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Dental Hygiene Basics — 186 episodes

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181: How Dental Microscopes Are Changing Patient Education with Kristen King, RDH

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180: How I Explain Periodontal Disease to My Patients

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179: Building a Meaningful DH Career with Amber Lovatos, LatinaRDH

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178: What is Dentinal Hypersensitivity & How Can We Help Our Patients Manage it?

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177: Lessons from an RDH New Grad: Nancy Her’s Story

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176: A Little Histology Breakdown for the Future RDH

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175: Breaking Dental Hygiene Stereotypes with the DHY Boys

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174: What the Top Dental Hygiene Students Do to Succeed in Dental Hygiene School

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173: How Dana Schmitt Found Her Place in Dental Hygiene

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172: Dental Hygiene School Loans- Know Before You Go

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171: Saying Yes to Growth in Dental Hygiene with Melanie Boyd, RDH

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170: How are You Getting Ready for Dental Hygiene School?

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169: The Highs and Lows of Dental Hygiene with Tooth Fairy RDH Felicity

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168: Don't Make These Personal Statement Mistakes!

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167: Ergonomics and More in Dental Hygiene School with Stephanie Botts, RDH

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166: Professional Etiquette for the Future RDH

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165: Approaching Hygiene School Graduation with Julianna Page

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164: What I Would Have Done Differently as a Dental Hygiene Educator

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163: Life in Dental Hygiene School with Sarah and Julio

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162: Dana's Favorite Scalers

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161: AI and Dental Hygiene with Maria Jackson, RDH

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160: Ignore the Haters

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159: The Importance of Your Why in Dental Hygiene School with Richard Robinson RDH

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158: Help! Should I Take a Job in Dental Hygiene School?

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157: Hacking Dental Hygiene School with Dr. Tonya Jeffries

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156: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs in Dental Hygiene School

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155: Life in Dental Hygiene School with Allison and Julio

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154: To Keep Growing, You Must Keep Going

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153: Embracing Opportunity as a Dental Hygienist with Whitney Howerton

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152: Dana's Tips for New Grad Dental Hygienists

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151: Motherhood and Juggling Dental Hygiene School with Brittany Wragg

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150: Is Your To-Do List Preventing You From Taking Action in Dental Hygiene School?

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149: Help for the New Grad Hygienist with Kim Augustus

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148: How to Manage Test-Taking Anxiety in Dental Hygiene School

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147: Surviving Dental Hygiene School with Chardae Hoskins

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146: The Cornell Method of Studying

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145: All About ADEX with Shayna Overfelt

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144: Stop Wasting Time Reading Your Dental Hygiene Notes!

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143: All Things Dental Hygiene Education with Danni Linton

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142: Dana's Tips for the Clinical Manikin Exam

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141: How Lisa Curbow Built a Career in Special Needs Dentistry

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140: Help! I Failed My National Board Exam!

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139: Jaskiren Explains the Link Between Clinical Practice and Memory Retention

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138: Using Visualization to Improve Your Instrumentation Skills

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137: Special Guest Host Julio interviews Cailin Hawn

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136: Are You Studying High-Yield Topics in Dental Hygiene School...Or Are You Wasting Time?

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135: Claire Jeong, Founder of Student RDH, Explains Why Traditional Study Methods Fail

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134: Dental Hygiene Boards Prep Without Burnout

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133: How Aliyah Overcame the Unexpected in Dental Hygiene School

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132: Study Strategies That Work in Dental Hygiene School When Time Is Tight

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131: Part 2: Future RDH and Current Expanded-Functions Dental Assistant, Julio Cesar

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130: How Do I Survive Dental Hygiene School Midterms?

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129: Part 1: Future RDH and Current Expanded-Functions Dental Assistant, Julio Cesar

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128: The Best Question You Can Ask Yourself in Dental Hygiene School - Why?

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127: Bethany's Work on the Oral Health Awareness Project

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126: How Does GPA Affect Your Dental Hygiene School Application?

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125: How Miranda Pivoted from Dental Hygiene After a Wrist Injury

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124: What Classes Do You Need to Apply to Dental Hygiene School?

