This week on Your Dental Top 5 your host, Amanda Hill, RDH is talking with the amazing Julia Worrall, RN about the top 5 reasons why hygienists are the best sleep champions of the office! 

 Episode Highlights

• Julia’s Background

Quotes

“You are not a knower, you are a learner.”

“Hygienists were in the mouth of people every day.” 

“When you are looking in the mouth you are already identifying so many areas that could be impacting the health of the patient.” 

“You are seeing all the pieces, you just might not be putting it all together.” 

“Why are you seeing these things, what is that why?” 

“Even if you want to stay in the mouth, this is all in the mouth, it is all connected.” 

“It blows my mind that people think this is an option.” 

“I’ve had providers push back that it says “shall” instead of “must”.” 

“Do your job, and do your best.” 

“You will know as you grow.” 

“You do not need to have the approval of your dentist to get involved in sleep.” 

“We are wicked smart and we do so much more than clean teeth.” 

Links

Julia’s Website:

https://www.bestsleepdoctor.com/public/47.cfm 

Julia’s Email: 

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A Tale of Two Hygienists Episode 108 -  Airway Assessment with Julia Worrall RN, CCRN and Cyndee Johnson, RDH!

A Tale of Two Hygienists Episode 207 - Airway Health with Julia Worrall! 

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This week on Your Dental Top 5 Amanda Hill is talking with Tom Viola, R.Ph., C.C.P. about taking your patient's medical history when your patient has a history of cardiovascular disease.  

 Episode Highlights

• 6 Minutes to Insanity 

Quotes

“If you have a patient with a cardiovascular history you need to take vitals, you need to know their blood pressure and pulse.” 

“I know it’s busy, get a solid team around you.” 

“I would rather have a reading from a cuff that may not be 100% accurate, than no blood pressure reading.” 

“There is no good reason for your patient to have high blood pressure in your chair.” 

“I want to listen to respirations and how you are breathing.” 

“Your patient has hypertension because they have too much blood (fluid) and their pipes are too small.” 

“What do you take, why do you take it, did you take it today?” 

“If the heart is failing, all the organs are failing because they are not receiving enough oxygen.” 

“If you are not careful where you place the saliva ejector you will be sucking up more than saliva.” 

Links

https://www.tomviola.com/ 

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This week Amanda Hill is talking about the Top 5 ways to approach life after graduation with Julie Whiteley. If you are feeling unprepared to be set loose in an operatory, you are not alone, and that feeling is normal! This profession is all about lifelong learning, you should have that feeling periodically throughout your career to keep growing! 

Episode Highlights

• Amanda’s Top 5

Quotes

“I’ve started to block schedule, and instead of working on 45 things at once I can be more productive.” 

“This is where I am supposed to be, and this is alright.” 

“Be a learner, not a knower.”

“You are at the beginning of another steep learning curve.”

“Hygiene school is not for the weak.” 

“You find a way to adapt to the situation you are in, but not forget how to be a top notch clinician.” 

“I found I could use my time well when I had a systematic approach.” 

“Don’t solely rely on what you learned in school, open your mind, we are in a profession where things change all the time.” 

“Arm yourself with information and stay current.” 

“At the end of the day if something goes wrong, it is you who is on the line.” 

“If it is something you want me to be able to do, let's go to the state legislature and help me fight for that.” 

“Advocate for yourself in a way that is professional, calm and with evidence.” 

“I cannot stress enough, find your people.”

“When you find your tribe, it keeps you energized.”

Links

 More Your Dental Top 5 Episodes: https://www.ataleoftwohygienists.com/dentaltop5/ 

Amanda’s email:

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This week Amanda Hill is recording LIVE at the ADHA Conference with 3 amazing dental hygienists who Amanda has loved and followed for a long time. Amanda is talking with Jessica Atkinson, MEd, BSDH, RDH Shelley Brown MEd, BSDH, RDH and Melia Lewis, MEd, BSDH, RDH from Hygiene Edge about their top 5 educator tips.  

Episode Highlights

• Live from ADHA21

Quotes

“We saw a gap with our students reading information, and applying it.” 

“When you share with someone else, they share back.”

“Education is a lot of work.” 

“If you don’t have a support group, reach out to us, we would love to help you.” 

“How I navigate student feedback is I call my friends.”

“You might cry a lot, but you might also grow.” 

“When it is out of your scope of practice...refer. 

“Always be a learner, not a knower.”

“Keep learning so you can always be excited.”

