S5 Ep 7 : What Does It Mean to Truly Champion Dental Hygiene? Advocacy & impact with Elaine Tilling

New episode of Conversations With Dental Friends is live 🎙️✨This week I’m joined by the incredible Elaine Tilling, someone who has spent decades shaping the dental profession through education, advocacy, public health work and mentorship 🤍From joining the Royal Air Force at 17, to becoming a dental hygienist, educator, speaker and passionate advocate for oral health, Elaine’s career journey is honestly such a reminder that there is no one “right” path in dentistry 👏🏼In this episode we chat about:✨ building a long and meaningful career in dentistry✨ moving into education and presenting✨ mentorship and uplifting others in the profession✨ smoking cessation, vaping and public health✨ working with brands while maintaining integrity✨ the importance of community and professional bodies like BSDHT✨ finding purpose in your career beyond the clinicWhat I loved most about this conversation is how deeply Elaine believes in giving back and creating opportunities for the next generation of dental professionals 🫶🏼It’s one of those episodes that leaves you feeling inspired, grounded and reminded why our profession matters so much 💭🎧 listen now wherever you get your podcastsAnd if you’re currently thinking about your next step in dentistry, whether that’s education, diversification, content creation or just figuring out what you actually want from your career, DM me the word LINK for my free Dental Career Planning Workbook 📚✨I’ll also link my Substack and everything we discussed in the show notes 🤍Huge Thankyou to Siobhan Kelleher Education and Lighthouse Dental Company for sponsoring this episode You can find more about the scope of Dental Hygiene and Dental Therapy here You can find out more about careers in the RAF here You can find out more about Tepe hereYou can find out more about BSDHT here You can find out more about Siobhan Kelleher Education where Elaine also lectures here You can find out more about Lighthouse Dental Company here See you next week for another Conversation with Dental Friends 🎧