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Unfiltered: Contracts, Boundaries And Burned Bridges With Irene Iancu RDH
Latest · Toothlife Irene on brand and speaking contracts, name-and-likeness rights, professional boundaries, creator influence, Toothlife Studio, and myofunctional therapy systems.
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DDS: Doctor of Dental Stand-Up With Dr. Brady Smith
Recent · Dentist and comedian Dr. Brady Smith on Laughing My Gas Off, dentists doing hygiene, base-plus-production hygienist pay, Medicaid access, prevention, and a life beyond dentistry.
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Where Did All the Hygienists Go? The Retention Crisis
Recent · Lauren and Anastasia on the dental hygienist shortage, recruitment versus retention, burnout, ergonomics, compensation and benefits, temping, clinical autonomy, and sustainable patient care.
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BONUS DROP: What If Hygiene Ran the Practice? With Dr. Brian Edwards
Recent · 323 Dentistry founder Dr. Brian Edwards on prevention-led practice, Guided Biofilm Therapy, dedicated hygiene assistants, transparent fees, fee-for-service dentistry, patient-specific recare, and a team that can thrive without rushing care.
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Your Mouth Is Talking — Hormones, Bone Loss & the Clues We’re Missing With Kristin Evans, RDH
Recent · The pH RDH on women’s bone health, menopause, osteoporosis, alveolar bone loss, DEXA screening, nutrition, muscle, GLP-1 medications, and how hygienists can recognize clues without diagnosing.
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The Mouth Is a Dashboard — Rethinking Dentistry With Dr. Michelle Jorgensen
Recent · Dr. Michelle Jorgensen on health-based dentistry, occupational mercury exposure, amalgam safety, root canals, CBCT, ozone, waterline biofilm, oral microbiome care, hydroxyapatite, and asking better clinical questions.
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Stop Staying in the Box — Finding Your Purpose in Dental Hygiene With Lisa Trubey, RDH
Recent · Rooted Purpose RDH founder Lisa Trubey on her eight-year path to hygiene, failing forward, organized-hygiene advocacy, networking, mentorship, nicotine-cessation research, and building a career beyond the operatory.
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I Smell Sex and Perio — Nella Ospina, DA: Oral Bacteria, Sexual Health & the Assistant Who Sees Everything
Recent · Ecuadorian-trained dentist turned U.S. dental assistant, surgical tech, and phlebotomist Nella Ospina on oral bacteria and sexual health, oral chlamydia and ANUG, airway, holistic dentistry, and why standard of care is non-negotiable.
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Andreina Sucre, The Patho RDH: Oral Pathology Without the Panic
Recent · Andreina Sucre, The Patho RDH, shares her journey from dentist and oral pathology specialist in Latin America to U.S. dental hygienist, author, and educator — plus a practical framework for describing oral lesions without relying on memorization.
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Water You Talking About? Hydration, Oral Health & Wellness Hype
Recent · Lauren and Anastasia investigate the best water for hydration, dry mouth and saliva, tap versus bottled water, PFAS, reverse osmosis, alkaline and hydrogen water, and when wellness marketing outruns the science.
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Tosha Kozloski, RDH — Mouthy Matters: Phase Contrast Microscopy, Bacteria Testing & Why Clean Patients Still Bleed
Recent · The Mouthy Matters founder on chairside phase contrast microscopy, salivary and DNA bacteria testing, why patients with perfect home care still bleed on probing, and treating perio like the infection it is.
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Matthew Bradley, RDH — The Guygienist: Male Hygienists, Medical-Dental Integration & Refusing Mediocrity
Recent · The Guygienist on being a male dental hygienist, growing on social media with a message, the ADHA integrative health summit, dry mouth after radiation therapy, airway conversations that stick, and whether isolated 5mm pockets really need SRP.
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Everything Your Grandmother Told You About Oral Health Might Be Wrong
Recent · Dental myths debunked: Listerine's weird history as a surgical antiseptic and floor cleaner, where the six-month cleaning myth came from, fluoride and the thyroid, hydroxyapatite, baking soda abrasivity, charcoal toothpaste and SLS.
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Melissa A. Obrotka, The Badass Hygienist: Scope of Practice, Standard of Care & Why Hygiene Has to Change
Recent · Melissa A. Obrotka, RDH — The Badass Hygienist — on why hygiene school benchmarks calculus instead of clinicians, the independent practice debate, temp-rate reality, and treating every patient like somebody you love.
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Your Tongue Has Opinions: Vitamins, Minerals, Gut Health & Sleep
Recent · Angular cheilitis, bleeding gums, burning tongue and dry mouth — plus vitamin D, vitamin C, zinc, magnesium, fiber, probiotics and sleep, and why the mouth is the body's early warning system.
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Holly Moons' Bowl of Questions: Don't Wait for the Dentist to Rescue You
Recent · A fully unscripted episode. Holly Moons, RDH pulls questions out of a bowl and asks the ones nobody answers out loud — bad equipment, buying your own loupes, patients who need control, and whether a boss has ever defended you.
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What Hygiene School Doesn't Teach You: A New Grad Survival Guide
Recent · Real-world speed, imposter syndrome, perfectionism, weird offices, temping, interview questions nobody taught you to ask, and the ergonomics that decide how long your career lasts.
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Brush With Britt: TikTok, the World Hygienist Award & the Future of RDH Advocacy
Recent · World Hygienist Award winner and viral RDH content creator Brush With Britt on building a dental hygiene community from a COVID lockdown, surviving hygiene school, the double column debate, and why every hygienist deserves a bigger career.
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Your Mouth, Your Gut, Your Immune System: The Inflammation Conversation
Recent · The oral microbiome, gut health, and autoimmune disease are one conversation. We break down the oral-gut-immune axis, dysbiosis, leaky gut, and why hygienists spot the pattern first.
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Michelle Strange: Why Curious Hygienists Change the Profession
Recent · 25+ year RDH, educator, infection-prevention expert, and hygienist-owned practice owner on curiosity, evidence-based care, and the future of dental hygiene.
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Imposter Syndrome in Dental Hygiene
Recent · Being qualified and still feeling like you don't belong — the wiring, the trauma, and how to stop shrinking.
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From Free Scrubs to Functional Medicine
Recent · How we went from clinical burnout to actually caring about whole-body health.
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What We Actually Do With Our Patients (That Most Offices Don't)
Recent · The real protocols, conversations, and care most patients never get in a typical dental visit.
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Why Are Dental Hygienists Undervalued?
2 weeks ago · A spicy take on the most underestimated role in the dental world.
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Lauren's Journey from Dental Hygienist to Myofunctional Therapist
3 weeks ago · Lauren's path from the operatory to airway, myofunctional therapy, and whole-body wellness.
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Root To Rise: Anastasia Dallas
1 month ago · Anastasia's story — the unfiltered version of how she became the hygienist she is today.
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Welcome to the Unhinged Hygienists
1 month ago · Meet your hosts and find out what this podcast is really about. Buckle up.