▶️ Full 5-part Hygiene Crisis series playlist: The Hygiene Crisis Series: Build, Recruit, Compensate, and Retain a High-Performing Hygiene Team
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The hygiene crisis is not coming, it is already here, and most dental practices are completely unprepared for what happens next. If you are paying a hygienist $80 an hour while insurance reimburses $12 for a cleaning, the math is not broken, it was never going to work. Dr. Blake Hamblin and Gary Bird break down exactly why the shortfall is getting worse, and the full system to stop getting held hostage by your own hygiene department.

🔍What you’ll learn in this episode:
📌Discover why in-network hygiene math is destroying practice profitability and what to do instead
📌Learn how Dr. Blake scaled from 2 to 6 hygienists using a redundancy strategy that eliminated bad hiring decisions
📌Build a flexible shift schedule that attracts top hygiene talent without competing on hourly rate alone
📌Implement the KPI scoreboard system that tells your team whether they are winning or losing without you having to say a word
📌Increase hygiene revenue by moving active patients from 2 visits per year to 3 using a co-diagnosis framework

This is Episode 1 of 5 in the Hygiene Crisis series. Watch the complete series in order here: The Hygiene Crisis Series: Build, Recruit, Compensate, and Retain a High-Performing Hygiene Team
Episode order: The State of the Hygiene Market / Recruiting / Onboarding and KPIs / Pay and Compensation / PPO vs. Fee-for-Service

Hosted by Dr. Blake Hamblin and Gary Bird sharing real strategies from real practices, backed by data from 1,195+ dental offices.

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What We Discuss:
00:00 Introduction to the Hygiene Market Breakdown
03:46 Amazing opportunity: Looking for 4 Dentists
06:10 The Shortfall of Hygienists and Its Impact
08:58 The Role of Hygienists in Patient Retention
11:30 The Challenges of Using Temporary Hygienists
17:48 Leadership and Culture in Dental Practices
24:34 Navigating Insurance: Out of Network vs. PPO
27:48 Always Be Hiring: Onboarding and Retention Strategies

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🙌 About the Show:
My Dental Playbook gives you real strategies to grow your dental practice from a dentist who's actually doing it! We cover everything: financially, operationally, mindset and clinically. Hosted by Dr. Blake Hamblin and Gary Bird, each episode delivers a new play you can run to get results with your team.

⬇️HOSTS INFO⬇️
🧑🏼‍⚕️Dr. Blake Hamblin: Doctor/Practice Owner at Hamblin Family Dentistry
🌐Website: https://hamblinfamilydentistry.com/
👋Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blake.hamblin

🐐Gary Bird: Founding Owner at SMC National, a Dental Growth Partner
🌐Website: https://thegarybird.com/
👋Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegarybird

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