Disrupting Dentistry Podcast

The One About an Alternative Career Path in Orthodontics   In this episode, we chat with Cheryl Dey and discuss her alternative career path as a dental hygienist working in orthodontics.   Over the past ten years, Cheryl has honed her skill as an orthodontic hygienist through her work in one of the leading orthodontic practices in Australia, working at clinics in Adelaide and Melbourne.  She has a...

In this episode of the Disrupting Dentistry podcast Tabitha and Melissa tackle the topic of Menopause and how we can support our menopausal women during this time of transition.        The facts of menopause are very eye opening as Tabitha and Melissa review the multitude of symptoms in addition to the oral manifestations of menopause so oral health professionals can identify complications that ca...

On this episode Tabitha and Melissa disucss what red flags to look for when looking for the perfect dental practice, they chat about some of the red flags they have seen in the dental practice and what questions to ask in interviews 

In this episode we get to chat with Kevin Lopez, AKA Kev Talks Teeth about being a male in a predominately female profession and cultural racism in dentistry.  Kevin is quiet wise beyond his years in hygiene practice and his story is inspirational.  Kev is here is to disrupt dentistry -  and he is just getting started!  

In this episode Tabitha shares her personal journey as her son was just diagnosed and is being treated for epilepsy.  Tabitha and Melissa discuss and learn about the many oral connections to epilepsy and this host chat shares the facts on diagnosis,  treatment and how dental hygienists can aid in specialized care for this patient population.   Thanks for listening!  Please leave us a review wherev...

On this installment of disrupting dentistry with talk with USA based Dental Hygienist Angie Stone. Angie has written the book dying of dirty teeth and is an advocate for oral health in aged care facilities and patients with dementia. On this episode we discuss what is dementia and how we can help prevent and help. This is an important episode  and one not to be missed

Drug dependance occurs whne you need on or more drugs to function and dependance can occur in over the coutner, perscription and illegal drugs. On the latest installment of the podcast Tabitha and Melissa discuss drug dependancy satistics, social impact, hospilisations and the health and  oral health impacts for drug dependant patients    

This episode we are excited to be talking with specialist orthodontist Dr Derek Mahony.  Derek Mahony is a Sydney based Orthodontist who has spoken to thousands of practitioners about the benefits of interceptive orthodontic treatment. Early in his career Dr. Mahony learned from leading clinicians the dramatic effect functional appliance therapy can afford patients in orthodontic treatment. He has...

Join us on this very special spisode where we chat with Theresa Ryan from Australia about her journey survining cancer, As part of Theresa's Journey she had part of her mandible removed, reconstruction surgery and chemptherapy  We chat with her about what her journey was like, the stuggles and emotional toll it took and where she is now Its a very emotional episode but one that all dental professi...

Join us as we chat with Dr Camille Zenobia from the USA. Dr Zenobia is a scientist, innovator and Entrepreneur Her Special interests and Passions include  Oral health, mucosal immunology, microbiome, host-pathogen, infectious disease, skin biology, vaccine, adjuvant, inflammation/resolution, novel therapeutics, scientific writing and communication, project management, clinical design in oral and s...

Join the Disrupting Dentistry team as we chat with William Carson-Jones ( CJ) an OHT from Adelaide Australia about Pride month and how dental clinicans can be allys to the LGBTQ+ community.  Please remember pride is more than one month and its important we work to be allys to the LGBTQ+ community all year  https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/lgbti-services/ https://www.lgbtqiahea...

This is a special episode dedicated to Mackenzie, Tabitha's daughter.  During this episode we discuss what are the different types of domestic violence and how as dental professionals we may be able to help with referrals to other services. Please be aware this is an emotional episode, look after yourself. Thank you to the Dreggs for permission to play "Give myself to you" at the end of the episod...

In this episode Melissa interviews Eileen Prizzi, a seasoned dental hygienist, clinical adjunct professor, and oral systemic extraordinare.   Eileen will drop many pearls of wisdom for the new graduates and seasoned dental hygienits alike.  You will feel inspired after listening to this episode!  Eileen touches on ergonomics, interviewing the practice, going on a "first date" before accepting a jo...

In this episode we discuss the worldwide Oral Cancer Epidemic with OCX Guru, Susan Cotten!   Susan shares her heartfelt story of how she became passionate about OCX screenings and just wait until you hear how Donny Osmond gets involved!   Susan shares with us the stats by the Oral Cancer Foundation that, Worldwide new new oral cancer cases are exceeding 640,000 annually. How do we disrupt the stat...

In this host chat episode Tabitha and Melissa discuss the statistics of patients with HIV and how HIV/AIDS impacts oral heatlh and pracitioners.     Episode resources:   HIV/AIDS & Oral Health

On this installment of Disrupting Dentistry Melissa and Tabitha talk with their friend, colleague, fellow dental hygienist and certified in DISC, Miranda Beeson.  Miranda shares her knowledge on personality types, how disc profiling can help the dental team communicate with ear other and patients. We also discuss on how understanding our own personality helps us personally and in our work-life.  C...

On this installment of Disrupting Dentistry Tabitha and Melissa talk with Shavaya an Oral Health Therpaist  fom Perth, WA , Australia on her qualification in hypnotherpay and how she has been able to utalise these skills with anxous and nervous patients @openmind_hypnotherapy

On this installement of the podcast Tabitha and Melissa talk about something they are both passionat about, Oral hygiene Instructions and the way they are delivered.  During the episode they discuss the timing, motivators for patients, the way we recieve and send messages the importance of knowing your patients  * disclaimer we apologise for the audio in parts of the episode unfortunately New Jers...

Welcome back from our Summer/Winter end of year break and catch up with Melissa and Tabitha to discuss setting goals for 2022. Melissa and Tabitha outline their personal and professional goals for 2022 and how they are going to set out to acieve them.

Join Melissa and Tabitha for the last episode for 2021 where we talk about hand instrumentation verse ultrasonic scaling. In this episode we discuss legacy dentistry and hand scalers, evidence based dentistry and the time to shift to minimal intervention periodontal treatment. Its time to put down your weapons and join the revolution of do no harm   

On this installment of the podcast Melissa and Tabitha discuss workplace bullying in the dental practice. What does it look like and the unique experiences  of dental hygienists and oral health therapists in private practice 

Welcome to season 2!! On the first installment of season two we chat with Kelsey Ingram on her research into the effects of oral health on chronic disease and the translation of this evidence into chronic disease and oral health policy in Australia.   

ITS OUR BIRTHDAY!!   Join us to wrap up season 1, discuss our highlights and what's in stall for season 2 of Disrupting Dentistry A special thank you to all of our guests and the listeners  who have made season 1 so much fun

Join Melissa and Tabitha for the last episode of season one dedicated to Dementia awareness month.  On this installment we discuss the prevalence  of dementia world wide, the social, emotional and financial impacts of the disease and how as Dental Hygienists and members of the health care team we can support our patients and their families 

Join us as we talk with the fabulous Sarah Beach about TMD and patient pain. Sarah has had an amazing work history from working in government dental vans to dental hygiene in Switzerland, Singapore, and back to Australia working in pain management, private practice, and whitening studio. Listen to her journey and why having baseline knowledge on TMD pain and knowing who to refer to is essential fo...