A Tale of Two Hygienists Podcast

On this special bonus episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists we are joined Nathan Jones and guest co-host Brooke Crouch to discuss the Cellerant Hygiene Award they won for their Xlear Sinus Care line.  Episode Highlights  Xlear Xylitol Nasal Line Breakdown: When to use What  Links https://xlear.com/   https://www.facebook.com/groups/682581349821963  

This week on A Tale of Two Hygienists TIPisode we are joined by Stephanie Botts, RDH who is a clinical hygienist and ergonomic specialist. Today Stephanie talks to us about posture and pinch force by reducing risk of injury by using indirect vision!   This TIPisode is sponsored by Zirc Dental Products! Learn more about their products at https://www.zirc.com/stephanie   Links https://www.zirc.com/s...

This month we have partnered with DEXIS to bring you 4 courses from their DEXIS Days series. DEXIS Days is a month-long virtual experience to help you advance your knowledge, embrace emerging technologies, and thrive. This is one of 34 education sessions!  On this episode Gary Salman, Chief Executive Officer at Black Talon Security, LLC talks to us about Ransomware Attacks. Over the last year, ran...

On this week's episode of Fast Facts – Coding Edition with Teresa Duncan, MS Teresa gives us a breakdown of D0171 which she believes is not just being underutilized… but criminally underutilized! Tune in to see how you can use this code in your practice.    Quotes:  " That's a periodontal evaluation. I don't think you're doing that post scaling and root planing. I'm guessing that you're really doi...

Join us for another RDH Rant take over episode! We are joined by Anna Sventora, Heather Kirby and Lizz Bortolotti to talk about all of the GOOD, and there is a lot of it, that comes from RDH Rant. Episode Highlights - How RDH Rant Gives Back - Stories from Rant that give us the feels Links: RDH Rant: https://www.facebook.com/groups/599722366843869

This month we have partnered with DEXIS to bring you 4 courses from their DEXIS Days series. DEXIS Days is a month-long virtual experience to help you advance your knowledge, embrace emerging technologies, and thrive. This is one of 34 education sessions!  On this episode Dr. Chris Salierno, DDS discusses how profit should not be a dirty word in dentistry. He shows that a practice that is more pro...

On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition, Katrina Sanders talks to us about why it's important for us to not only look at an indication, but the implications for why a dental implant would need to be placed in a dental patient's mouth. Quotes:  "I think many of us in the dental profession have viewed dental implants as the more expensive option when it comes to tooth replacement. " "I...

On this special bonus episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists we are joined Kristin Goodfellow, RDH to talk about OraCare and the Cellerant Hygiene Award they won for their Health Rinse. Kristin shares what makes OraCare special and some programs they have in place that make OraCare as a company stand out.  Episode Highlights  Voting: How it works  Kristins Background OraCare Health Rinse vs. Chlorhex...

If you haven't caught on by now, Andrew is a big fan of podcasts and podcasting! On this TIPisode turned mini-episode Andrew shares some history of where podcasting has come, and where it is going, highlighting dental podcasts!  Join us at ADA SmileCon where we will be podcasting Friday October 14th 11:15am - 12:15pm https://www.ada.org/education/smilecon/registration  

This month we have partnered with DEXIS to bring you 4 courses from their DEXIS Days series. DEXIS Days is a month-long virtual experience to help you advance your knowledge, embrace emerging technologies, and thrive. This is one of 34 education sessions!  On this episode Dr. Robert Pauley discusses how Intraoral scanners can impact your prosthetic design phase and increase collaboration with your...

On this Fast Facts: Pharmacology Edition Tom Viola, R. Ph., C.C.P. we share an episode where Tom begins a new series that focuses on dietary supplements! View the whole series on our YouTube Channel!  This series is sponsored by our friends at Elevate Oral Care! @elevateoralcare creates innovative and proven prevention-focused oral care products, learn more by visiting www.elevateoralcare.com and...

On this special bonus episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists we are joined Brooke Crouch, RDH, Hayley Buckner, RDH and Arika Olijar to talk to us about the not one, not two, but THREE Cellerant Awards given to Elevate Oral Care.    Episode Highlights  Voting: How it works  Winning products    Links   https://www.elevateoralcare.com/     https://www.elevateoralcare.com/products/AdvantageArrest     htt...