Links

 More Your Dental Top 5 Episodes: https://www.ataleoftwohygienists.com/dentaltop5/ 

Amanda’s email:

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Today on Your Dental Top 5, Amanda Hill is joined by Ryan Rutar, RDH, MAM and

Erin Haley Hitz, RDH, MS to talk about getting the best out of your hygiene department! 

Episode Highlights

• Erin and Ryan’s Top 5

Quotes

“We felt there was a need for hygienists who wanted to do more, within their op.” 

“Stay in your own lane.”

“Things happen a lot faster when hygienists lead hygienists.” 

“You are building trust between the hygienists because they all feel a part of it.” 

“A growth edge makes us transform.” 

“Don’t fear the no.”

“This is my area of concern, this is why I am showing it to you, in color.” 

“If you resist change, it will occur anyway.” 

“Hygiene burnout is real.” 

Links

https://www.pearlywhiteprevention.com/ 

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Amanda’s email:

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Today on Your Dental Top 5, Amanda Hill is joined by Crystal Spring and Alyssa Aberle to talk about the importance of advocating in our profession. 

Episode Highlights

• Top 5 Advocacy 

Quotes

“If we didn’t have advocacy we would be doing the same thing forever.”

“There are a lot of hygienists that go to dental conferences that don't know what is happening, and how to be a part of advocacy.” 

“We are already advocates for our patients.” 

“We need everyone's experience at the table so we are getting different perspectives.” 

“I think passion is my word for crazy.”

Links

[email protected] 

www.smilesacrossmontana.com 

[email protected] 

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Today on Your Dental Top 5, Amanda Hill is joined by Dr. Megan Reutter, RDH to talk about the top 5 factors to continuing your education!

Episode Highlights

• Amanda’s Top 5

Quotes

“Each degree that I got was just a little bit different.” 

“You can always get a certificate in something.”

“Pay attention to the core classes and tracks.” 

“I got to do courses with all types of health professions.” 

“Is there someone that can be your mentor?”

“It isn’t always what you know, it is who you know.”

“I feel like I need to update my bio right now.”

“You get comfortable with being uncomfortable.” 

“Who joins public health during a pandemic? I guess I do.”

“If you can survive dental hygiene school, you can survive anything.”

Links

[email protected]

https://www.nextleveldentalhygiene.com/

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Amanda’s email:

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This week on Your Dental Top 5 Podcast your host Amanda Hill, RDH is talking with  Katrina Klein RDH, CEAS, CPT about the top 5 do’s and don’ts of ergonomics! 

Episode Highlights

• Katrina’s Background

Quotes

“I grew a ½ inch when I started bodybuilding because of posture.” 

“Repeat after me, you are NOT a chicken.”

“Do at least one stretch between patients.”

“We are 70% water.”

“Brittle bones fracture much more easily than hydrated bones.”

“If I don’t practice with ergonomic equipment, my career will be shorter.”

“Help me, help you.”

Links

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Amanda’s email:

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This week on Your Dental Top 5 Podcast your host Amanda Hill, RDH is talking with Tina Clarke, RDH MED about giving anesthesia! 

Episode Highlights

• Tina’s Background

Quotes

“While you are setting your syringe up you can sing that song to yourself.”

“You have to understand your anatomy.”

“I am guilty of rushing through it, any changes in your medical history, no changes, great.”

“When giving anesthesia to our little ones, we need to actually weigh them.” 

“It makes perfect sense that when you are sticking a needle into someone that you have that stability.”

Links

Free Guide: https://www.teachertinardh.com/

@TeachertinaRDH

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Amanda’s email:

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This week on Your Dental Top 5 Podcast your host Amanda Hill, RDH is talking with Beth Shaw, RDH about the top 5 things you don’t learn in hygiene school.

Episode Highlights

• Beth’s Top 5

Quotes

“My institution was amazing, I felt so prepared for so many things.” 

“These top 5, they may have told us...but I forgot.” 

“In private practice you are on your own, and the degree that you are alone is pretty vast.” 

“I have to say the majority of offices do not have excellent onboarding.” 

“I’ve been a hygienist for 25 years, and I don’t always know what I am doing.” 

“I just said to my husband, I think I am not nervous for the first time to go to work.” 

“When you are learning on the job you can make a big mistake and your patient will end up having to pay out of pocket.” 

“I don’t think I learned a single code in hygiene school.”

Links

Contact Beth: [email protected] 

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Amanda’s email:

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