A Tale of Two Hygienists Podcast

Please Leave a Review!     THIS EPISODE COUNTS FOR CE! - but read the disclaimers it might not count for your state. Go here to take the test and get your free CE Credit!     It's A Tale of Two Hygienists' student roundtable episode, which means Andrew and Michelle have invited a roster of guests to educate student listeners on a chosen topic.    With April being Oral Cancer Awareness Month, it is...

On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition your host, Katrina Sanders, RDH talks to us about the Prevalence of Diseases of the Periodontium.   Quotes:    " Help me out, Dad. What is the percentage of individuals who have moderate to severe gingivitis? And that number is 27.6% of our patient population. That is according to my Midwest dad by the way."   "And to clarify even more, the popu...

This week on A Tale of Two Hygienists TIPisode we are joined by Dr. Joy D. Void-Holmes, RDH, BSDH, MHSc, AADH to discuss "The Jacks". Dr. Joy D. Void-Holmes, RDH, BSDH, MHSc, AADH is the founder Dr. Joy, RDH and the creator of the Dental Hygiene Student Planner.    Episode Highlights   Sickle Scalers What are the Jacks What do the Jacks do   Quotes   "If you are a practicing clinician, chances are...

Please Leave a Review!     THIS EPISODE COUNTS FOR CE! - but read the disclaimers it might not count for your state. Go here to take the test and get your free CE Credit!   One of Andrew's favorite people in both dentistry and life, Dr. Joy Void-Holmes, joins the podcast today as a co-host for a fascinating interview with Dr. Sam Shamardi. The founder of Dental Innovations LLC, a company aimed at...

On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition your host, Katrina Sanders, RDH talks to us about the physiologic observation of the periodontium.   Quotes:    " We know that the blood supply is extremely important because it delivers immuno components and nutritional components and helps to support the periodontium in health."   "he nerves that supply the periodontium are primarily the trige...

Please Rate this Podcast!   This week on A Tale of Two Hygienists TIPisode we are joined by Connie Simmons, RDH to talk about dry mouth, and solutions for your patients!   Episode Highlights   Remineralization Locate the cause of dry mouth FluoriMax5000 Allday Dry Mouth Spray   Quotes   "Do the products really fix dry mouth, or just alleviate some of the symptoms?"   "Loosing any amount of saliva...

Please Leave a Review!     THIS EPISODE COUNTS FOR CE! - but read the disclaimers it might not count for your state. Go here to take the test and get your free CE Credit!   This week, Casey Hein brings the vast amount of knowledge and wisdom she has amassed through her 50 years in dentistry to the podcast. Casey's many roles include dental hygienist, consultant, writer, speaker, founder of the fir...

On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition your host, Katrina Sanders, RDH talks to us about the Alveolar Bone Crust!   Quotes:    " For most of us we're utilizing dental radiographs to evaluate our approximate what that bone level looks like. So know that when we're looking at the shape of that bony crust, we're looking at several influential factors, things like what is the width of th...

This week on A Tale of Two Hygienists TIPisode we are joined by Andrew Johnston, RDH to talk about the three things he wants you to know about sealants!   Episode Highlights Caries Risk Assessment Faulty Logic Time Management Product Selection Production   Quotes "Insurance wouldn't pay for it, so why spend the time talking about it."   "I was anti-sealant for years, because of this faulty logic."...

Please Leave a Review!     THIS EPISODE COUNTS FOR CE! - but read the disclaimers it might not count for your state. Go here to take the test and get your free CE Credit!     Amanda Hill joins Andrew as a co-host today for a fascinating interview with computational mathematician, Andrew Carr. Specializing in machine learning, Andrew has served as a research intern at Google Brain, worked in geomet...

On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition your host, Katrina Sanders, RDH talks to us about the supporting bone!   Quotes:    "So when we see the meeting of the cribriform plate and the buccal and lingual cortical plates, that's where, of course, we see that beautiful lamina dura radiographically, the buccal and lingual cortical plates will vary in thickness, but typically we do see tha...

Please Rate this Podcast!   This week on A Tale of Two Hygienists TIPisode we are joined by Jessica Atkinson, MEd, BSDH, RDH from Hygiene Edge to talk about helping your students to get the most out of clinic! Educators this one is for you!   This TIPisode is sponsored by Orascoptic. Visit www. Orascoptic.com to learn more.   Episode Highlights Focus meetings Review student requirements and patien...

