EPISODE · Nov 14, 2025 · 24 MIN
#235: Your Patient Needs NSPT - Now What?
from Dental Hygiene Student Podcast with The Happy Flosser RDH · host Billie Lunt RDH MSDH
In Dental Hygiene School, we learn all about Periodontal Disease Classification Systems. We learn how to perform an assessment on our patient and determine if they have periodontal disease - but then what? So often, we are not callibrated with other clinicians in the next steps of treatment. We may work in an office that performs gross debridements, prophylaxis first, or even prophy followed by NSPT. How do we know what is the right move for our patient and what the next steps are in the process of care for our patient? In this episode, I will discuss some of the challenges and the changes in philosophy that have occured over time in the profession of dental hygiene - also how that impacts your care. Additional resources:Leave me a message or send a question I can share on the Podcast HereTime Management Prioritization Quiz - Find out how you rate HERE Study Sheets: https://thehappyflosserrdh.etsy.com/ Specialized Course: How to be successful in Dental Hygiene Schoolhttps://billie-lunt-s-school.teachable.com/p/how-to-be-successful-in-dental-hygiene-schoolOther Podcasts: blog.feedspot.com/dental_hygiene_podcasts/ Email Me: [email protected]Leave me a message or ask a question I can share on the Podcast Here Time Management Prioritization Quiz - Find out how you rate HERE Check out my free scorecard for students - you can rank yourself on how you are doing to take action on the steps toward being a successful college student. Sign up on the Google doc HERE - I will send along your scorecard to use the entire time you are enrolled in school. Study Sheets: https://thehappyflosserrdh.etsy.com/ Specialized Course: How to be successful in Dental Hygiene Schoolhttps://billie-lunt-s-school.teachable.com/p/how-to-be-successful-in-dental-hygiene-schoolOther Podcasts: blog.feedspot.com/dental_hygiene_podcasts/ Tooth fairy escape room Here Email Me: [email protected]Billie Lunt Media Kit: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGaiUvmKTI/R8NEtEIUAwS9pptthWb6QQ/view?utm_content=DAGaiUvmKTI&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=hb5fb9186b2
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In Dental Hygiene School, we learn all about Periodontal Disease Classification Systems. We learn how to perform an assessment on our patient and determine if they have periodontal disease - but then what? So often, we are not callibrated with other clinicians in the next steps of treatment. We may work in an office that performs gross debridements, prophylaxis first, or even prophy followed by NSPT. How do we know what is the right move for our patient and what the next steps are in the process of care for our patient? In this episode, I will discuss some of the challenges and the changes in philosophy that have occured over time in the profession of dental hygiene - also how that impacts your care. Additional resources:Leave me a message or send a question I can share on the Podcast HereTime Management Prioritization Quiz - Find out how you rate HERE Study Sheets: https://thehappyflosserrdh.etsy.com/ Specialized Course: How to be successful in Dental Hygiene Schoolhttps://billie-lunt-s-school.teachable.com/p/how-to-be-successful-in-dental-hygiene-schoolOther Podcasts: blog.feedspot.com/dental_hygiene_podcasts/ Email Me: [email protected]Leave me a message or ask a question I can share on the Podcast Here Time Management Prioritization Quiz - Find out how you rate HERE Check out my free scorecard for students - you can rank yourself on how you are doing to take action on the steps toward being a successful college student. Sign up on the Google doc HERE - I will send along your scorecard to use the entire time you are enrolled in school. Study Sheets: https://thehappyflosserrdh.etsy.com/ Specialized Course: How to be successful in Dental Hygiene Schoolhttps://billie-lunt-s-school.teachable.com/p/how-to-be-successful-in-dental-hygiene-schoolOther Podcasts: blog.feedspot.com/dental_hygiene_podcasts/ Tooth fairy escape room Here Email Me: [email protected]Billie Lunt Media Kit: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGaiUvmKTI/R8NEtEIUAwS9pptthWb6QQ/view?utm_content=DAGaiUvmKTI&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=hb5fb9186b2
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