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“Motivate Patients To Care For Their Gums. 5 Hacks For Young Dentists.”
Young dentists face many challenges, and one major challenge is building trust with new patients and existing patients. Convincing patients that we are there to help can be difficult, when we don’t have the years of experience that seasoned dentists have. Read below for 5 hacks to help young dentists motivate their patients to care for their gums.
Looking Beyond the Mask
Morning Huddle and Monthly Meetings
Public Speaking & Mini Book Review
The Power of Writing Down Dreams
In my best (worst) handwriting, I began to scribble down my dreams that I had as a teenage girl. This was the first time I experienced manifesting something that I had written down.
5 beginner tips for practicing mindfulness
Practicing Mindfulness
Unlearning to operate from a state of stress with the excuse that I’m multitasking has been difficult. I pride myself in being highly caffeinated, highly stressed, and well dressed. That was the mindset that I thought provided me the best and most efficient way to tunnel vision my way through residency, but in private practice and in my real life that mindset got me nowhere.
5 questions I get asked the most about…
This short blog post summarizes the answers to the most common asked questions about perio residency, and periodontics as a profession.
The day where it all changed
I wasn’t expecting to start perio residency two months in the hospital, but that’s exactly what ended up happening.
Learning to Love What You Hate By Dr. Ashley
decided to quit and become a travel blogger (as I write this 3 years later I am internally cringing). I dragged my husband all over the world for 2 months trying to figure out how to enter the career world of remote work.
5 Pearls for (future) Perio Residents
Residency can be tough, these are my 5 most important tips that I want to share with current and future residents to help out during perio (or other) residency programs.
Hydroxychloroquine, Lupus, and Covid
what you need to know about lupus and covid19… are lupus patients immune ?
COVID-19 Precautions
Hello Perio pocket family. There has been a lot of talk among dental professionals about the corona virus or COVID-19 and what we as a professional community could do to limit the rapid spread of this disease. Today the ADA released a statement, see below for an excerpt:
Dental Anesthesia Q&A With Dr. Rachelle Kim
Dentist should all be striving to provide comfortable sedation options for all of our patients. Dentist Anesthesiologists are are to discuss how they can help.
My Evening Routine
I used to be the type where I needed sleep medication to even think of falling asleep. Sleep is much like anything else and requires practice.
My Morning Routine
Living with Lupus Pt 2.
Living with Lupus Pt 1.
As healthcare professionals we are not immune to dealing with our own health issues and battles.