Please Leave a Review!     THIS EPISODE COUNTS FOR CE! - but read the disclaimers it might not count for your state. Go here to take the test and get your free CE Credit! This week, Andrew and Michelle welcome Dr. Matt Allen to the podcast for an in-depth discussion about Motivational Interviewing (MI). Among his many roles, Dr. Allen serves as the President of M David MI Inc., the CEO and co-foun...

On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition your host, Katrina Sanders, RDH talks to us about the alveolar bone proper!   Quotes:    " The Cribriform plates themselves are thinner plates of bone that have perforations and those perforations are really important because those little openings are openings that carry blood vessels and nerve endings and of course, lymphatic support from the b...

This TIPisode is brought to you by Zirc Dental. We are joined by Brittany Gray, CDA, Zirc Product & Efficiency Consultant, to talk about Procedure Tubs, Safe-Lok Covers, and material management!   Brittany Gray, CDA, is a Zirc Product & Efficiency Consultant. Prior to joining the Zirc team, Brittany spent nearly 23 years as a dental assistant. Her clinical experience has helped her be fantastic at...

It's A Tale of Two Hygienists' student roundtable episode, which means Andrew and Michelle have invited a roster of guests to educate student listeners on a chosen topic. This month's roundtable focuses on periodontitis, a disease that more than half of Americans have! To get the full scoop, Andrew chatted with not one, not two, but FOUR perio educators.   Eva Ramsey is an assistant professor at T...

On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition your host, Katrina Sanders, RDH talks to us the CEJ or Cemento Enamel Junction.    Quotes:    " So the current Darby text actually states that 76 percent of our patient population, we see a meet's where the cementum and the enamel meet 14 percent of our population we see that overlap and 10 percent of our patients, we see a gap."   "So because o...

Please Rate this Podcast!   This week on A Tale of Two Hygienists TIPisode we are joined by Andrea Wiseman, RDH to talk about Children's Dental Health Month and the importance of starting good oral hygiene habits young.   Episode Highlights   Product Choice Product Choice Metered Dosing Health Warehouse   Quotes   "If you have a patient that has white spot lesions it will be much harder, if not im...

Please Leave a Review!     THIS EPISODE COUNTS FOR CE! - but read the disclaimers it might not count for your state. Go here to take the test and get your free CE Credit! February is National Children's Dental Health Month, and for this episode Andrew and Michelle have offered the mic to Jessica, Shelley and Melia at Hygiene Edge. They spoke with a pediatric hygiene specialist and traded tips and...

On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition your host, Katrina Sanders, RDH talks to us about acellular and cellular cementum.   Quotes:    " Now, when we see tooth wear like attrition, for example, the body compensates by depositing more layers of cellular cementum."    "Now, it's important to know that cementum itself does not resorbed as readily as bone does because it's a vascular and...

This week on A Tale of Two Hygienists TIPisode we are joined by Susan Wingrove, RDH to talk about the importance of biofilm management, and salivary testing in our appointments. In this TIPisode Susan highlights some of the patient benefits of using MI Paste and MI Paste Plus!   Episode Highlights Ideal Patients for pH Testing MI Paste Study Re-Care Appointments Quotes "As dental hygienists we nee...

Please Leave a Review!     THIS EPISODE COUNTS FOR CE! - but read the disclaimers it might not count for your state. Go here to take the test and get your free CE Credit! On this week's A Tale of Two hygienists, we're focusing on how companies and clinics can work to foster a more diverse and inclusive workplace. Our guest for this episode is actually in charge of that role at her own workplace.  ...

On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition your host, Katrina Sanders, RDH talks to us about cementum!   Quotes:    " Cementum itself is not as calcified as some of our other tissues in the body, and the idea behind this, of course, is the fact that as a layer of cementum is laid down, it only calcifies to a certain amount before the next layer of cementum is laid down, meaning that ceme...

On this weeks TIPisode we are joined by Carrie Wucinich and Debora Carrier! They talk to us about "Where the Sugar Bugs Live" and the impact it has made for pediatric patients!   Episode Highlights   Carrie's Background Carrie's TIP Twice as Nice Partnership Portion of proceeds support families affected by childhood cancer   Quotes   "Parents would cry to me because they didn't know what else to d...

On this weeks TIPisode we are joined by Sarah Thiel, Owner and Co-Founder of CE Zoom! CE Zoom has developed a new feature that makes licensure maintenance and renewals a breeze. They literally hand you everything you need to maintain your license on a silver platter!   Episode Highlights   CE Zoom Background New CE Zoom Feature: Your Total Package   Quotes "CE Zoom was created for myself, and for...