A Tale of Two Hygienists Podcast

How do you use the debridement code? Are you operating under an old-school train of thought? Join Andrew and Erika Flateau, RDH, to discuss codes and how Andrew and Erica use them in the clinic. They dive into debridement codes, D4346, and communicating with patients about the procedures you perform.

Reach Erika:

[email protected]

www.renewconsultingservices.com

On this episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists, we have a combo episode! The first half of this interview is with Melissa Calhoun, RDH to discuss Pregnancy and Oral Health. We are then joined by Joy Lantz, RDH to discuss tongue ties and myofunctional challenges that present in children.

Special thank you to our guest co-hosts Erika Flateau, RDH, and Jessica Atkinson, MEd, BSDH, RDH, and RDH Under One Roof for hosting an amazing conference for us to record live and in person!

Thanks to Tempstars' support this episode has FREE CE! Be sure to view your state guidelines to ensure this CE is applicable in your State. You can view all episodes with Free CE here. Take the CE course for this episode HERE

Links:

Training for Myofunctional www.levelupmyo.com

www.minisproutz.com

On this week's episode of Fast Facts – Coding Edition with Teresa Duncan, MS Teresa gives us a breakdown of D4999 and its use for laser disinfection. She shares good news, and not so great news surrounding the coding and billing of laser disinfection and tips to help you avoid an audit finding that you committed fraud!

Quotes:

"So a denial is if they decide to not cover the procedure, but they're going to allow you to bill a patient. That's a denial. A disallow is when they decide not to pay for it, but they also aren't going to let you charge the patient."

"Doing a dummy code for the purposes of getting reimbursed is actually, I don't want to go too much into it, but it's a little bit of deception and so it could be counted as fraud because there's motive behind it."

Links:

DentistRX: https://www.dentistrx.com

More Fast Facts: https://www.ataleoftwohygienists.com/fast-facts/

Teresa Duncan Website: https://www.katrinasanders.com

Nobody Told Me That Podcast: https://nobodytoldmethat.libsyn.com/

Chew On This Podcast: https://chewonthisdentalpodcast.libsyn.com/

On this TIPisode Amber Auger, RDH wishes us all a Happy Dental Hygiene Month!

Amber is a practicing hygienist, international Speaker and creator of Thrive in the Op TM!

Episode Highlights

• Hygienist Proud
• Serving Abroad
• Smiles are Universal
• GC America 2031 Vision

Quotes

"We really do underestimate the power of what we are doing for our patients"

"Our role is to identify disease at the earliest point."

"I have had the privilege of providing preventative services around the world."

"A smile is universal in any language."

"GC America is committed to becoming a leading dental company committed to realizing a healthy and long-living society. The GC group will continue reuniting these efforts through the vision and contributing to the health and smiles of those around the world."

Links

http://www.gcamerica.com/ce/alleducation.php

http://www.gcamerica.com

Amber Auger: https://www.instagram.com/amberaugerrdh/

On this episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists, we are joined by Alyssa Aberle to discuss dental hygiene legislation and what it looks like to be involved in assisting in changing and developing policy within the dental hygiene space. As you will learn in this episode, Alyssa is a very dynamic hygienist and has many passions including SDF, mobile dentistry, and more. Join us as we dive into Alyssa's passions!

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Episode Highlights

• Why legislation and policy are important
• Voting
• Templates - It isn't cut and paste
• Alyssa's Journey
• Shout to Deb
• Mentorship and lack thereof
• SDF
• Be selective with your YES

"You can talk about change all day but when you see it happening it is incredibly important."

"It isn't copy and paste, every State is different."

"It gives you an opportunity to get outside of the box and not just do what has always been done."

"If I could download everything in Deb's brain I would be superwoman."

Links:

www.ataleoftwohygienists.com

On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition, we are going to shrink down and magic school bus into a furcation. For all my millennials out there, we all learned science with Ms. Frizzle, and today we're going to learn about the science of furcations by shrinking down and really exploring what we know about furcations.

Quotes:

"Yes, we do know that our maxillary and mandibular molars will present with furcations in the maxillary."

"Fun Fact the maxillary first premolar, 61% of the time, will also be bi-furcated."

Resources:

DentistRX: https://www.dentistrx.com

More Fast Facts: https://www.ataleoftwohygienists.com/fast-facts/

Katrina Sanders Website: https://www.katrinasanders.com

Katrina Sanders Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedentalwinegenist/

Nield-Gehrig J. Advanced instrumentation techniques for root surfacedebridement.Journal of Practical Hygiene. 2004;13(3):19-22.http://www.perio.org/resources-products/pdf/management.pdf. Accessed August 25,2009.Scheid, RC.Woelfel's Dental Anatomy Its Relevance to Dentistry. 7th ed.Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007:205.

This week on A Tale of Two Hygienists TIPisode we are joined by Stephanie Botts, RDH who is a clinical hygienist and ergonomic specialist. Today Stephanie talks to us about putting ourselves first and keeping our health and functionality a priority focusing on ourselves and our environment. Spoiler: The products you use to clean your instruments play a role in your Ergonomics.

This TIPisode is sponsored by Air Techniques! Learn more about their products at https://www.airtechniques.com/en/

On this episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists recorded at RDH Under One Roof we were joined by 3 instrumentation experts to talk about 5 instrumentation tips you need to know!

Big thank you to Melia Lewis, MEd, BSDH, RDH, Jessica Atkinson, MEd, BSDH, RDH and Amanda Hill RDH for sharing their expertise with us!

Thanks to TempStars support this episode has FREE CE! Be sure to view your state guidelines to ensure this CE is applicable in your State. You can view all episodes with Free CE here. Take the CE course for this episode HERE

Links:

https://www.hygieneedge.com/

On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition, we are going to unpack a weird fact, a fun fact that some of you might know around the utilization of statins as an adjunct to scaling and root planing.

Quotes:

"Get this, they have actually found that the local delivery of statins so this is going to be localized, delivering simvastatin, atorvastatin, rosuvastatin. The localized delivery of these statins into the sub gingival space has actually shown a promising adjunct to SRP"

"So this specific data says that an individual who takes what they call a high dose statin that's going to be 80 milligrams or higher, versus a low dose statin that would be 10 milligrams, demonstrated a significant lower level of this inflammatory and bone loss process."

Resources:

DentistRX: https://www.dentistrx.com

More Fast Facts: https://www.ataleoftwohygienists.com/fast-facts/

Katrina Sanders Website: https://www.katrinasanders.com

Katrina Sanders Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedentalwinegenist/

Ambrosio, LMB. Rovai ES,.et al.Does the adjunctive use of statins provide additional benefits tononsurgical periodontal treatment? A systematic review and meta-analysis.The Journal of PeriodontalResearch53,12-21 (2018).

This month we have partnered with DEXIS to bring you 4 courses from their DEXIS Days series. DEXIS Days is a month-long virtual experience to help you advance your knowledge, embrace emerging technologies, and thrive. This is one of 34 education sessions!

On this episode Dr. Paul Feuerstein, DMD talks to us about Why Every Dentist Needs IOS.

Should You Throw Out Your Impression Material? Digital impression scanning is the hottest topic in dentistry. Despite being available for over 30 years, it is still a new process for many practitioners. We will review the current scanners as well as a few coming soon. There will be a discussion of in-office vs. laboratory fabrication of restorations, milling and a brief look at 3D printing.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn details of the current and future products
• Should you consider making your own restorations?
• Should you plan on getting rid of your impression material?

https://dexis.com/en-us/blog/dexis-imaging-launches-dexis-days