What is the best part of your job? Teaching! Seeing the “light” go on for doctors and team members as they learn how consistent execution …
The New Wave: Claiming Your Throne in Dentistry as Women
Throughout history, men have been credited with ‘making history’, while the contributions undoubtedly made by women were erased and marginalized. Women were widely characterized as …
DeW Dish with Tameka Schley Lee, BSDH, RDH
What is the best part of your job? The best part of my role is being able to empower and inspire women to find and …
Finding Hope in the Middle of Relationship Storms
Since the pandemic began, headlines have certainly been full of a wide variety of highlights and lowlights. Our humanity has been in disarray for over …
Forensic Dentistry: What It Is, My Journey Through It, and How Do You Get Involved
On February 9, 2021 I became the first woman to win the Reidar F. Sognnaes Award of Excellence in Forensic Odontology from the American Academy …
What a Ride!
Working in the dental industry for over five decades (OMG!) has been an action-packed journey of twists and turns that defines who I am at …
Love the Wine You’re With
“Congrats, babe!” he says, as he lifts my gold-plated corkscrew and inspects a round Mikasa wine glass for water spots. With a suave lift and …
Grief is a Crazy Thing
Grief comes on like waves in the ocean, a riptide that can drag you dangerously out to sea. It’s like a train barreling into you …
DeW Dish: Christie Lincoln, RDH
What is the best part of your job? OHI – Overall Health Information. Even when there is no sign of oral disease, I reinforce the …
Rise from the Ashes
Before starting to explain my journey, I want to briefly introduce myself. I’m Sayna Behkar, growing up in a small family in the city of …
Fulfillment
Is there ever a point where we can say–“I have arrived. I made it to my dream life and I am complete, fulfilled, and can …
DeW Dish with Lynne Leggett, BS
What is the best part of your job? Being able to change the quality of life for my clients. There is nothing better than to …
My Life was Saved and I Got Unstuck!
Romans 8:18: “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed …
Need to Breathe – Leadership Interrupted
I am an enthusiastic workaholic, sound familiar? I bet a lot of you are saying YES! I have often been described as driven, with an …
DeW Dish with Allison LaCoursiere
What is the best part of your job? Helping people grow and seeing people achieve their goals, overcome challenges or tear down barriers that were …
DeW Dish with Minal Sampat
What is the best part of your job? Through my work I am able to empower, teach, collaborate and build relationships with incredible people. It …
Your Journey Should be a Group Effort
When you meet someone, you never know how they may positively impact your life. Debora and I knew dental hygiene was an awesome career to …
Wearing Heels and Rising Up the Ladder
Working as a sales leader for one of the leading solutions companies for health care professionals, particularly in the dental sector, was a dream come …
My Mum, My Dad, My Advocate: Mental Health Affects Every Family
As we bid “Good-bye” to the challenges of 2020, our hopes for a better year were high. Never did I anticipate 2021 bringing our family …
Getting to the Root of My Why
Today I am whole again. Sure, most days I may feel a bit overwhelmed and consumed within the dental industry, but I feel totally blessed. …