Your Dental Besties

The GBT summit is 31st October in London. There are only a few tickets left. It's set to be amazing, so Ben and Claire would love to see you there. It's not just a gathering about GBT, with speakers discussing the oral microbiome, the gut microbiome to improving your worklife. This summit is for EVERYONE, GBT users or not. EMS want to add value to everyone's career. We hope you can mak...

Ben and Claire catch up on what they have been up to. Claire talks about a conversation she has had with a fellow hygienist colleague recently, who gave her some amazing tips on motivating patients. Ben decides he wants to level up and learn more about toothpaste. Don't forget to send in your Agony Aunts and Agony Uncles. You can DM us on insta (@Yourdentalbesties), or email yourdentalbesties@...

Ben & Claire go back to stain and complete the conversation they started a few episodes ago. The topic then turns to how do you manage a hostile patient? Has Ben ever encountered a patient who has turned nasty? Has Claire? And how would they deal with it? Thanks for listening. Don't forget to comment what you thought about the episode. Have you ever had to deal with a patient who has been...

After Ben tells us about a black widow spider living behind his honey pot, Ben and Claire discuss a situation where someone queries if you should treat a BPE 0. What is Ben and Claire's thoughts on this? As always, thanks for listening to the pod. Send in your funnies and gross stories and if you have any queries or issues, submit them to the Agony Aunt/Agony Uncle segment of the show. Also, w...

Ben and Claire answer a listeners query about the anxiety of running behind and feeling pressure from colleagues to stop. What do Ben and Claire say about this? As always, a huge thank you for listening. If you enjoyed this episode let us know why in the comments. To those of you who share that you are listening on your socials THANKYOU, it helps us more than you know. Keep the shares coming. And...

Ben and Claire start the way they start best- gross stories! But this time they are from the USA. Prepare yourself for bigger, better, grosser. The USA listeners did not disappoint. Then they discuss a topic sent in for the Agony Aunt/ Agony Uncle segment- how to give LA painlessly. Ben LOVES this topic and gives some valuable advice. This bit is a 'do not miss' part of the podcast. Thank...

How have they not discussed staining yet? Something we see daily. Todays episode is the day. Well, the day they discuss stain part 1. The topic is so big there is a staining part 2 later in the season. Todays episode starts with the game true or floss (truth or false incase you didn't get it)! Play along at home. How well did you do, let us know. Then the stain discussion- from stannous to chr...

Claire and Ben want to say a HUGE thankyou for still being here at season 5. Or for joining us here at season 5. If you are an OG- welcome back. If you are newbie here- a warm WELCOME from team YDB. Claire and Ben start off by talking about a little trip Ben took recently to Vienna, followed by a discussion on sustainability in dentistry. We are not quite sure how this led to them thinking about t...

Claire & Ben play never have I ever. Make sure you play along (safely) as they spin the wheel and spill all their secrets. This see's the end of season 4! What do you want to see in season 5? Do let us know. We want to bring more value to your commute to work. See you next season Besties. Team YDB appreciates you

Ben and Claire start with should a patient pay for a second round of periodontal therapy if the first one fails? They talk about why this assumption happens? Have you ever had patients think it is because you have failed if their perio is not stable after 1 visit? Ben then goes on to discuss behaviour change in our patients and psychology. This leads on to our patients feeling our energy and how t...

After some seriously GROSS stories, Ben and Claire discuss boundaries and self care so that you can enjoy your career. On the F acebook forum we keep seeing people feeling burnt out. We need to see what we can do to reduce this in our profession. Do you create boundaries at work? Ben talks about how and why this is important in your career. How can you create these and be more assertive? Listen to...

Ben & Claire start with Ben's rant about the lack of post grad courses available to hygienists and therapists. But this quickly develops into a conversation about their experiences of getting onto their hygiene and therapy courses. Ben gives some absolute GOLD and valuable information if you know anyone wanting to apply to become a hygienist or therapist, or if you are a dental nurse think...

