that shows up in your feed and I will build around it.

Set
Anywhere with a clean background. These get a screen recording composited beside you in post, so framing needs to leave room on one side.
Tone
Balanced, never a hit piece. Same as your turkey teeth take. "Here is what they got right, here is what worries me" beats mocking someone, and it is also the version that will not get you a complaint.
Delivery
Genuine first reaction. If your actual reaction is a wince, keep the wince, that is the reel.
Runtime
30 to 50 seconds.
1
Open slot, whatever you send
Your pick, highest priority
Send it the second you see it. I will take anything, no filter, no need to check whether it is a good one.
2
Fallback: mail-order aligner advertising
Fallback if nothing lands
Ties directly to ranking reel 3. Balanced take, the problem is the lack of supervision, not the product concept.
3
Fallback: a viral whitening hack
Fallback if nothing lands
Lemon and baking soda, or a charcoal routine. Ties to ranking reels 1 and 7.
4
Fallback: veneer prep footage from abroad
Fallback if nothing lands
Same balanced framing as your turkey teeth reel. Not hating on it, explaining what is actually happening and what it means in ten years.
Also worth discussing Thursday: the "five reasons why" format
Your idea from the call
You mentioned seeing listicle reels everywhere, "five reasons why your kids are not sleeping" and similar. That format is closely related to blind ranking and it performs. If reaction stays dry, swapping one or two of these slots for listicles is a good trade.
Setup 06

Funnel & Ads

Two shot on the day, two built from footage we already have.
Camera
Reels 1 and 2 shoot on the day, same setup as Setup 01. Reels 3 and 4 are edit jobs, nothing to film.
Note on the ad
The Smile Assessment ad is being rebuilt alongside the lead form. Both changes target the same problem, which is people arriving with no idea what treatment costs.
1
Instagram follower ad
Text hookFollow For More
Paid · growth not leads
Reframed version of the last one. The CTA is explicitly "follow the page so you do not miss anything," not book a call. Different job, different ad.
▶ Open TeleprompterScript
Hook

I am a dentist in New Westminster and I have decided to start showing people what actually happens back here.

What they get

Not ads. Not before and after photos on a loop.
The real stuff. Why some people are terrified of this chair and what we do about it.
Which whitening products are worth it and which ones are wrecking your enamel.
What I would actually tell my own family if I saw it in their mouth.

CTA

If you have ever put off a dental appointment, this page is probably for you.
Give us a follow. That is the whole ask.

2
Free Smile Assessment ad, version 2
Text hookBefore You Book Anything
Paid · the walkout fix
Direction, not a locked script. The current ad brings people in with no cost expectation and they walk out when they hear the number. This version pre-frames it without leading with a price, which we know kills the click. Final wording depends on Neema's call on the lead form question.
Direction
Hook

Open on the thing that stops people booking, which is not the dentistry, it is not knowing what it will cost.

Reframe

Your "$500 option and the $5,000 one" line goes here. It is the strongest thing you said on the call and it belongs in the ad, not just in the room.

Offer

Free scan, no obligation, you leave with options and a number rather than a treatment plan you feel cornered into.

CTA

Lead form. New qualifying questions attached.

3
Retargeting cut: "10 months later, everything changed"
Edit only · nothing to film
Existing outlier, recut for retargeting. Audience is people who watched your videos or opened the form and did not finish. Roughly five dollars a day, because the audience is small and already warm.
4
Retargeting cut: the purple chair story
Edit only · nothing to film
Your best performing piece of content, currently doing nothing after its first week. This gives it a second life in front of exactly the right people.
Parked

Discussed Aug 20, Not Being Actioned

Captured so nothing gets lost. None of this is being changed right now.
01

Booking funnel

Idea is to stop sending ad traffic to the LeadPace calendar and redirect to the ClearDent booking page instead, so the insurance step filters for people who actually show. Four appointments tagged "Megafon lead," none showed. Trade-off is cost per lead rising from roughly $36.

02

Free Smile Assessment naming

Renaming the option on the ClearDent booking page and moving it to the top of the list.

03

Invisalign consult availability

Showed no slots inside the 14-day booking window. Would need other doctors opened up, or a held slot that reception reschedules by phone.

04

Instagram bio links

Book online instantly moved to the top, and dropping Linktree for Instagram native multi-link.

05

Cross-border campaign

Washington State and near-border, Instagram, $30 to $40 a day. Angle is treatment in Canada at a meaningful discount, plus the chair for comfort and space.

06

Local geo expansion

East Vancouver, plus a separate Fraser Valley and Abbotsford set.

07

Family and kids promo

Free checkup plus a free toothbrush, the version already running in Squamish and Poco. Complements the New West campaigns rather than competing with them.

08

Apartment mail-out

The building down the street that already sends patients. A few weeks out.

Before Thursday

Four Things From You

Everything else is ready. These four unblock the last ten reels.

01

Five or six before and after cases

Straight into the folder linked below, with the short notes doc filled in. Uppers, lowers, crossbite, crowding, whitening. Variety beats perfection. This unblocks all six of Setup 04.

02

Anything worth reacting to

Send it the moment you see it, no filter. This unblocks Setup 05, which is currently running on fallbacks.

03

Your nervous patient story

The four questions in Setup 01 reel 6. Two minutes of talking on Thursday is enough, I will write it from there.

04

Both days are locked

Day one Thursday Aug 27 at 10am, office closed and empty. Day two Thursday Sep 10 at 10am. Pre-shoot check-in Wednesday Aug 26 at 2pm. The second dentist could not make Aug 27, so he is the target for Sep 10 in the purple chair.