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123: KBYG: The Downsides to Dental Hygiene

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122: Brush with Britt is Back to Talk Finances

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121: How to Know If You're Meant to Be a Dental Hygienist (The Nudge, The Knock, The Rhino)

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120: Imposter syndrome in dental hygiene school

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119: The Dental Hygiene Mom Who's Done It All: Stacy Weisman

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118: Writing "Plaque Poop" with RDH Kim McCrady

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117: Paula and Kevin's Journeys from Mental Struggles in Dental Hygiene School to Becoming Educators

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116: Megan Koller's Dental Hygiene School Experience

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115: Protect Your Biggest Asset in Dental Hygiene School

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114: Tips for Managing Time in Clinic in Dental Hygiene School

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113: Time Management Tips Before and During Dental Hygiene School

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112: A Tale of Two Podcasters- Andrew Johnston's Dental Hygiene Story

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111: Combining Dental Hygiene and Myofunctional Therapy with Saray Fung

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110: Why is Infection Control SO Important in Dental Hygiene with Deanna Otts-Whitfield

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109: Combining Entrepreneurship and Dental Hygiene with Debi Dencek from CordEze®

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108: Mastering Dental Hygiene with Megan McCann

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107: Why I'm Over the Phrase: "I Knew I Could Do More"

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106: Part 2- Destined for Dental Hygiene with Rachael Zustin

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105: Part 1- Destined for Dental Hygiene with Rachael Zustin

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104: Career Update with Tooth Fairy Tish

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103: Bonus Podcast! What to Wear When Shadowing a Dental Hygienist

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102: Florie Mancilla's Journey of Rising through Adversities in Dental Hygiene

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101: Special Guest Host Jose interviews Maria Paula Rodriguez @mariapaula.rdh

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100: Special Guest Host Jose interviews Shelby Wagenman

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99: Part 2 - Dental Hygienists and Graduate Students Marcus and Lily

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98: Part 1 - Dental Hygienists and Graduate Students Marcus and Lily

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97: The Face Behind Dental Hygiene Basics: Dana, MS, RDH

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Positive Self-Talk in Dental Hygiene School

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The Journey of Pediatric Dental Hygienist An Chih Do

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AI is Ruining Your Personal Statements

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Amanda's Versatile Resume as a Dental Hygienist

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Things to Leave Behind in Dental Hygiene School

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Marie Shares Her Educator's Perspective for Dental Hygiene Students

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The Future of Dental Hygiene Basics

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Excelling in an Accelerated Dental Hygiene Program with Anistinn

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Maggie Moodie Explains Game-Based Learning for Dental Hygiene Students

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Variety in Dental Hygiene: Public Health Clinician and Educator Shelley Brown

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The Hijabi Hygienist's Experience in Dental Hygiene School

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Getting Ready to Start Dental Hygiene School? Make Sure You Have Your Vaccines in Order!

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Managing Cancer Patients as a Dental Professional

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Avoiding Dental Hygiene Scholarship Scams

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Navigating the Dental Field as a New Grad Dental Hygienist

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Dana's Tips for Dental Hygiene Finals

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Part 2: First Recipient of the Dental Hygiene Basics Scholarship: Makya Smith

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Part 1: First Recipient of the Dental Hygiene Basics Scholarship: Makya Smith

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A Leader in Sustainable Dentistry: Brittany Cox

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How to Build Foundational Knowledge to be Successful in Dental Hygiene School

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How the Relaxed Hygienist Found Relaxation through Burnout

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How Jazmine Founded Her Own Dental Hygiene Practice

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Angy RDH: A DACA Recipients' Dental Hygiene Journey

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Marisa, the Financial Hygienist, On Becoming Free from Debt

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Tips for the Dental Hygiene School Admissions TEAS Test

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Daisy's Inspiring Dental Hygiene Story

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Amber D'Andrea's Story on How She Accidentally Ended Up in Dental Hygiene

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How an Arts Major Found Passion in Dental Hygiene

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One Strange Way to Reduce Anxiety in Dental Hygiene School

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How Maryam Found Passion and Success in Dental Hygiene

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The Guygienist on Making the Most of Dental Hygiene School

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Transforming a School Project into a Business Idea with Carl Demadema

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Bonus! Teacher Tina Shares Her Dental Hygiene Wisdom

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How to Do Less in Dental Hygiene School

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Maryam's Career of Lifelong Learning as an RDH

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Mental Health Advocate Leah Hargrove and Her Inspiring Dental Hygiene Story

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Bonus! Combining Education and Entrepreneurship in Dental Hygiene with Josie Jasperson

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Easy Ways to Manage Your Anxiety in Dental Hygiene School

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The Peach State RDH and Her Not-So-Peachy Journey Through Hygiene School

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Don't Let Others Make You Hate Dental Hygiene

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My Best Resume Tips!

