Dr. David Black stops by to talk about emotional intelligence, what it means to the dental assistant, and how it can help assistants enjoy what they do more.

Dental assistants need encouragement during the week. They are the backbones of every practice but there are plenty of times they feel like the bottom rung of the ladder. How do we change that? Let's work together to encourage each other. Here's how...

Following proper infection control procedures is critical for every dental practice. In this episode, infection control thought leader and speaker Leslie Canham, CDA, RDA, CSP, joins us to give assistants some tips and ideas on improving how they tackle infection control every day and how to keep their patients safe.

In this episode, let's talk about the different ways that not only you can view competition, but how we are looking at it as well as IgniteDA. For us, it really is about "Together We Rise" and here's why.

Consultant Virginia Moore stops by with thoughts on the value of the assistant's relationship with the patient, how it can be improved and how it factors into the business of the practice.

One of the nation's top dental consultants and a former dental assistant, Lois Banta, stops by to discuss the treatment presentation and patient communication skills that can make a big difference in the career of every assistant. #TogetherWeRise

In this episode, former dental assistant Sadie Stewart from OfficeSwell.com stops by to discuss how assistants can help influence in the implementation of technology in the dental practice ... and love working with it even more.

In this episode, Tija Hunter, CDA, EFDA, CDIA, CDSO, MADAA, stops by to talk about some of the things she is seeing online when it comes to dental professionals degrading each other rather than working together. How can we turn things around? Let's talk about it.

Failures. Mistakes. Errors. They happen. It's part of life. But how do we learn from them ... and what can advice can we share about them with each other? Let's talk about a new project launched by IgniteDA and DentistryIQ.com for 2019. #TogetherWeRise

A dental assistant joins us to discuss how she is working with her patients' extraoral tissue as well as a program she is starting to help other assistants know how it can be used in their practices.