Why and how we should let our patients tell us they have gum disease, not the other way around. Traditionally, we all get together and discuss why our patients need to figure it out and listen to us. Guess what?! They aren't the problem in this equation, we are!

Course objectives:

Learn how to give patients the tools they need to diagnose their own dental disease.

​Enhance your patient oral health assessment and case presentation techniques.

About the speaker: Brandi Hooker Evans- Do you know anyone that simply loves to be a dental hygienist? Meet Brandi Hooker Evans RDH-ER, MHE from Idaho, USA. This gal is equipped to enhance your career satisfaction, no matter your position on the team. Her enthusiasm is contagious and uplifting, her information evidence based and clinically established!

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By default, every human being is hard-wired to be pessimistic. Understanding and accepting this is the first step to becoming optimistic. Implementing simple mindset management tools can turn you into a non-practicing pessimist for the rest of your life.

Course objectives:

Interpret how and why our brains are hard-wired to focus on negativity.

​Evaluate Three Mindset Management Tools which can be used to overcome this hard-wiring.

About the speaker: Robb Zbierski is a professional speaker, best-selling author and personal coach with Freedom Personal Development. Robb helps his clients develop professional skills and positive mindsets that help them achieve next-level results in their business so they can lead a next-level life. An avid endurance athlete, fisherman and beer enthusiast Robb currently lives with his wife (Kate) and their twins (Effie and Charlie) in Arlington Heights, IL.

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Riding the wave of achievement in the dental world leads many to be stuck on the treadmill of busyness [business]. Living in this state makes it difficult to operate from your core values and often leads to professional burnout. In this course, I will support you with tools and techniques to slow the treadmill of busyness so you can step off more of the monster machine often and appreciate the scenery of life!

Course objectives:

Evaluate your core values, pinpointing what drives you and why.

Identify consistent daily actions that will allow you to develop resilience to stress.

About the speaker: Dr. Laura Schwindt believes women dental professionals can have it all when they take care of their most valuable asset: personal health. Dr. Schwindt recovered from Dental Burnout at the height of her career and it's now her mission to help women lead a more balanced life and prevent burnout.

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When it comes to productivity, most people think the key to getting ahead is doing more. More work, more clients, more time. There is a purpose-driven approach that dentists can use to become physically energized, mentally focused and fully engaged in the moments that matter – for real results at work and at home.

Course objectives:

Identify and change behavior (improved breathing and sleeping) to maximize health and longevity in and out of the office.

Recognize how to make more money, have less stress, without having to pick up your hand piece. Less of you= More Revenue.

About the speaker: Dr. Jasmine Elmore is committed to helping enrich and improve the lives of patients in every stage of life. She has developed one of the first all-encompassing airway-centric dental practices in which a patient receives a global diagnosis and comprehensive treatment options to help restore functionally and structurally long-term health.

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Clarity is having a vision that drives a goal that drives results. A lack of clarity is disempowering to the team and leadership. Without clarity there is chaos, however, when you have clarity you have power, and with power you have focus and with focus you maximize potential and results.

Couse objectives:

Recognize the importance of clarity in everything in a practice from vision to systems.

​Utilize slowing down to speed up.

About the speaker: Anthony Blanco has been coaching professional services practices for nearly 20 years, with a specialty in high-performance dental practices since 2016. He is a triathlete, and was awarded Global Coach of the Year twice in the past four years out of 1000+ coaches in 76 countries by ActionCoach Business Coaching.

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The journey of entrepreneurship is a phoenix journey. You will have extreme highs below extreme lows - this is part of life. However, you always have a choice to unleash yourself from the ashes to continue to rise.

Course objectives:

Employ the courage to craft your next pivot out of a bad situation.

Locate the path to rise from the ashes when you crash and burn next.

About the speaker: Dr. Angela Mulrooney is a global speaker, best-selling author, social media expert, and business coach. She works with entrepreneurs around the world to help them unleash their potential. Whether it's developing their brand or simplifying the entrepreneurial journey, Angela takes her clients from chaos to organization so they can function at peak performance all year round.

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This course will explore the rapidly changing future of dental hygiene in the DSO space and beyond. To truly reach the patients that so desperately need care we must educate and build a national team of hygienists using the work force that is currently in place. In addition, we must reinvent the role of the dental hygienist based on the medical/dental model so that care can be delivered in settings beyond the current focus.

Course objectives:

Define the role of the five pillars in educating and building the current dental hygienist team.

List three challenges to the role of the dental hygienist as it expands into a medical/dental model.

About the speaker: Sarah Varney has worked full-time as a clinical dental hygienist for nearly three decades. Sarah has an Executive MBA from the University of Notre Dame and a Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene from the Fones School of Dental Hygiene. Sarah is the Founder and CEO of DSO Hygiene Excellence, a National Organization that serves to build excellence in Dental Hygiene.

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Communication is an art. It is vital in every facet of your Dental Practice, and there is much that you can do to develop this art. The challenges of leading an office staff and influencing patient behavior require daily leadership and communication.

Course objectives:

Evaluate why one should master the art of communication.

Practice effective leadership through communication.

About the speaker: Daniela Skeen is a Dental Practice Manager, C.D.A and coach who helps small Dental practices implement systems and accountability for practice growth.

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Diplomacy is a skill we need to cultivate in our offices and beyond. How do we get there? What are our responsibilities as professionals?

Course objectives:

Identify the number one problem in organizations today.

Define diplomacy.

About the speaker: Christine Diehl, BGS, RDH, has been practicing clinical dental hygiene for 28 years and currently works in a DSO. She graduated from Parkland College and received a BGS from Northern Illinois University. She received an Associate Fellowship from the World Clinical Laser Institute. Christine is a co-founder of DSO Hygiene Excellence.

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If you want your team to play at a higher level, we must create an environment to do so. Attitude, timing and energy all matter. Learn ways to keep winning.

Course objectives:

You will walk away with tools to create the environment you want for your team.

See what it takes to have a winning team.

About the speaker: Angela Davis-Sullivan- is a business and development coach. Angela brings over 30 years of hands on experience while helping doctors and teams reach their full potential. Angela is also a speaker and educator for dental practices. Her experience as an expanded functions dental assistant, administrator, new patient coordinator and office manager with advanced training in dental practice systems is invaluable with the day to day operations in a dental office. Angela has a special passion for bringing out the best in team members. She works with office managers to elevate their communication skills and leadership. She works with dentists to level up their leadership.

Learn more about Dentistry's Got Talent here: www.smilesatsealive.com/

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