This week on Dental Assistant Talk with Megen Elliot, Megen is joined by Payton Sprouse to talk about her experiences as a Dental Assistant in North Carolina. 

Episode Highlights

• DA 2 
• Payton’s Background
• Payton’s Volunteering Work
• How to get involved with your community

Quotes

“If you are office trained the Dentist can always train you to do the things that a DA 2 can do” 

“They travel around NC and provide free extractions to those in need” 

“It's a little compact dental office that they have” 

“You are able to give back in a local capacity” 

“There are so many areas in NC that do not have a local dentist” 

“They don’t seek treatment until it's bad, and then they need an extraction” 

“There is a lot less equipment involved with extractions” 

“Sometimes its hard conversation to have, but it is important to have it"

Links

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429

This week on Dental Assistant Talk with Megen Elliot, Megen is joined by Ronda Holman who is a Dental Assistant, and host of the DA Rockstars!

Episode Highlights

• How DA Rockstars got started
• You can make it happen
• Audio to Video
• Gathering for Dental Assistants 

Quotes

“If you have something to say… go start a podcast” 

“I had no idea what I was doing, I was a 20 year Dental Assistant, not a podcaster” 

“The first 9 episodes of DA rockstars podcast got deleted” 

“Its trial and error, any dental assistant can figure it out” 

“There is no such thing as I don't know how…you will find a way” 

“I look at my doctor and was thinking what kind of lung disease is THAT”

“How do I find a way for Dental Assistants to know this podcast exists” 

Links

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/da-rockstars-for-dental-assistants/id1384903612

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429

This week on Dental Assistant Talk with Megen Elliot, Megen talks with Lauren smith. Lauren shares her experience on her first ever mission trip!

Episode Highlights

• Lauren’s Background 
• Lauren’s Mission trip to Guatamala 

Quotes

“I never went through schooling… I was fortunate and blessed to have people around me teach me the basics and the information I need to know” 

“I had never been out of the country before”

“When my boss asked me to come, I was really excited about it, but I was nervous to be out of the country, and I thought about backing out of it” 

“Its not like the hospitals you would imagine… they are made of cinderblocks with tin roofs” 

“It opens up your eyes when you look at what they have, versus what we have”

“They said as long as it looks okay and smells okay we can use it… even though it was expired”

“You can’t drink the water there… a lot of families walks down the street with Coca Cola or juice, and that is all they drink” 

“If you are nervous about going, just go do it!"

Links

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429