S5 Ep 5 : Are Dental Therapists Still Fighting to be Seen? Forward Thinking with Lauren Long

New episode dayyyy 🎙️✨This week on Conversations With Dental Friends I’m joined by the incredible Lauren Long and honestly… this conversation is SUCH an important one for dental therapists everywhere 🫶Lauren shares her journey into dental therapy, the challenges she faced getting started and how finding the right supportive team completely changed the direction of her career 💭Now thriving within the Pain Free Dental Group, advocating for therapists through the British Association of Dental Therapists and helping fellow therapists build confidence through her refresher course Restore ✨We chat about 👇🦷 Building confidence in practice🦷 Finding the right team culture🦷 Making the most of your scope🦷 Learning from colleagues and lifting others up🦷 Getting dental therapy working successfully within practice🦷 Creating a career you genuinely LOVEOne thing I loved about this episode is how honest Lauren is about the hurdles she faced before landing her dream role. I know so many therapists will relate to this conversation 💛If you’re a dental therapist, hygienist, student or part of a team wanting to make better use of the full clinical team… this episode is for you 🎧As always thank you SO much for listening and supporting Conversations With Dental Friends 🫶✨Also a huge thankyou to Siobhan Kelleher education and lighthouse dental company for sponsoring this episode You can find out about the scope of a dental therapist here You can find out more about about BADT here You can find out more about BSDHT hereYou can find out more about NSK Ikigai here You can read more about Ikigai here You can find out more about the pain free dentistry group here You can find out more about Lauren & Ailish’s Restore course here More info about smile dental academy here Tell us in the comments 👇What’s been the biggest thing that’s helped build YOUR confidence in practice? 💭