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Dental Headlines Feb. 6th, 2022 - Hygienists Tell Us How to Keep them Happy
Click Below to Listen Dental Headlines Season 1, Episode 3   A quick update on the No Surprise Act from the ADA, than... The main event. An article from a hygienist explains how we can keep hygienists happy. That way they won’t quit and cut off the lifeline of the practice and such. Every dentist...  Read More
PAIN-FREE DENTAL ERGONOMICS STRATEGIES TO CONSIDER
  In a 2004 the National Institute of Health published a  on the prevalence of musculoskeletal complaints related to dentistry. A group of 430 dental professionals were surveyed and 62% reported having a musculoskeletal injury complaint within a 12 month period. Of that group, 35% reported having...  Read More
Top 5 Ways to Increase Hygiene Profitability
Listen Here: Sandy Pardue gives us a list of 5 things we need to review ASAP to make sure we are getting the absolute most out of our hygiene department. 1. Learn what procedures are not being performed. 2. Set goals JUST for your hygienist 3. Learn how to pay your hygienist  4. Do a "Hygiene...  Read More
PPO Participation
Highlight from this years survey: More dentists are dropping PPOs. 13% said that they dropped a PPO in the last 12 months. Another 13% say they plan on leaving a PPO within the coming 12 months. Only 3% have joined a PPO in the last 12 months. We are helping dentists here and all across the country...  Read More
How to Get Ahead of the Dental Hiring Crisis
Business matters At the heart of the matter, a dental practice is a business and should be run like one. This includes investing and reinvesting in its employees and the practice itself. This starts at the onboarding process so new hires aren’t left feeling like they have to go it alone, which...  Read More
Words Matter
Remember the old saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me?” Know that the opposite is true and that the words used in your practice have a profound and lasting impact in the confidence, productivity, trust and positivity of your team. Words are, indeed, the most...  Read More
The Dental Hygienist Shortage: Visualized
THE INDUSTRY Wisconsin Needs Their Teeth Cleaned Originally Published October 7th, in  Hygienists are leaving the profession and it's hard to blame them... Let’s take it back. It’s early March 2020, and the news of COVID-19 is sweeping across the world. Dental offices are closing left and right...  Read More
Onboarding New Opportunities
Episode 136: The Hygienist's Role in Case Acceptance
Main points discussed in today's episode: 1. Case acceptance techniques. 2. Hygienists must be given time to educate for best case acceptance. 3. Patient education helps with case acceptance and saves time. 4. The doctor needs to train the hygienist on how he diagnoses cases. 5. Importance of...  Read More
#9 Optimizing Your Hygiene With Gabriele Maycher
Gabriele Maycher BSc, PID, dip DH, RDH, is the CEO of GEM Dental Experts, Inc. She’s a passionate educator with over 30 years of clinical experience and a diverse business background that has revolutionized the way clinicians optimize patient positions such as Dental Hygiene Program Director,...  Read More
If WTF is written all over your face on this one--we are with you!  So read on to uncover:  What’s The Focus… The focus here, are KN-95 Respirators.  As many clinicians may have come to prefer these duck-billed muzzles (when compared to N-95 respirators).  KN-95s will now, need to be un-looped,...  Read More
Dental Gloves 101: A Buyer's Guide
Choosing dental gloves can be tricky. However, if you get the right gloves, you will notice an improvement in comfort and performance. The first thing you want to consider when buying dental gloves is how they will fit the wrist and palm areas of your hand. You must also note that female dentist...  Read More
Episode 169: The Operatory Gets An Upgrade
On this final episode, Dr. Bryan Laskin and fan-favorite co-host, Dave Pryor, reflect on the evolution of The Operatory Podcast. The Operatory Podcast is making an upgrade to The Patient First Podcast with Dr. Bryan Laskin. Keep following for to stay up to date on the latest and greatest in...  Read More
In an effort to help California Townies stay up-to-date and informed regarding current Cali-COVID updates, let us help you connect with an  important announcement from ), regarding Healthcare Professionals and Vaccination Requirements.  Please read the announcement below.   On July 26, 2021, the...  Read More
With so many updates and changes for the new COVID back-to-work dental office protocols, it’s hard to keep up!  This is an important read for all Michigan Dental Practice Owners:  Did you know that the  that will be a required mandate through at least October 2021.   (per MI OSHA Law: , 1974 PA...  Read More
Panoramic Dental X-Ray Manikin Examnation Simulator Complete For Paractice X-Ray Techniques In Dental Schools
From www.buyamag Inc This Dental Panoramic X-Ray Manikin Radiopaque design us a X-Ray Practice - Training Manikin Simulator with: Cranium Head, Quick Disconnect, Magnetic Typodont Radio-Opaque Metal Teeth,  Build-in Open/Close Mouth Adjustment (Bite-Instrument), Flexible Cranium Mask, Chair Mount...  Read More
S2 E19 - Exploring Hygiene Excellence and Success Through a Pandemic with Chrissy Ford and Louisa Zylstra of Advanced Hygiene Consulting
Today's episode was a fun one for me.  Two guests Chrissy Ford and Lousia Zylstra of Advanced Hygiene Consulting.  This is a fun conversation where we cover a verity of topics.  Who are they and how did they find themselves on this path.  What has Advanced Hygiene Consulting gown to become.  What...  Read More
 You don’t have to fall victim to these new age , if you simply connect a few more imperative dots…  The ADA did a great job to provide it’s ADA Tool Kit that laid the ground rules for: which PPE to wear, how to set up social distancing, patients & employee screening & new Covid Infection Control...  Read More
The Jameson Files 127 - Dru Halverson - High-Performing Hygiene - What Takes You From Good to Great?
Carrie and Dru discuss questions like: How do we do this more effectively? more efficiently? How do we become more productive in the hygiene departments of our practices? How do we engage our hygiene team at another level to help us with the overall patient experience and relationship with us? ...  Read More
Catching Wild Pigs
How to Catch a Wild Pig: You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come every day to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down on one side of the place where they gather. When they...  Read More
Episode 164: How To Keep Your Staff From Fleeing
It's been reported that 8% of hygienists have quit since the start of COVID-19. Dr. Laskin and co-host, Dave Pryor, discuss the possible causes of this mass fleeing and what you can do in your practice to protect your team. How To Keep Your Staff From Fleeing Find us on Radio!   Read More
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