Join us as we talk with the fabulous Sarah Beach about TMD and patient pain. Sarah has had an amazing work history from working in government dental vans to dental hygiene in Switzerland, Singapore, and back to Australia working in pain management, private practice, and whitening studio. Listen to her journey and why having baseline knowledge on TMD pain and knowing who to refer to is essential for all dental clinicians.

https://www.fastandfunctional.com/

On this instalment of the podcast we talk with Australian Dental Hygienist Paulette Smith about her journey as a Dental Hygienist in Victoria Australia. When Paulette first graduated she found herself living in a state where Dental Hygiene wasn't legal and she then found herself on a journey for a fight to make not only dental hygiene legal but to improve access and quality of dental care for the people of her state.

Paulette didn't stop disrupting there and has gone on to be one of the first independent dental hygienists in Australia as well as disrupting the home whitening market. Make sure you listen to the latest episode and learn how disrupting can make a difference.

On this installment of Disrupting Dentistry, we talk with the AMAZING Pamela Sargent from Maine USA. Pamela is in one of the three states in the USA where independent practice is allowed and we talk to her about her journey to owning her own hygiene studio and how she can now treat patients in the time and way she wants to, putting care as the number one priority. We promise you will be inspired!

https://www.searsmontoralwellness.com/

https://www.facebook.com/searsmontsmiles

On this installment of Disrupting Dentistry Tabitha and Melissa discuss bias in the dental practice for interproximal cleaning. How we need to look at every patient as an individual and give customized care plans that are evidence based, practical, needed and wanted.

Legacy dental has set the standard for what a lot of dental professionals recommend to patients and its time to disrupt " I have always done this" and make " what's best for this situation" the standard of care.

Join Melissa and Tabitha as they chat with Tracy Baker the brains behind @itsthedentalhygenius. Tracy is a dental hygenius and the founder and owner of The Dental Hygenius, a dental development consultancy. Tracy helps dentistry-based entrepreneurs and wantrepreneurs monetize their brand, expertise, and services to create robust revenue streams. We chat on this episode about dental hygienists being an integral part of the production and heart of a dental practice and how production doesn't always have to be a dirty word.

#freeethedentalhygienists

Instagram: @itsthedentalhygenius

This episode Melissa and Tabitha discuss tobacco trends, the rise of e-cigarettes and vaping along with risks and how dental professionals play a vital role in smoking cessation for patients

If you are listening from Australia todays episode can be self reported as 1 hour CPD

Link to VAPING FIX

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-vaping-fix/id1562884524

https://www.icanquit.com.au/reasons-to-quit/smoking-and-your-health/health-dangers-of-smoking?gclid=CjwKCAjwn6GGBhADEiwAruUcKgKx49G-l8EYdvgFGqSVJftiCScuShlVVf0JzlgQC1OsTkHKzFjcixoCwXcQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Around the world many countries have a new batch of graduate dental hygienists and this episode talks about the first steps for getting a job and working in a dental office. We have tips from dental hygienists from around the world.

Congratulations New Graduates, you are our future and we are excited to see what you make of it

Tabitha and Melissa xx

Join us as we chat with Australian Dental Hygienist Jacquie Biggar about her career and how she came to set up her mobile dental business " Senior Dental Care". We also chat about the state of aged care and how Dental Hygienists and Oral Health Therapists can play a key role in improving the care and outcomes.

For more information on Jacquie and her business, you can visit her website https://seniordentalcare.com.au/

Link to Angie Stone's book, Dying of Dirty Teeth

Join us for the latest episode as we discuss how dental professionals are front-line workers when it comes to oral cancer education, detection, and supportive care.

Melissa and Tabitha discuss statistics of oral cancer, risk factors and why we all need to talk about HPV with our patients.

If you are in Australia this episode can be counted as 1 hour CPD

Dr Mark Wotherspoon has lead an amazing life from serving in the military, running a dental practice within a prison, owning a private dental practice, starting a mobile dentistry business for aged care and inventing oral care devices to clean oral appliances. You name it and Dr Wotherspoon has probably done it! Join us this week as we talk with one of the true disrupters of dentistry about his dental journey and the road we see ahead.

https://drmarkshygenie.com/