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HIV/AIDS & Oral Health

On this installment of Disrupting Dentistry Melissa and Tabitha talk with their friend, colleague, fellow dental hygienist and certified in DISC, Miranda Beeson. 

Miranda shares her knowledge on personality types, how disc profiling can help the dental team communicate with ear other and patients. We also discuss on how understanding our own personality helps us personally and in our work-life. 

Communication is key to everything we do and this episode we dive deep into it!

DISC

During the episode they discuss the timing, motivators for patients, the way we recieve and send messages the importance of knowing your patients 

* disclaimer we apologise for the audio in parts of the episode unfortunately New Jersey was having some internet issues *

Episode is elidgble for 1 hour self recorded CPD 

Join Melissa and Tabitha for the last episode for 2021 where we talk about hand instrumentation verse ultrasonic scaling. In this episode we discuss legacy dentistry and hand scalers, evidence based dentistry and the time to shift to minimal intervention periodontal treatment. Its time to put down your weapons and join the revolution of do no harm 

On this installment of the podcast Melissa and Tabitha discuss workplace bullying in the dental practice. What does it look like and the unique experiences  of dental hygienists and oral health therapists in private practice 

Welcome to season 2!!

On the first installment of season two we chat with Kelsey Ingram on her research into the effects of oral health on chronic disease and the translation of this evidence into chronic disease and oral health policy in Australia. 

ITS OUR BIRTHDAY!!

Join us to wrap up season 1, discuss our highlights and what's in stall for season 2 of Disrupting Dentistry

A special thank you to all of our guests and the listeners  who have made season 1 so much fun

Join Melissa and Tabitha for the last episode of season one dedicated to Dementia awareness month.  On this installment we discuss the prevalence  of dementia world wide, the social, emotional and financial impacts of the disease and how as Dental Hygienists and members of the health care team we can support our patients and their families