A Tale of Two Hygienists Podcast

Our monthly student roundtable discussion episodes are dedicated to help you navigate the at-times turbulent waters from graduation to full employment in dental hygiene. For this installment, we're shining a light on hygienists who've devoted a significant part of their careers working in the public health and nonprofit sectors. Kyle Isaacs, who previously appeared in episode 87 of A Tale of Two H...

This week's TIPisode is with Noel Brandon-Kelsch and is a great reminder about our surface disinfectants! Medicom sponsors this episode.  Head over to their website and learn more about their SafeMask to keep you and your patient protected https://www.medicom.com/en Noel Brandon-Kelsch is an international speaker, writer, Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice and Director of Cabrillo...

It's the final installment of Andrew and Michelle's four-part cariology series! To cap off our journey with caries, we're stepping away from private practices to learn how dental professionals in the public health sector deal with all things related to tooth decay. Sharity Ludwig, RDH, is the Director of Clinical Innovations and the Director of Community Dental Programs for Advantage Dental, which...

It's part three of four of Andrew and Michelle's cariology series! As we near the final stretch, this episode's specific focus is on the tools and methods used to figure out if that little recess is a cavity or something else. Paresh Shah, DMD, has been practicing privately in Winnipeg, Manitoba, for nearly three decades. Outside of his clinics, he's a prosthodontic instructor at the University of...

This week Dr. Odiatu is joined by Mahsa Bakhshandeh, RDH.  They chat about how we can enhance our chairside conversations and help our patients make better lifestyle choices! Dr. Odiatu is a practicing dentist, certified trainer, author, speaker, and repeat AToTH guest.  He always brings us content that we can use to make us and our patients happy and healthy.  Be sure to check out the many episod...

This week Michelle and Andrew continue their 4-part cariology series, where they consult with the experts on how to properly diagnose, treat and prevent cavities that makes up so much of our profession. Returning for part two is Pam Maragliano-Muniz, Editor-in-Chief of Inside Dental Hygiene, the owner of Salem Dental Arts, and an experienced prosthodontist/hygienists.   In this episode, Pam breaks...

For this bonus episode—powered by Crest+Oral B—we're happy to invite back Tom Viola, R.Ph who appeared in another bonus episode earlier this January. Tom Viola is a speaker, writer, consultant, and expert in the field of dental pharmacology. When it comes to the anesthetics that keep dental patients from feeling pain during even the most invasive procedures, Tom is THE go-to guy. From Benzocaine t...

Claire Jeong is the founder of StudentRDH.com, dentaltoaster.com, and smarterDA.com She has also created Wake Up Memory tips to help us remember pathology, pharmacology, and so much more. In this episode, Claire helps us to remember  the MRD or maximum recommended dose, for local anesthetic cartridges. Check out her website, dentaltoaster.com for more info and other great CE courses, including one...

Interview starts minute 7:55 Cariology Series Part ONE Be sure to buckle up because the next few weeks of A Tale of Two Hygienists Podcast are going to be a rollercoaster of knowledge. This is the first episode in our new cariology series. Dental caries are among the most pervasive oral ailments and their treatment is core to dentistry and dental hygiene, so we've invited a few seasoned profession...

We are excited to have this TIPisode presented by Andre Shirdan!  He was on the podcast before!   Andre is an inspirational and motivational speaker, executive coach, and a certified trainer.  Since 1989, Andre has worked with thousands of practices helping to create systems for treatment planning, staff training, goal attainment, internal and external marketing, and computer systems integration....

Our monthly student roundtable discussion episodes are dedicated to help you navigate the at-times turbulent waters from graduation to internship to full employment in the hygienist industry. This month's episode specifically focus on the positions with Dental Service Organizations that are available to hygienists and other dental professionals across the country to. Not sure what a Dental Service...

This week's TIPisode is with Noel Brandon-Kelsch and is a great reminder of how vital our masks are and what not to do with them! Medicom sponsors this episode.  Head over to their website and learn more about their SafeMask to keep you and your patient protected https://www.medicom.com/en Noel Brandon-Kelsch is an international speaker, writer, Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice...

