S4 Ep 6 : How Do You Build a Career That Shapes a Profession? with Kathryn Mayo

Welcome back to Conversations with Dental Friends 🤍This week’s conversation is a special one.I’m sitting down with the brilliant Kathryn Mayo, a clinician, educator and leader who has helped shape what modern dental hygiene looks like today.We talk about:– how she first got started in dentistry– finding your niche (and having the courage to own it)– why collaboration will always outperform competition– clinical growth through implants and MINST– stepping into education– staying curious and continually expanding your knowledge– and what it really means to lift a profession skywardsThis is a conversation about longevity, leadership and refusing to stand still.Thank you so much to Kathryn, this is genuinely one I’ll come back to again and again. Hand on heart, Kathryn and Jenny’s course with Implant Educators is my favourite postgraduate course I’ve ever attended. If you’re ready to invest in your clinical confidence, I’ve linked how to get involved (and other brilliant postgraduate opportunities) in the show notes.You can follow Kathryn on Instagram @kathryn_dentalhygienist You can follow Jenny Walker @jennywalker_dentaltherapist You can follow @theimplanteducators for more info on Kathryn and Jenny’s courses and of course @icedentalinstitute Let me know in the comments if you’re an undergraduate and would like Kathryn to do some implant education with you at your dental school and I’ll pass your info on To find out more about what your scope could include as a dental hygienist or dental therapist you can click here To find out more about ADHD you can click here You can find out more about teaching here You can get some great information on MINST here Some excellent information on monitoring dental implants in practice here You can listen to Siobhan Kelleher’s Episode here A huge thank you to Oral-B for sponsoring this episode and supporting these conversations.You can listen now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and if you enjoy it, don’t forget to follow, rate, review and subscribe. It makes such a difference.You can also subscribe to our Substack for deeper dives on this episode and past seasons.And if Kathryn has inspired you to think bigger - more internationally, more strategically - DM me the word LINK and I’ll send you my completely free 2026 career planning workbook.See you next week for another conversation with dental friends 💗