Team Building Exercise #3
This exercise is a great way to incorporate Co-discovery both with the team and the patients we serve. Instead of telling people what their needs are we are asking about their needs and fostering trust through listening and learning. We build bridges not walls. Exercise #3: Be a really good listener at the practice today.Talk…
Team Building Exercise #2
It can be contagious to focus in on the things we don’t like. If we want to break the cycle of negativity, we can incorporate a simple exercise to check what comments are being shared about and with others. Studies have demonstrated that gratitude improves physical health, enhances empathy, improves self-esteem and increases mental strength.…
Team Building Exercise #1
This exercise is great for team meetings, reducing conflict, increasing communication and increasing self-awareness and organizational awareness. When we are being helpful we are showing others that we see them and their struggles. By adjusting our efforts, we can then observe changes in the practice and with teammates and measure it’s impact. Exercise #1:Adjust something…
Grow Your Dental Practice with Team Learning
Increase Your Practice Value Through Team Learning by Trina Poulsen, RDH, BSDH, Santiago Valdez, RDH When was the last time you truly invested in your team? Not just lunch and uniforms but professional and personal growth. You may have a vision for your practice but how do you facilitate and guide your team towards continued…
Exploring Periodontal Case Acceptance: A Team Approach to Collaborative Care
Trina Poulsen, RDH, BSDH, Santiago Valdez, RDH Why do we continue to do bloody prophies? What keeps us from providing optimum care for our patients? When we first got out of hygiene school we felt as if we had all the right tools for the job. If a patient had periodontal disease there…
Dental Patient Care: Listen More, Talk Less
Trina Poulsen, RDH, BSDH, Santiago Valdez, RDH Embracing humility. How do you embrace what we don’t know or understand? We ask questions and listen instead of telling. We create opportunities of engagement and curiosity that value trust and building of relationships by listening for solutions rather than giving resolution. Taking the time to listen and…
Elevate Practice Harmony Workshop
Get up out of your seats and get engaged with Infinite Hygiene Consulting workshops! We are a Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry and can assist your practice with looking out of the box in how you learn and grow as a team towards your practice vision. This workshop will help develop leaders by looking…
Hiring the Right Dental Hygienist
Hiring for the Vision: Every office will go through a team member change at some time or another. Hiring the right team member is a challenging process. Hiring the wrong team member is expensive, disruptive to the work environment, and time consuming. Hiring the right team member, on the other hand, increases employee productivity,…
Simplify Biofilm Management with Air-Flow
In our clinical practice as a Dental Hygienist staying current to the latest techniques for biofilm removal is important. Technology is transforming all areas of our life including the profession of dentistry. If you have concerns that you may not be as effective or efficient resulting in clinical fatigue and inconsistent clinical results we can…
Practicing Effective Conflict Resolution
One of the most common source of time and energy spent in an office is on conflicts. In some cases, the conflict never gets resolved but swept under the rug or ignored and team members go on with work where resentment builds. Without long term solutions, the team works in a sub-optimal work environment and…