Jessica Atkinson, RDH and David Torres CRDH
A Tale of Two Hygienists Podcast
We created A Tale of Two Hygienists in 2015 because we are passionate about helping our fellow clinicians be the best version of themselves, both professionally and personally. We Interview experts in their fields to provide better care for our patients while promoting the joys of being a dental hygienist.
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Jessica Atkinson, RDH and David Torres CRDH
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Latest episode
Jul 8, 2026
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Episodes
56 - A New Year's Episode 07.01.2017 34:43
Happy New Year Everyone! Please go to iTunes and Rate and Review... PLEASE!!!!!! Andrew and Michelle talk about their individual new years resolutions. We have a sponsor! Wine Awesomeness! See the link on the facebook page to get a 10% discount on your next order! or go to http://wineawesomeness.com/ and put in promo code TALE "Charleston is a day-drinking town" – Michelle Strange A review o...
55 Dr. Uche Odiatu Helps Us Bring in the New Year! 01.01.2017 1:26:39
We kick off this year with the LEGENDARY Dr. Uche Odiatu! We discuss with him how to bring in the New Year with setting goals for healthy living. Dr. Uche brings up a great point right at the beginning… What will you be thinking about on your deathbed? Your favorite dish or memories with your family, friends, pets, etc? Contact him! http://www.druche.com/ www.facebook.com/odiatu Fitlove@rogers.co...
54 Ben Hilger Paves Your Way To Legal Freedom! 25.12.2016 1:01:48
Ben Hilger – Bad Things Happen to Good People Ben helps us find out where to find our legal rights! How would you like to pay a small flat fee (like about 20 bucks a month!) and have a lawyer at your fingertips, IN YOUR STATE, to help you fight the injustices that happen to us hygienists? Call Ben and tell him you heard the podcast! 8 hours or less and you will hear back from a lawyer in your stat...
53 Patti DiGangi, RDH!! 17.12.2016 1:23:52
We know these show-notes are lengthy... but you gotta read them people!! This is a great episode! Patti DiGangi, RDH, BS is a vision-driven still practicing clinician that brings experience and news-participants-can-use the next day. Her works centers on challenging professionals to be the best they can be; for 2013 that means increasing their brain fitness. Brain fitness is the ability of the bra...
52 The Best Kept Secret in Dental Hygiene with Tracy Butler, RDH! 09.12.2016 1:08:34
Wanna know how you can tell we love you? Because we brought you this episode! This is going to blow... your.... MIND! We are talking soft and hard tissue REGENERATION folks! Remember how your teacher said it cant be done? Tracy has 750 studies on over 2.5 million patients spanning TWENTY+ years that says otherwise! We are talking healing of PDL, Cementum, and BONE... BONE! Emdogain is a biologic t...
51 Karen Siebert, RDH!! 01.12.2016 1:10:45
What a great episode this was with Karen! Karen is an absolute delight to listen to. She has a passion for this profession and a lot of helpful knowledge to share. We are lucky to call her a dear friend of the show! Karen wears many hats and the one we talk alot about in this episode is her work with American Eagle Instruments and XP technology. Listen as she explains how XP technology can potenti...
50 Melissa Scott, RDH and Nicole Phillips, RDH and Young Dental! 25.11.2016 1:20:43
EPISODE FIFTY!!!!!!!!!! We cannot believe we have made FIFTY of these things! It's insane! Thanks everyone for your support and your love. Looking forward to the next fifty! Please go rate and review us on iTunes SUPER IMPORTANT! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tale-two-hygienists-michelle/id1062738845?mt=2 To celebrate episode number 50, we bring you a special episode with a special offer (r...
49 with Shavonne Healy, RDH and Jasmin Haley, RDH 17.11.2016 1:14:29
This episode barely grazed the surface of what these two amazing hygienists have to offer the world! Read below to learn more about them, or, better yet, just listen to the episode! We also have it on special authority that there is even more coming from them soon so stay tuned and we will give you updates when its official!!! Making an ASK of ourselves We are the next generation of leaders and ge...
48 Katie Melko, RDH! 10.11.2016 1:22:17
This is a must-listen-to episode with Katie Melko! Katie is a recently installed President of ADHA Connecticut. She tells us about her non-profit she started, the struggles that were involved, and some lessons learned. She also talks about working for an FQHC! Katie is a listener and we love her for all she does for us! Thanks Katie!!!!!!
47 Claire Jeong, RDH - Founder and CEO of StudentRDH Board Review Course! 03.11.2016 1:16:45
Claire Jeong, MS, RDH, Founder and CEO Claire is an entrepreneur who is striving to promote educational efficacy. She is a graduate of MCPHS University, Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene and is licensed in the United States and Canada. Claire also has a B/S from Yonsei University, and a M.S. from Boston University. She is a member of Sigma Phi Alpha, the dental hygiene honor society. She has been t...
46 Mark Hartley, Editor of RDH Magazine and more! 26.10.2016 1:22:17
A Tale of Two Hygienists welcomes Mark Hartley to the podcast! In this episode we begin by learning the diagnosis of Michelle's flesh eating disease! We also talk about the American Association of Dental Boards, the idea of a Professional Compact vs Reciprocity, and a recent episode of a podcast that got Michelle's blood boiling! The interview portion focuses on Mark Hartley's role at Pennwell. He...
