Disrupting Dentistry Podcast

On this instalment  of the podcast we talk with Australian Dental Hygienist Paulette Smith about her journey as a Dental Hygienist in Victoria Australia. When Paulette first graduated she found herself living in a state where Dental Hygiene wasn't legal and she then found herself on a journey for a fight to make not only dental hygiene legal but to improve access and quality of dental care for the...

On this installment of Disrupting Dentistry, we talk with the AMAZING Pamela Sargent from Maine USA. Pamela is in one of the three states in the USA where independent practice is allowed and we talk to her about her journey to owning her own hygiene studio and how she can now treat patients in the time and way she wants to, putting care as the number one priority. We promise you will be inspired! ...

On this installment of Disrupting Dentistry Tabitha and Melissa discuss bias in the dental practice for interproximal cleaning. How we need to look at every patient as an individual and give customized care plans that are evidence based, practical, needed and wanted.  Legacy dental has set the standard for what a lot of dental professionals recommend to patients and its time to disrupt " I have al...

Join Melissa and Tabitha as they chat with Tracy Baker the brains behind @itsthedentalhygenius.  Tracy is a dental hygenius and the founder and owner of The Dental Hygenius, a dental development consultancy. Tracy helps dentistry-based entrepreneurs and wantrepreneurs monetize their brand, expertise, and services to create robust revenue streams. We chat on this episode about dental hygienists bei...

This episode Melissa and Tabitha discuss tobacco trends, the rise of e-cigarettes and vaping along with risks and how dental professionals play a vital role in smoking cessation for patients If you are listening from Australia todays episode can be self reported as 1 hour CPD Link to VAPING FIX  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-vaping-fix/id1562884524 https://www.icanquit.com.au/reasons-t...

Around the world many countries have a new batch of graduate dental hygienists and this episode talks about the first steps for getting a job and working in a dental office. We have tips from dental hygienists from around the world. Congratulations New Graduates, you are our future and we are excited to see what you make of it    Tabitha and Melissa xx

Join us as we chat with Australian Dental Hygienist Jacquie Biggar about her career and how she came to set up her mobile dental business " Senior Dental Care". We also chat about the state of aged care and how Dental Hygienists and Oral Health Therapists can play a key role in improving the care and outcomes.  For more information on Jacquie and her business, you can visit her website https://sen...

Join us for the latest episode as we discuss how dental professionals are front-line workers when it comes to oral cancer education, detection, and supportive care.  Melissa and Tabitha discuss statistics of oral cancer, risk factors and why we all need to talk about HPV with our patients.  If you are in Australia this episode can be counted as 1 hour CPD

Dr Mark Wotherspoon has lead an amazing life from serving  in the military, running a dental practice within a prison, owning a private dental practice, starting a mobile dentistry business for aged care and inventing oral care devices to clean oral appliances. You name it  and Dr Wotherspoon has probably done it! Join us this week as we talk with one of the true disrupters of dentistry about his...

This week we are so excited to interview our first Canadian guest, out first dentist and our first male guest! Dr Bandon Duocet is an amazing human and dentist and we are so proud to share him with our disrupters. Brandon is fighting the good fight and its people like him who will change the world. Listen to  this weeks podcast to learn about how the coalition for dental care in Canada is fighting...

We have released a special bonus episode for eating disorder awareness week. As dental professionals we have a unique postion in the medical team to sometimes be one of the first health care team members to identify a potenital eating disorder.    We are not powerless in this situation, we can be life changing support as we  can support our patients in accesing treatment for their eating disorders...

This we have the pleasure to interview the AMAZING Dr Melanie Hayes. Melanie started her career as a dental assistant before moving on to complete her Bachelor of Oral Health from the University  of Newcastle in Australia.  After this Mel went on to complete her Class 1 Honors, a PHD, graduate certificate in teaching, graduate certificate in  Advanced leadership and Masters in Education with a maj...

Sometimes disrupting means embracing old knowledge. On this weeks episode we talk with Cathy Boyce an Oral Health Therapist from Queensland, Australia. Cathy has been using silver fluoride for over 30 years and is an experienced clinician and international speaker on the subject. On this episode Cathy explains what is silver fluoride, why did we stop using it and why is it making a comeback? In th...

  On Todays episode Melissa and Tabitha talk with Jill Meyer- Lippert. Jill is a USA based Dental Hygienist who took a negative experience  for her family and turned it into and inspiring business that helps both other dental clinicians, members of the health team and most importantly our patients. Jill shares her knowledge  with us on how we can help our patients with their oral care during their...

Thank you for joining us on the start of our journey in 2020, in this episode we wrap up 2020 the year that was like no other. We discuss the trials of the year but also some of the benefits and the good we will be taking from 2020.    Thank you again for your support so far and we look forward to continuing our journey with you. Don't forget to share with a friend and leave a review.   You can fo...

Legacy dental protocols and misinformation have become the Urban Legends of Implant Maintenance for our profession.  In this episode, Melissa & Tabitha will debunk the top 5 Urban Legends of Implant Maintenance and drop some science bombs.  Don't take the advice of others as law, do your research and follow the science!  Go to perio.org to find heaps of science on implant maintenance and classific...

It's National Dental Hygiene Month!  In this episode, your hosts chat about the Hx of dental hygiene and all the feels in between.  You are a superhero who has the opportunity to save & change lives every day!   

  This is the story of two dental hygienists from opposite sides of the world, who became friends because they realized their professional lives are so in sync.  One in Australia and one in America both exuding their passion for high-level patient care, both pushing back on legacy dentistry.  If you are ready to revolutionize the practice of dental hygiene through science and innovation, then join...