Impactful Wisdom - Helpful Strategies For A Successful Dental Career

Our co-hosts, Cathy Telles and Vincent Battles take the Impactful Wisdom podcast on the road to feature a few attendees of the Heartland Dental Leadership Summit as they share their experience at LAUNCH 2021 - a flagship event. It’s really exciting to hear from students attending from ASDOH, Creighton, LSU, and many others.  This is part 1 of a 2 part series of conversations at LAUNCH 2021 in Atlanta, GA.

Who is featured in this episode?
Carlos Santos - Regional Director of Operations, Heartland Dental
Harsh Parmar - Dentist

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 Join us as we interview, Tammy Fisher, RDH, Program Director at South College in Nashville, TN, as we talk about setbacks and successes of starting a new hygiene program during a pandemic. Hear her story and how Hygiene has impacted her life.

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We're still celebrating Hispanic Heritage month and are proud to feature two dental professionals who share their unique dental journey and more importantly their thoughts on oral health.  Please welcome Kenneth Morales and Eduardo Garcia.

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It's Hispanic Heritage Month & we are fortunate to have CEO of Hispanic Dental Association, Dr. Manuel Cordero join us. You will get a glimpse of what it's like to break glass ceilings as a Hispanic male in the dental industry. Hear his stories of struggle & success as he lives out his passion in serving his community.

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The philosophy of Heartland Dental is doctor-led and hygiene-driven. Today, we speak with a regional hygiene mentor of operations, Jill Ulrici, RDH as we discuss doctor and patient interactions and the value of the secondary provider.

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Join us as we dive into the uncomfortable topic of mental wellness. Having an open conversation about Mental Illness, Mental Wellness, and Mental Awareness is crucial for our overall health and well-being. In most settings, the topic of mental wellness is avoided and the field of dentistry is not off-limits. Learn about Dr. Alyssa Phinney's journey and how she's overcome her own personal roadblocks and still be a successful dentist.

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In today's episode, we have the absolute privilege of speaking to two of our past LAUNCH attendees, turned Heartland Dental Supported Doctors! We will hear from Dr. Taylor Bolland and Dr. Mike Scruggs on how they were able to kick-start their career at this Student Summit when they were just starting their D4 year at UMMC. You will hear straight from their mouths all the reasons they chose to apply for this exclusive conference and what they gained from this experience. If you are a current dental student you don't want to miss the inside information shared on this episode.  Heartland's own, Emilie Taylor, joins us as guest host today.

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As a dental student, you are spending a lot of money on education.  How can you make sure that you are getting the most out of your time in school?  Dr. Amid Ismail, the Dean of Temple University's Kornberg School of Dentistry joins the Impactful Wisdom podcast to share his thoughts on how students should approach dental school, no matter what year they are in.  He will also explain a characteristic that is common with all successful students, and the one class that is most important during school to help with success upon graduation.

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Today’s episode is a departure from our normal format. In this episode, we are going to flashback to previous episodes to respond to many of the questions we receive from dental students. For the past three years of recruiting at various dental colleges and interacting with students, we have received an assortment of questions. And we thought what better way to respond to those burning questions from dental students than to use the Impactful Wisdom podcast quests to share the answers.

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We welcome Dr Jason Thibodeaux & Mary Jo Collins, RDH - Family Dental Care of Rogers to share their perspectives of how technology in dentistry has affected their practice as a supported doctor and hygienist. And we debut responses to questions students have submitted to the podcast. And we welcome a different voice - Ashley DeMond - to Impactful Wisdom as guest host.

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