Continuing our themes of health and nutrition from the last few episodes, Michelle and Andrew have invited a guest who isn't just critical of our society's intake—she has reason to believe it's the key ingredient in our public health and nutrition crisis, one that needs to be reassessed if we're to all live cleaner lives. Karen Davis is a practicing dental hygienist, author, consultant, and founde...

This week's TIPisode is with Dr. Uche Odiatu as he discusses why poor sleepers are poor healers. Dr. Odiatu is a practicing dentist, certified trainer, author, speaker, and repeat AToTH guest.  He always brings us content that we can use to make us and our patients happy and healthy.  Be sure to check out the many episodes with Dr. Uche and head over to our YouTube channel and watch the videos Dr....

While Michelle, unfortunately, wasn't able to sit down for this show's latest episode, the similarly named hygienist Machell Hudson (previously heard on Episode 128) has kindly stopped by to help Andrew interview a fellow hygienist who knows just how important the link between oral health and healthy pregnancies is. Katy Cameron hails from Bozeman, Montana and has been a dental hygienist for over...

For this bonus episode—powered by Crest+Oral B—we're happy to invite back Sherri Lukes, who previously appeared on  episode 103 . Sherri M. Lukes, RDH, MS, FAADH, has been a dental hygienist for 38years. She holds advanced degrees in education. She is associate professor emerita, Southern Illinois University, where she taught oral pathology, public health, and multicultural dental hygiene. Her res...

Claire Jeong is the founder of StudentRDH.com, dentaltoaster.com, and smarterDA.com She has also created Wake Up Memory tips to help us remember pathology, pharmacology, and so much more. In this episode, Claire helps us to remember the eight steps to chart an oral lesion . Check out her website, dentaltoaster.com for more info and other great CE courses, including one by Michelle!

We're excited to have Ann Marie DePalma, RDH, back on our show again (previously heard on episode 90)! We met up with her at the Yankee Dental Congress in very chilly Boston where we got to talking about how your office can stay on the up and up with technology and health care compliance. The big topic this episode is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which dictates...

These TIPisodes keep getting better and better!  Teresa gives us another round of great advice and in this tip, she tackles the 4355 code Teresa Duncan, MS is such a wealth of knowledge. Please visit her website and enjoy her awesome resources! For more info from Teresa, see below!  Teresa Duncan: Speaker on insurance and management, Podcaster, Author of a book and contributes to several magazines...

Most people don't truly receive proper instruction for how to write a résumé, least of all one tailored to dental hygiene. Thankfully the new panel of guests for this month's student roundtable is discussing all things related to job hunting: putting together your résumé, assembling references, and nailing the interview . The Panel - Doug Perry helps both new and seasoned dental hygienists optimiz...

Noel Brandon-Kelsch is an international speaker, writer, Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice and Director of Cabrillo College Dental Hygiene Program.  She is passionate about oral health and has the uncanny ability to motivate and enlighten audiences through her unique humor and cutting edge information.  She takes the tough subject matter and presents it in such an interesting way...

Following the thread from last week's discussion, we're taking a close look at how hygienists get paid and, most importantly, how they can get paid well. Rachel Wall (who previously appeared on episode 109) was kind enough to stop by again to discuss how compensation can be most efficiently and fairly distributed throughout any clinic's hygiene department. Rachel Teel Wall, RDH, BS, is the founder...

If you have heard Dr. Uche Odiatu on the podcast or have been lucky enough to have seen him present, you know he has a ton of energy!  We wish he would bottle it up and give us each a drop.  He gives us some inside tips on how to find our energy on this week's TIPisode!  Listen to more great episodes with Dr. Uche on the podcast and also find him at druche.com.  He can be found on Facebook and Ins...

We're ecstatic to have dental compliance expert Olivia Wann, RD, JD back on our show again (hear her previously on episode 82)! The founder of Modern Practice Solutions is here to tackle a topic that becomes more and more important to cover the closer we approach tax season: employment status.   Depending on how you were hired, it's possible that you're not an actual employee of your clinic but a...

Claire Jeong is the founder of StudentRDH.com, dentaltoaster.com, and smarterDA.com She has also created Wake Up Memory tips to help us remember pathology, pharmacology, and so much more. In this episode, Claire helps us to remember all the details about Pyrogenic Granulomas. Check out her website, dentaltoaster.com for more info and other great CE courses!