This week on Your Dental Top 5 Podcast your host Amanda Hill, RDH is talking with Kari Carter-Cherelus, RDH, DA about the Top 5 ways to overcome a hostile work environment. 

Episode Highlights

• Amanda’s Monthly Top 5 Favorites

Quotes

“I became an expert at putting myself in toxic work environments.” 

“Being in a toxic hostile work environment affects us on so many different levels.” 

“You want to document the good, the bad, and the ugly.” 

“I’ve found if you don’t document, you start second guessing the situation.” 

“We want to speak powerfully to ourselves every day, in a positive way.” 

“Not dealing with conflict, creates more conflict.” 

“No is a complete sentence.” 

“Being in a toxic work environment is like drinking toxic water, or breathing toxic air, the longer your stay in that environment, the more detrimental it will be to your health.” 

Links

Dental Hygienist Burnout: Prevention, Recovery, Career Options (Facebook Group)

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This week on Your Dental Top 5 Podcast your host Amanda Hill, RDH is talking with immediate past President of ADHA Matt Crespin, RDH about the top 5 things he is excited for at the ADHA 2021 Conference. 

Episode Highlights

• Matt’s Top 5 

Quotes

“It makes you feel comfortable with the decision you are making.” 

“These business cards were a great way for me to contact the people I met, and get in touch with them after the conference.” 

“I did not get a President’s dinner, I got to make my own dinner and celebrate at home with my family.” 

“It is an opportunity to get involved in the work that the Delegates do.” 

“You sit down and you realize all the things the ADHA is really doing.” 

“My goal with the podcast is sharing all the work that the ADHA is doing.” 

Links

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www.Adha2020.org 

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This week on your Dental Top 5 Podcast, your host Amanda Hill, RDH is talking with Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH and India Change, RDH about the top 5 reasons you should have an infection control coordinator.

Episode Highlights

• Level Up Infection Prevention: What is it

Quotes

“I am picturing this group where you ask a question, and you actually get the right answer.”

“It hurts my heart because if you have to go to Facebook to get answers, it means your practice doesn't have protocols in place.” 

“If your equipment fails, you can’t see patients.”

“A property trained ICC streamlines all these protocols.” 

“As the ICC you are not necessarily going to do every duty, but you will manage it.” 

“Transition the ICC from a Sheriff to a coach.” 

Links

Level Up Infection Prevention: https://www.levelupip.com/ 

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This week on your Dental Top 5 Podcast, your host Amanda Hill, RDH is talking with Carrie Wucinich, RDH about the top 5 ways to bring your light!

Episode Highlights

• Carrie’s Background

Quotes

“I knew in the back of my head that the kids needed a visual to look at.” 

“In my state all the public health clinics are shut down, and they have been for the past year.” 

“I will never forget seeing a mother open a can of Mountain Dew, pour it into the bottle, and hand it to her baby.” 

“Let your journey be yours.”

“Light attracts light.”

“Even when your kids are being stinks, be grateful for that.” 

“Celebrate the no’s, it means you're pushing the envelope and trying.” 

Links

Where The Sugar Bugs Live: https://yellowribbonbooks.com/ 

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This week on your Dental Top 5 Podcast, your host Amanda Hill, RDH is talking about the tp 5 influences for inter professional collaborative practice with Joy McCarthy MEd, RDH!

Episode Highlights

• Amanda’s Top 5 Favorites

Quotes

“Nobody likes empty chair time.”

“Why can’t we use tele health to talk to each other.”

“Patients try to avoid as many out of pocket fees as possible.”

“Providers cannot get paid for collaboration in general.”

“Time is money, but knowledge is free.”

“No one is asking you to be an expert on all things, we are asking you to reach out and know when to collaborate.”

Links

Contact Joy: [email protected]

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This week on your Dental Top 5 Podcast, your host Amanda Hill, RDH is talking with Susan Cotten, RDH to talk about Oral Cancer.

Episode Highlights

• Susan’s Background

Quotes

“I came to this by my own clinical shortcomings.” 

“I need to start going back to what I was doing fresh out of Dental Hygiene school, that thorough head and neck screening.” 

“Was I awake and alert when I was looking, or just looking?” 

“You mean both dental hygienists and the dentist should be doing oral cancer screening, not just one?”

“We forget that we are not the patient's friend, we need to put on that medical dental professional hat and have those conversations.”

“I’ve never had a patient say they don’t want to talk about that, they are grateful for the information.” 

“Just talk about it like it’s common, because it is.” 

“Be a medical professional, because we are.” 

“Systems work!” 

Links

Contact Susan: [email protected]

www.oralcancerconsulting.com 

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This week on your Dental Top 5 Podcast, your host Amanda Hill, RDH is talking with Charlotte Stirk, RDH about out of the op opportunities that use in the op knowledge. 

Episode Highlights

• Charlotte’s Background

Quotes

“Don’t question me, it makes me happy.” 

“30-40% of patients haven’t gone back to the dentist, they are waiting it out until they feel safer.” 

“You can have a personal blog, you can be a guest on a blog, or you can ghost write.” 

“You know things that you think everyone knows, but they don’t know, so you are an expert indeed.” 

“It might bring new patients into your office, but it might help people just get healthier in general which is what we all want.” 

Links

Contact Charlotte: [email protected]

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This week on your Dental Top 5 Podcast, your host Amanda Hill, RDH is talking with Sandra Berger, RDH from Superior Seminar Solutions to tell us the top 5 ways to get the most out of CE. 

Episode Highlights

• How to Build CE 

Quotes

“You need to take CE on something that you want to learn.” 

“I think you miss an opportunity when you don’t take courses you are excited about.”

“You need to keep track of your CE for 7 years.”

“I must have all of my CE from 15 years ago.” 

“When you have to say it back, it solidifies in your brain, and you look at your notes, and your co-workers benefit.” 

“To me there is no better cure for burnout than good CE.” 

Links

Contact Sandra: [email protected] 

Superior Seminars Solutions: http://superiorseminarsolutions.com 

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This week on your Dental Top 5 Podcast, your host Amanda Hill, RDH is talking with Katharine Martinez, MPH, RDH about the Top 5 ways to integrate an oral health educator into a hospital. 

Episode Highlights

• Dental Medical Integration 

Quotes

“I’m not just a teeth brusher I promise.” 

“I help figure out how often these high risk patients should be brushing, and making policies and procedures for it.” 

“So many people say they didn’t know how important it was to look at oral care.” 

“I help them figure out when a dental visit is absolutely necessary.” 

“I love building relationships with the families.” 

“My ultimate goal is to get hygienists into all of these hospitals.” 

“Every hospital probably needs a few hygienists.” 

Links

Contact Katharine: [email protected] 

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Amanda’s email:

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