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Life as a Senior Dental Hygiene Student with Sasha

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Dana's Dental Hygiene Heroes

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The Aligned Hygienist and Her Passion for Ergonomics

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Double the Fun with ToothBytes Hosts Mia and Nicole

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My Favorite Dental Hygiene School Memories

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Mentorship with RDH Pro Connect

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Get Some Perio Precise Tips from Dental Hygiene Entrepreneurs Marvelyn and Katie

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Fiona (Mouthboxx and Big Sis RDH) Offers Up Advice to Students

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Jevonah, @the.happy.RDH, on Finding Happiness in Her Profession

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The Power of Making Connections in Dental Hygiene School

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Bonus! How Areal's Vaccine Records Delayed Her Admission to Dental Hygiene School

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SpectrumRDH Katie Steger's Advice for Neurodivergent Students

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Dental Hygiene Nation: Caitlyn's Transition from RDH to CEO

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Dana's Number One Tip for Procrastinators in Dental Hygiene School

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The RGV RDH's Journey to Becoming an Oral Health Enthusiast

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How Self-Explaining Can Help You Succeed in Dental Hygiene School

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Toothfairytish's Journey Through Hygiene School

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My Favorite Things About Dental Hygiene

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Using Neurobics to Ace Preclinic in Dental Hygiene School

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If I Could Do Dental Hygiene School Again, Here Is What I Would Do Differently

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38: Words of Wisdom with Ash the Redhead RDH

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37: Dental Hygiene School is a Marathon

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36: Tips for Finding Patients in Dental Hygiene School

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35: Dannia's Secrets to Success in Dental Hygiene School

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34: Freshies Co. Founder, Alexis, Carving Her Path in Dental Hygiene

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33: Know Before You Go: The Cell

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32: The Importance of Networking Before and During Dental Hygiene School

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31: Bethany's Journey to Dental Sleep Medicine

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30: Dana Discusses What All It Takes to Become a Registered Dental Hygienist

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29: Shaping Smiles and Minds with Billie Lunt (Host of the Happy Flosser RDH Podcast)

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28: Transform Your Dental Hygiene School Application with a Powerful Personal Statement

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27: Laura and Danielle Talk Preventing Burnout in Dental Hygiene

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26: Michael ("The Dental Queer-gienist") Discusses His Journey Through Dental Hygiene School

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25: The Do's and Dont's of the Dental Hygiene School Interview

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24: Dach Ska and the Realities of Dental Hygiene School

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23: Know Before You Go: Hepatitis B

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22: Dana talks GPA and Dental Hygiene School Admissions

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21: Allison on Ditching Nursing and Thriving in Dental Hygiene

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20: Dana's Study Tips for Dental Hygiene School

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19: Know Before You Go: The Viscerocranium

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18: Brush with Britt is here! Britt talks graduating dental hygiene school DEBT FREE!

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Bonus Episode: Happy New Year! Dana is Here Answering the Question: What Do You Do?

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17: Dana Discusses Money and Dental Hygiene School

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16: Dana and The Why Behind Dental Hygiene Basics

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15: Ella wanted to combined her love of science and helping people, so she became a dental hygienist - with NO dental experience!

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14: Know Before You Go To Dental Hygiene School Review: The Cranial Bones

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13: You Asked, I Answered! Dana Discusses How to Build a Support System for Dental Hygiene School

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12: Ala'a talks New RDH Life, Overcoming Self Doubts, and Getting Hands-On Before Dental Hygiene School

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11: 3 Spooky Things Dental Hygiene Admissions Committees Don't Want You To Know

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10: Sonya (The Geriatric Tooth Fairy!) on Overcoming Dyslexia in Dental Hygiene School

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9: Kim and No Dental Experience, Shadowing Hours, and Her Company Bloom RDH

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8: Dana talks Preparing for Dental Hygiene School Admissions (Part 2)

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7: Candice and Myofunctional Therapy, Dental Hygiene Bachelor's Completion Programs, Chicken Tenders and Beers

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6: Dana talks Preparing for Dental Hygiene School Admissions (Part 1)

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5: Allison and Affordable Dental Hygiene Education

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4: Should I Become a Dental Hygienist? Dana talks blood, saliva, and putting your hands into people's mouths!

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3: Amanda (That Deaf RDH) and Applying to Dental Hygiene School Three Times

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2: Dana and The Craziest Dental Hygiene School Interview Ever

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1: Jessica and the Marine Corps, Single Mom Life, and Preparing for the Dental Hygiene Interview

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Welcome to the DH Basics Podcast! Your Path to Dental Hygiene School!