Tooth or Dare Podcast

This episode is kindly sponsored by our friends at Dentsply Sirona who know how to celebrate a birthday. Not only did they send Irene some beautiful purple flowers to celebrate National Dental Hygiene Month, but they also supplied Irene with Nupro Freedom cordless polishing unit to share as a Birthday Giveaway on her Instagram page. Head over to @toothlife. Irene better yet CLICK HERE to enter the...

This week, Irene & Katrina chat with the immediate past President of the ADHA, Matt Crespin, MPH, RDH and kindly sponsored by our friends at Hu-Friedy. Who are celebrating dental hygienists during National dental hygiene month? #showusyourpurple all month and make sure to tag Hu-Friedy in your purple photos to be featured on their page. Hu-Friedy is also sharing their new Harmony Scaler, Irene got...

Today we have a very special guest Ana Bogdanovic, who takes us on a trip down memory lane through the days of bottle service, breast cancer, and bespoke dental laboratory marketing. Ana comes from two extremely talented dental parents, but she wasn’t always convinced that dentistry was her path. She had a degree in marketing and worked in the service industry (when she first met Irene!) founded a...

The quadrants of a circle with Corey Jameson-Kuehl of Custom Dental Solutions. This week, Irene and Katrina chat with Corey Jameson-Kuehl of Custom Dental Solutions kingly sponsored by our friends at Dentsply Sirona.  HAVE YOU REGISTERED FOR DS WORLD YET?  Join Irene and Katrina as they BOTH take the DS World stage. Register asap for November 13th to listen to world-class presentations and join th...

They are salty, packed with nutrition… and they are delicious!  Why are we talking about Peanuts?  Check out this week’s episode in which Irene & Katrina chat with Pediatric guru Dr. Jeanette MacLean Kindly Sponsored by our peeps at Dentsply Sirona!  DID you know DS World 2020 has gone virtual? With this epic lineup of speakers, you don't want to miss out on the chance to see all your fav peeps in...

This episode of the tooth or dare podcast is brought to you by our awesome peeps @ Dentsply Sirona! Shouts to DS and their amazing collaborations with podcasts and educational events like THE ULTIMATE PERIO SYMPOSIUM.  Register for this amazing program.    Check out the 9 hour CE our friend Katrina is delivering alongside Joy Raskie. These ladies will be unpacking a ton of info on how to implement...

This episode was recorded LIVE at Greater NY in 2020 at the RDH Magazine Booth and due to our host being delayed we had an amazing co-host Amber Auger https://www.amberauger.com/ @amberaugerrdh step in. Her second time on the podcast! This Episode is generously sponsored my our friends at Dentsply Sirona who are going strong with re-releasing webinars. Recently Irene has been on an implant maintna...

We ask Irene General Questions such as: How can you own your own office? What other provinces and states allow RDHs to open a practice? Use the resources: ADHA:  https://www.adha.org/resources-docs/7513_Direct_Access_to_Care_from_DH.pdf CDHA: https://www.cdha.ca/pdfs/profession/RegulatoryComparisonCharts_final.pdf Irene discusses how she used her previous employment history to help her identify wh...

Dr. Howard Farran DDS, MBA Another epic recorded live at Voices of Dentistry and kindly sponsored by our friends at Dentsply Sirona. DS has been consistent and amazing in providing continuing education online while we have all struggled with being home due to COVID. Here are some links to complimentary CE that Katrina will be doing in the coming weeks generously sponsored by Dentsply Sirona.  Clic...

Martelle Coke, RDH is the founder and CEO of BrownGirl RDH. She shares the remarkable true story of her upbringing, which was spent in hotels, her mother selling crack to feed ten children. Martelle was responsible for raising her younger siblings. She knew from a young age that dentistry was her dream job. She worked toward that goal while raising five children, facing medical issues, and sufferi...

The Hygiene Gangster Live from Voices of Dentistry: Kindly supported by our friends at Dentsply Sirona.  DS has released a new section to its website titled "Managing Aerosols" This resource provides great information on things like Possible transmission routes of COVID-19 in a dental office  Aerosols generated by handpieces and ultrasonic scaling – current recommendations  Principles of blocking...

This is a very special episode.  Dr. Alan mean is an open book with us about his drug and alcohol use as a practicing dentist, he shares where it started, how it progressed and the details about getting and staying sober.  This episode is not your classic Irene/Katrina episode slightly off-brand but a necessary topic we probably can all relate to in some way shape or form.  To reach out to Dr. Ala...

Amanda, a deaf dental hygenist, started her career as an NFL cheerleader. She appeared on MTV's True Life for pursuing a role as a professional cheerleader. She cheerleaded for a soccer team in Baltimore until ultimately landing a cheerleading position with the Philadelphia Eagles. Northern Virginia Community College offered Amanda guidance and hands on help to ameliorate the difficulties of being...