On this TIPisode Amber Auger, RDH talks to us about Xerostomia and the relief provided through GC America Dry Mouth Gel! Amber is a practicing hygienist, international Speaker and creator of Thrive in the Op TM!   Episode Highlights What is Xerostomia Long Term Relief Dry Mouth Gel  Quotes  "Most patients don't realize they have xerostomia."  "When our patients are struggling with xerostomia it ca...

On this special episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists we are joined by Alyssa Delgado, RDH at RDH Under One Roof conference to talk about diode lasers and local anesthesia!   Special Thank You to our guest co-host Erika Flateau for joining us on this interview and others!   Thanks to Tempstars support this episode has FREE CE! Be sure to view your state guidelines to ensure this CE is applicable in...

On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition, Katrina Sanders talks to us about the prescription Paxlovid and some associated side effects such as dysgeusia.    Quotes:    " It's an oral antiviral pill that can be taken at home to help keep high risk patients from getting sick and needing to be hospitalized."   "This additive product is called Ritonavir, and this is an added medicament tha...

On this week's TIPisode we are joined by Senior Director of Global Sales and Clinician Professional Development at DEXIS Imaging, Jordan Reiss. In September you will hear 4 of the 34 educational sessions from DEXIS Days on your AToTH podcast feed. Take advantage of the incredible speakers highlighting a variety of topics across the dental industry through this educational CE opportunity through DE...

On this episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists Andrew is joined at RDH Under One Roof by Melissa Calhoun, RDH and Jessica Atkinson, RDH  to take it back to hygiene school and refresh our memory about embryology!  Thanks to Tempstars support this episode has FREE CE! Be sure to view your state guidelines to ensure this CE is applicable in your State. You can view all episodes with Free CE here. Take t...

On this Fast Facts: Pharmacology Edition Tom Viola, R. Ph., C.C.P. begins a new series focused on endocrine pharmacology, today discussing adrenal corticosteroids! If you want to listen to all episodes in the endocrine series head to our Youtube Page, Instagram or Website! This series is sponsored by our friends at Elevate Oral Care! @elevateoralcare creates innovative and proven prevention-focuse...

On this special bonus episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists we record live at RDH Under One Roof to celebrate the Cellerant Award Recipient, EMS. EMS was recognized this year for their AIRFLOW Prophylaxis Master. On this episode Andrew talks with Dr. Sarah Balaster and Katie Schiller, RDH about guided biofilm therapy.  Episode Highlights  Love at first use  Katies personal experience Assisted Hygien...

Join us for another RDH Rant take over episode! We are joined by Anna Sventora, Heather Kirby and Lizz Bortolotti to talk about tales from RDH's who have temped! Episode Highlights - Weird Temp Stories from your hosts - Stories from Rant members  Links: RDH Rant: https://www.facebook.com/groups/599722366843869

On this episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists Andrew is joined by Dr. Doug Thompson and return guest co-host Machell Hudson, RDH! Dr. Thompson talks to us about how he uses integrative dentistry in his practice to ensure that he and his team do the best they can to control the patients oral microbiome and reduce disease.  Thanks to Tempstars support this episode has FREE CE! Be sure to view your sta...

On this week's episode of Fast Facts – Coding Edition with Teresa Duncan, MS Teresa gives us a breakdown of evaluation codes, you may know them as exam codes, but spoiler, that isn't the correct term! Pay attention guys because these codes could boost your production and put more $ in your pockets!   Quotes:  " Let me just be really clear here, you're going to be billing it out under the dentist m...

This week on A Tale of Two Hygienists TIPisode we are joined by Stephanie Botts, RDH who is a clinical hygienist and ergonomic specialist. Today Stephanie talks to us about repetitive use injuries and reducing repetitive motions that may cause injury.    This TIPisode is sponsored by Air Techniques! Learn more about their products at https://www.airtechniques.com/en/     Links   https://www.postur...

On this episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists Andrew is joined by Crystal Spring, RDH in an interview with guest co-host Erika Flateau, RDH. Crystal talks to us about the importance of medical and dental integration as it relates to the oral-systemic link. She shares about the work that she does through Smiles Across Montana and how you can identify foundations to support your own nonprofit through...

On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition, Katrina Sanders, continues her discussion around Peri-Implant soft and hard tissue deficiencies, today discussing maintaining implants.   Quotes:    "W e now know that dental implants, just like natural teeth, certainly can fail. And in fact, if we are not maintaining the periodontium around a dental implant the likelihood that this implant cou...