Team Building Exercise #3
This exercise is a great way to incorporate Co-discovery both with the team and the patients we serve. Instead of telling people what their needs are we are asking about their needs and fostering trust through listening and learning. We build bridges not walls. Exercise #3: Be a really good listener at the practice today.Talk…
Team Building Exercise #2
It can be contagious to focus in on the things we don’t like. If we want to break the cycle of negativity, we can incorporate a simple exercise to check what comments are being shared about and with others. Studies have demonstrated that gratitude improves physical health, enhances empathy, improves self-esteem and increases mental strength.…
Team Building Exercise #1
This exercise is great for team meetings, reducing conflict, increasing communication and increasing self-awareness and organizational awareness. When we are being helpful we are showing others that we see them and their struggles. By adjusting our efforts, we can then observe changes in the practice and with teammates and measure it’s impact. Exercise #1:Adjust something…
Dental Patient Care: Listen More, Talk Less
Trina Poulsen, RDH, BSDH, Santiago Valdez, RDH Embracing humility. How do you embrace what we don’t know or understand? We ask questions and listen instead of telling. We create opportunities of engagement and curiosity that value trust and building of relationships by listening for solutions rather than giving resolution. Taking the time to listen and…
Simplify Biofilm Management with Air-Flow
In our clinical practice as a Dental Hygienist staying current to the latest techniques for biofilm removal is important. Technology is transforming all areas of our life including the profession of dentistry. If you have concerns that you may not be as effective or efficient resulting in clinical fatigue and inconsistent clinical results we can…
Practicing Co-Discovery
How many times have you had a client tell you that they don’t need radiographs and that nothing hurts? This response from a client demonstrates that the client believes that care is only needed if there is pain and radiographs are not important to their dental care. How can we encourage client’s ownership of their…
Dental Billing Code Updates (2017)
We live in the age of information. Technology has us connected more than ever before and new studies, experiences, workshops, and experiments travel through this network like lightning. When it comes to dentistry and dental practices, this is no different. Dentists are constantly updating and improving their techniques and the industry itself continually refreshes its…