We're back with Diana for Part 2, and this one is packed with things every dental assistant needs to know. There's so much on our plates, and too many people in dentistry still underestimate how much we actually know and do. So let's get the education and prove them wrong.

Diana also shares a book she recommends: Treating People, Not Patients. It's worth the read, or the listen if audiobooks are more your style. I've linked it on Amazon below. This isn't sponsored; I just think you'll get a lot out of it.

📖 Check it out here: Treating People, Not Patients

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Today's episode is wild. I got to talk to an assistant with about 7 years of experience. And during her first few years, she worked in a practice and had a lot of pain, went to the hospital, and it turned out she had blood clots in her lung.

Unfortunately, the dentist that she worked with was more worried about when she was returning than her health. It's sad and a little troubling that we hear stories like this often. It makes me so thankful for the dentists that I have worked for that would never have done this.

Listen and let me know what you think!

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I hear it all the time. There is a shortage of dental assistants. But is there? Or is there a shortage of dental offices worth working at?

In today's episode, I share what I think and see. I have worked with many dental offices and have seen the behind-the-scenes. When I hear "assistants just don't want to work," I don't always agree.

I share how we can make dental practices worth working in, how to help assistants want to stay in, and how we can step it up a bit.

It's not always one thing, here are many factors to finding good dental assistants. So what are dentists missing? Why can't they find dental assistants?

Let's talk about it.

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