655: Rethinking the Role of a Dental Hygienist in Today's Day&Age – Katrina Sanders - a podcast by ACT Dental

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655: Rethinking the Role of a Dental Hygienist in Today's Day & Age – Katrina Sanders

Hygienists are an integral part of the dental practice and want to play a role in the overall success. And the hygienists are on the front line of the patients. Help them feel valued and empowered and watch your practice soar. To learn how, listen to Episode 655 of The Best Practices Show!

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Links Mentioned in This Episode:

Katrina’s Speaking Engagements https://katrinasanders.com/speaking/

Main Takeaways:

Dental Hygienists can help the entire scope of a practice.

Value is not based on production, but the number of patients healed.

Opinions make dental hygienists feel valued.

We take care of our people, because our people take care of our patients.

Make the most of hygienists’ downtime and be creative. 

Get smart and efficient about schedules. Utilize hygienists more. 

If you don’t take the time to put together the process, nobody knows what the process is. 

Quotes:

“Hygienists did not come out of ‘We need somebody to boost production in our practices.’ It was about drawing a line between the gap of what’s occurring in society when it comes to disease and ultimately how we can help them to achieve greater levels of health.” (8:40—9:00)

“So preventive dentistry comes along in a strong way through campaigns like this in the 1950’s And from there dental hygienists really took on a significant role. They were members of the preventive team, they were working alongside

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