Hygiene Happy Hour with (Jamaica Edition) Misty Mattingly & Mandy Dennis

Live from the summit! In this episode, Misty sits down with returning guest Mandy — hygiene leader, children's book author, and creator of a game-changing scheduling model — to talk about what makes this gathering feel less like a conference and more like a true working summit. Mandy breaks down her practice's unique 7-to-7 schedule, including weekend hours and a built-in two-hour lunch designed around real patient behavior, and explains how it's helped her retain hygienists by giving them full-time benefits on a 3-day work week. The conversation also touches on balancing motherhood and career without sacrificing either, growing a 12+ office DeNovo practice (with a few acquisitions in the mix), and why solving the hygienist shortage might be less about headcount and more about appointment availability. Plus, Mandy shares a peek into her children's book, I Spy With My Little Eye at the Dentist, designed to turn a child's first dental visit into an adventure instead of an appointment.