Ben and Claire have a LOAD of funnies and gross stories to share with you. Be warned- some are very gross. Then they discuss the Oral-B initiative 'Disability Champion'. Have you heard of the Oral B BIG RETHINK? Find the link here... Oral-B BIG RETHINK | Oral-B Think you qualify? Sign up to get yourself registered as a Disability Champion practice. Did you enjoy this episode? Let us know i...

Trigger Warning- this episode has mention of suicide Here are some further and more accurate details from the story mentioned in the true crime segment for those thirsty for MORE (please note- some details may be in-accurate in the podcast recording). Colin Howell (born 14th March 1959) was a deeply religious dentist in Coleraine, he was married with 4 children and owned a dental practice in Bally...

Ben & Claire answer a couple of your questions about how to get patients to book more frequently or for longer appointments. Then Ben asks Claire some quick fire questions. She has 1 minute to answer as if she is saying it to a patient. Can she do it? Could you do it? Claire asks you to send in your number plate acronyms after her failed attempt to play the number plate game with Ben.

Ben starts with the game 'what am I?' and Claire has to guess what it is. Can you guess first? The topic for todays episode is STI's and oral health. A very candid conversation about the links with sexually transmitted disease. Upfront and honest as we tell it as it is. This is a conversation that needs to be had and we should be talking about it with confidence. After all, we could be...

Ben and Claire are at it again this week, talking all things hygiene and therapy. Todays episode includes diary zoning, dealing with growing patient lists and waiting times, should you charge more for hand scaling? Plus much more. Comment for with your ideas and solutions below

Ben and Claire play the world words game, followed by a double Agony Aunt/Agony Uncle. This weeks dilemmas include a hygienist who feels undermined by her colleagues and a hygienist who worries she is too gentle compared to hygienists before her. What advice would you give? Comment below

It's the start of season 4! Team YDB wants to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has been on this journey with us. Ben and Claire start with a catch up of what they have been up to. Claire is about to start a Level 7 Diploma in Oral & Positive Health (she absolutely messed up the title of the course in the podcast- DOH). It does cover positive psychology, including topics on periodontics, li...

Claire and Ben do what Ben loves best- a double Agony Aunt/Agony Uncle. The dilemma's that YDB listeners needed answers to in this episode are: 1) How do you get reviews? 2) How do I tell my nurse they have B.O? What is your answers to these dilemmas? Pop your answer in the comments. Team YDB love hearing what you have to say. Thanks to our season 3 sponsors: Skrubz- The best scrubs in the bizz EM...

What has made Ben and Claire laugh so hard in that thumbnail? After they get over that, in this episode Ben and Claire talk about maintaining 'Turkey teeth'. Is it easy enough to do? How do you do it? What is your thoughts on maintaining dental work carried out via dental tourism? Comment below or reach out to team YDB on instagram and let us know. A big thankyou to our season 3 sponsors: EMS UK S...

IT IS NEARLY COMPETITION DRAW TIME. This is the last episode to be able to win the YDB big giveaway- get your entries in. Ben and Claire answer a listeners query about different prices for different modalities by different hygienists in the same practice. Then the next Agony Aunt/Agony Uncle is about hygienists being paid different wages at the same practice? Do you think this is ok? Comment what...

After some initial funnies, Ben and Claire turn their attention to a more sombre topic this week. They discuss complaints and the GDC. A listener decided to tell their story (anon ofcourse to protect all those involved), so that people know what the process is like and they wanted people to learn from their experience. We applaud this person, thank you for being so honest for the benefit of your c...

Claire and Ben discuss the use of social media and also how some people can sometimes come across on forums or facebook threads. With some professionals feeling the need to post anonymously for fear of being ridiculed for asking a questions, Claire and Ben discuss why this might be and why we should all be kind. If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all. While social media can be...

Claire and Ben start by talking about what they have been up to and what they are looking forward to. We hear how they are going to the Birmingham Dentistry Show on the 16-17th May 2025 at the NEC B'ham. Are you going to be there? Team YDB would love to see you there. Register for your place at https://birmingham.dentistryshow.co.uk/yourdentalbesties Tell us which team you are in- Team Ben or Team...