“What I do is all about teaching, connecting with others and building long term relationships. I love it.” Trisha Cloutier, CDA, RDH, BS, MA Trisha’s clinical background Mark: Let’s start with an overview of your clinical experience before we get into your move to teaching and then to sales. Trisha: Throughout my clinical experience…
“I’ve been working on an exit plan for several years. I’d always loved clinical practice, but I knew that I couldn’t do it forever.” Linda M. Douglas, BSc, RDH Highlights from the interview Why did you quit clinical hygiene? What are you doing now? What is your advice to hygienists wanting to leave the…
Introduction Let me guess. When you first saw the photo you thought, “What the hell happened to Vin Diesel”. Wrong guy. That’s actually Carlos Rodriguez. Carlos is a dental hygienist, speaker and stand-up comic. He combines his dental knowledge with his comedic skills to create CE courses that will make you laugh. Check out what…
In this video podcast, Michael Barr, DDS and I discuss the topic, “Guns in the dental office”. The conversation was triggered (no pun intended), by the recent story about the 72-year-old who shot himself while being treated in a dental office.
Intro In this video podcast (24 minutes), I speak with Jasmin Haley, RDH, BSDH, CDA about some of the challenges faced by the LGBT community. Links – ADHA CLL Networking & Hot Topics: The Many Facets of Diversity in Dental Hygiene, June 11th, 2 pm- 3pm. It’s FREE!!! – BeyondtheProphy.com Video Mark Frias, RDH
Intro In today’s video podcast, I had a great conversation with Madalyn about the products and services her company offers and the topic of power scaling in general. I just started using MadUltrasonic 25k magnetostrictive inserts and they are great so far. Stay tuned for future product reviews. Below is a chronological breakdown of…
Intro In this video podcast I have an informative and honest discussion about American Eagle’s XP instruments with Karen Siebert, RDH, MA. Among many other things, Karen is a Lead Clinical Educator for American Eagle Instruments who provides hands-on courses and webinars to teach fellow clinicians how to use XP technology. Some of the most…
I was recently a guest on the podcast “A Tale of Two Hygienists” (Old name is “Off the Cusp Podcast”). This episode was a “Guygienist Roundtable” with me and three other male hygienists. It was a fun, honest and informative discussion about what it’s like to be a male hygienist in today’s world. If you’re…
Are you a dental hygienist looking to take your dental skills outside the traditional clinical setting? Can I really replace my dental hygiene income outside the clinic? Where do I start? What skills do I need? Who do I contact? In this video podcast, Elijah Desmond, RDH shares the path that took him to a…
In this video podcast, I share my story of failing the NERB clinical board exam back in 2007. Andrew Johnston, RDH and I also discuss possible alternatives to this exam, the ethical issues with the exam, and some advice for dental hygiene students who will be taking the exam in the future. Links Why One-Shot…