BONUS EPISODE!  What is up PEEPS! This week we had the pleasure of chatting with an RDH living legend. Jo-Anne Jones is a household name in the CE world. Fellow Canadian and a huge advocate for dental hygiene, oral health awareness and isn't afraid to have the word SEX in a lecture title.  This episode was recorded during dental hygiene week in Canada and smack in the middle of Oral Cancer awarene...

Dr. Erin Elliott - Changing the Way People Breathe (and Sleep!) Kindly sponsored by our friends at Dentsply Sirona and recorded live at Voices of Dentistry! In this episode, Irene and Katrina chat about the importance of staying up with CE during this downtime from private practice. Irene watched an awesome webinar about how to handle a global pandemic.  Here are some awesome FREE CE courses to tu...

Dr. Brian Harris @drbrianharris brian@drbrianharris.com   DM him even with 435K followers he checks every message! Everyone goes through the shift in dentistry where they wonder what they want to do; for Dr. Harris, it was smile design. His wife helped him trailblaze an avenue for his social media presence, she said: "if this is what you like, it's what you should do." Women are wise!   After Dr....

Instagram: @restoredsmiles https://restoredsmilescourses.com/ Jedidiah Huss joins us to talk about his work as a dental surgeon and teacher. He has private practices in Westlake Village and Moorpark, if you’re in the area, go see Dr. Huss! https://www.moorparkdentalgroup.com/ & https://www.linderocanyondentalgroup.com/meet-our-team.html) Live from the Orapharma booth @ GNY Dr. Huss got popular on...

Dr Joshua Austin ig: @joshuaaustindds https://www.joshuaaustindds.com/ https://www.schedulewidget.com/ Use Promo Code "Josh" Dr. Gina Dorfman ig: @DrGinaD yapicentral.com Our friends Dr. Joshua Austin and Dr. Gina Dorfman join us on Tooth or Dare, today! Both Josh and Gina own dental practices and run their own dental podcasts. Gina’s podcast, Behind the Smiles, focuses on dental practice manageme...

Live @ VOD sponsored by our friends at Dentsply Sirona. Huge shoutouts to Allison Zora who came in for the save with 3 glasses of wine and cookies during this recording live in Arizona. WIrene is doing a Dentsply Giveaway on her instagram @Toothlife. Irene this week of the new Neuphro Freedom Polisher and some cool stuff, Don't miss out go check out the giveaway! This Episode features two very ama...

HUGE shout outs to: 1. Our besties at Dentsply Sirona for sponsoring this episode AND bringing Irene to Arizona! 2. Our friends in the managment department of Voices of Dentistry (Alan and Jason) thanks for supporting the Ginger/Canadian Podcast team. 2. Thanks to the bartenders at the Hilton Hotel in Scottsdale- Respect. Dr. Danny Domingue DDS is the host of the AAID podcast and runs a private pr...

This episode recorded live at Greater New York with the men behind The Dental Hacks podcast, Facebook group, Voices of Dentistry, Laminated 1992 book about social media and various tutorial videos about feeding farm animals.  Sitting down with these two is always a delight and super informative for podcast newbies like us.  Graciously sponsored by our new podcast partners at Dentsply Sirona. We ar...

The Tooth or Dare podcast officially welcomes Katrina as co-host recorded live at Greater New York dental meeting despite Irene calling it 3 other names. We chat about: -Katrina's life from prepubescence through being a theatre nerd in high school all the way to becoming a hygienist/level 1 sommelier -Rapid-fire questions: airplane fart, fear of pooping pants in public, biggest accomplishment (wai...

This weeks episode was recorded live in Eleuthera Bahamas.  Dedicated to the amazing men and woman who brought their true rockstar A game to treat the amazing people in the community.  Irene went on a dental mission hosted by the GloGood foundation, Twice and Let Love Rule foundation. The Levine family and Lenny Kravitz have spent the last 5 years providing love and care to the local people of thi...

A bittersweet announcement: Whitney aka @teethtalkgirl is retiring from co-hosting the podcast.  She sends warm gratitude to all of our supportive listeners and wants everyone to “keep spreading the happiness & positive toothy vibes” so for this episode we are highlighting some of the amazing guests we have had, happy memories and inspiration we have had over the last 12 months.   Whitney is handi...

  Welcome to another episode of Tooth or Dare with Podcast!  WE NEED YOUR VOTES Please click here to vote for us as the 2019 podcast of the year!  This week Irene has dedicated this episode to Emily Boge ! She's amazing!  @Joycethedentist is amazing, Started her Instagram to grow her beautiful practice and since then has started a vlog, created an e-book for dentists AND now has a cute TikTok acco...