S4 Ep 4 : What If Ambition Was the Key to Thriving as a Dental Therapist? with Gemma Cowen

This week on Conversations with Dental Friends, I’m joined by Gemma Cowen, aka @_boss_dental_health ✨Gemma may be recently qualified, but she’s already making serious waves. From championing dental therapy and direct access to fully stepping into her scope, this conversation is all about backing yourself and thinking bigger from day one.We talk about:​non-traditional routes into dentistry​ambition (and giving yourself permission to have it)​maximising your scope in practice​further education and postgraduate study​why the future for dental therapists is genuinely excitingHuge thank you to Gemma, it was such a pleasure heading to Manchester to record this episode 🤍For Reena Wadias massive selection of post graduate courses you ca check out perio school here For Cat Edneys post graduate course the modern therapist you can click hereYou can follow Gemma on Instagram @_boss_dental_health you can follow the podcast @conversationswithdentalfriends and you can follow me @homegirlhygienist If this conversation resonated, don’t forget to follow, rate and comment wherever you listen. You can also subscribe to our Substack for more insights and conversations like this.Feeling inspired by Gemma? You can download a free dental career planning workbook for 2026 - just comment or DM me the word LINK and I’ll send it straight over.Massive thank you to Oral-B for sponsoring this episode.See you next week for another conversation with dental friends ✨