45 Dr. Uche Odiatu - Whole Body Health Pt 1 21.10.2016 1:03:21
Dr. Uche Odiatu is a dentist and health coach. He loves dentistry and loves dental hygienists. This is the first of many episodes with Dr Odiatu featuring his 7 Pillars of Health. Please enjoy this episode and reach out to Dr. Odiatu if you have any questions or comments! Three huge takeaways from this episode: BREATHE - breathe correctly and often Changing our vocabulary to reflect our true sel...
44 Debbie Z takes on Cancer! 15.10.2016 1:06:08
This episode features Debbie Zafiropoulos AKA Debbie Z! Andrew and Michelle met up with Debbie at RDH Under One Roof and talk about Debbie's main passion, The National Cancer Network. Debbie has some great tips for us hygienists to look for while performing screenings and getting us to observe and OPEN OUR MOUTHS when we see something out of the ordinary. You will hear her great love and passion f...
43 Linda Miller and Christie Bailey from PDT! 04.10.2016 1:22:03
In this episode, the first half of the episode was taped at Chicago Midwinter with Linda Miller and Christie Bailey. The second half finished up at Smiles at Sea with Linda! Linda tells her amazing story from before she started Paradise Dental Technologies through the present day. We talk about what qualities are needed to make a solid instrument. We talk about hygienists like Susan Wingrove and T...
42. Elijah Desmond and Smiles At Sea!! 29.09.2016 1:12:02
In this episode Andrew and Michelle record FROM THE BOAT! Dental Hygienist and serious serial entrepreneur Elijah Desmond invites A Tale of Two Hygienists to join him on his CE cruise SMILE AT SEA. Elijah has many different opportunities for hygienists out there but the top two in our opinion is Smiles at Sea CE cruises and Opportunities at Sea - a chance for someone to get facetime with some of...
41 Uganda Mission Trip Finale! 20.09.2016 48:42
This is the wrap up with dental hygienists Michelle Strange and Daniel Lopez! Here are a few links for the episode: www.smilesatsea.com and for the ce ---> www. CeZoom.com www.voicesofdentistry.com www.oneworldhealth.com www.facebook.com/ataleoftwohygienists https://www.facebook.com/DentalHygieneNation/?fref=ts http://www.dentalhygienenation.com/
40 Uganda Dental Mission Part 2! 12.09.2016 52:44
Sit back and enjoy part 2 of Dental Hygienists Michelle Strange and Daniel Lopez as they talk more about what its like to do dentistry in Uganda. www.smilesatsea.com www.voicesofdentistry.com And our giveaway from AndyRDH will be from this site here!! https://www.dentaltease.com/ Thanks everyone and we love you!!!
39 UGANDA DENTAL MISSION!!! Pt 1 29.08.2016 1:08:06
This is the first part of the story of hygienists Michelle Strange and Daniel Lopez as they took a trip to Uganda for a dental mission trip. While we only cover the preparation part of the trip, it is interesting to see how much preparation it takes to do a humanitarian/relief mission. Michelle and Andrew start off as always talking about recent events. We are still on hiatus trying to make the sh...
Sandra Holifield Battles Flossing "Controversy"!!! 05.08.2016 10:50
This is for you, Sandy!
37 Much Ado... part 3 25.07.2016 1:03:47
In this episode Michelle and Andrew discuss more listener feedback and questions. Andrew introduces a possible new segment for himself with the working title "From The Web" - where Andrew finds odd things related to dentistry on the web We also discuss results from 23andme! We will be at RDH Under One Roof with some AMAZING interviews scheduled Please check out our facebook page and hit the like...
36 Carrie Ibbetson and Michelle Strange! 18.07.2016 1:12:41
In this episode Michelle is interviewed by Carrie Ibbetson on her podcast Healthy Mouth Healthy Life Podcast! Special thanks to Carrie for giving us her .mp3 file!! Carrie is a dear friend of ours and we appreciate her highlighting Michelle, Tepe, and the importance of interdental cleaning! Please show her support by visiting one of the links below. http://www.carrieibbetson.com/ http://www.carrie...
35 Michelle Edits Her First Podcast! 13.07.2016 1:00:33
THE LAST QUESTION AND ANSWER IS FINALLY REVEALED! If you want to win FREE tuition for SMILES AT SEA in September, write down the 4th answer and submit it to us by July 16th to be entered into the drawing! Other stuff happened too... but youll have to sift through the static to be able to hear it... sorry again listeners!
34 Much Ado About Nothing pt 2 08.07.2016 37:53
Part THREE of the FREE TUITION for SMILES AT SEA is ON THIS EPISODE! In this episode we address some comments and questions from listeners (Shout out to Carla!). Andrew is at Podcast Movement, a podcast conference in Chicago, because he is super cool. We talk about the proper way to perio chart and what needs to be included. Andrew talks about his state's restorative rules and how it can apply t...
33 Daniel Lopez, RDH! 05.07.2016 1:01:37
Stay tuned after the end music to find out what Michelle's real name is! WARNING - Michelle says some no-no words! Also, Tune in for episode 34 for CLUE NUMBER 3 to WIN FREE TUITION FOR SMILES AT SEA! Michelle looks ridiculous and does not bring her "A" game at all today Michelle accuses our guest of being infectious Michelle wants to "chum" the waters with vomit to attract great white sharks...?...
32 Much Ado About Nothing Pt 1 30.06.2016 44:11
In this episode we discuss: Andrew quits drinking energy drinks... and it shows in his performance Michelle is in Vegas at the Western Society of Periodontology http://wsperio.org/ S he meets hygienists from her favorite state (Washington.. suck it South Carolina!) Andrew is headed to Podcast Movement 2016 in Chicago! Shout out to Leslie living in Belgium but traveling to Greece and Croatia and D...
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