“I'm often working in fractions of a millimeter in dentistry – and with guitar, too, even the slightest movements can make all the difference”: How shredding dentist Steve Dadaian landed his dream collaboration with Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess

Steve Dadaian and Jordan Rudess.

If guitar meme culture is anything to go by, you’d think doctors and dentists exclusively play the blues on exorbitantly expensive PRS guitars. Steve Dadaian defies viral convention.

Dentist by day, guitarist by night, Dadaian is as adept with a pick as he is a dentist drill, and cemented his virtuosic six-string skills by winning competitions hosted by Slash and Guitar World. And he reckons the precision of his day job helped him hone his remarkable shredding skills.