Tooth or Dare Podcast

Happy Oral Health Month Dental Peeps! Our very first episode in oral health month and next week is National dental hygiene week in Canada which has us even more excited for April! Shoutout to ADHA and CDHA for partnering this year on the put on your purple initiative!  We have some exciting news to share with you this episode and we are so pumped that we got to sit down and chat teeth stuff with Kirpa Sudick.  However, we did bombard her socials and slide in to her DM's from basically every account we could get our hands on. Thank you to everyone who went on our 24 hour Kirpa messaging spree.  IT WORKED! Shoutouts to the avid RDH's and the peeps at ADHA for a. your love of all things Bachelor and b. supporting our podcast.  Recently back home from her amazing Bachelor experience.  Kirpa has been keeping busy with her best fab life but manages to sneak in some time to give us the inside scoop on the entire process and how leaving dental hygiene (Temporarily) has been for her.  Kirpa kindly answered all your questions so you may hear your name pop up in the episode!  ALSO to continue the amazing news! Tooth or Dare Podcast has its very first sponsor! We are so happy to partner up with Hu-Friedy and bring you exclusive news, tips, tricks and fun stuff! - Huge thank you to HF for supporting this podcast and for delivering high-quality products and service that help us perform at our very best! Thank you Hu-Friedy for supporting dental peeps everywhere and specifically our friends and followers.  Don't forget to go to Hu-Friedy.com/toothordare to be entered for a chance to win a brand new instrument! Contest details are on the link so head there to enter!  Lastly, Get cool stuff and tons of CE by signing up at https://www.friendsofhu-friedy.com/s/  Lastly, we are dedicating this episode to out Instagram/Youtube Friend @nikkinicole_2  aka Nikki Chikki, Thanks for your kindness girl and good luck with your dental career. We are super proud of you and your journey.   Peace Love and Teeth Peeps I + W   

Alina Morse aka Candy Princess is killing the market with her genius product called ZolliCandy. Featured all over the media, print and basically a celebrity entrepreneur for being a 13 year old business owner with an estimated 6 million dollar evaluation for 2019. A young woman on a mission also giving back a portion of earnings to the One Million Smiles Initiative.  Follow along with Alina and her mission to take over the candy world on instagram @zollicandy and visit zollicandy.com/dentist use promo code: keepemsmiling for awesome resources for dental practices and social media content.           

Dental Peeps, we are super pumped to bring you @dr.nick You've seen Dr. Nick Ciardiello killing the Instagram game with his epic videos. Irene's likely watched the most recent "life without a hygienist" like 143 times.  The ladies talk Instagram shop with Dr. Nick, how he got to his following, how he communicates with people and some of his tips on making cool videos while having a full-time job.  Dr. Nick answers some of your Instagram questions, so listen up for a shoutout!       

What do Baseball, Horses, reality TV and persistence have in common?  The answer revolves this episodes guest. Paul Geuy, aka @Swole_dds from Instgram, shares his life story with us. His inspiring outlook on the world, highs, and lows that have a very happy ending.  We are so happy to hear and share your story Paul. You're #goals.   

CAITLYN DHN IS FIRE! She is the founder of the company we LOVE DENTAL HYGIENE NATION AKA INSTA FAMOUS @dthynation.  You know peeps, it isn't always sunshine and rainbows despite what social media may show you.  The highlights come with some lowlights and today Whitney, Irene, and Caitlyn get deep for 4.5 seconds, then go back to their classic goofy selves.   Listen in to this trio of girl power and work through some of the ideas you might have with some advice from these entrepreneurial ladies. Caitlyn shares some of her do's and don'ts for business startups and the challenges of buing a business owner in the eyes of the world, family and DH community. THEN....something magical happens. Like Unicorns with a rainbow pot of gold kind of magical happens!  First ever on Tooth or Dare the guest decides to do the dare. WHAT WHAT!!!!  Thanks for your continued support peeps!  We love you and we welcome your feedback and amazing reviews as always.   

2019 has finally arrived listen to what these ladies have done over the holidays and how they are starting this year with a bang! Irene shared some BIG news to share with Y'all in 2018 and had a monumental day in private practice this week.  Often with the turn of a new year, we get itchy to ask some financial questions. Listen to hear how Whitney and Irene perceive getting raises, quitting or getting fired and how it all is positive in the world of getting more money down the road!  Happy Listening!    Resource Links: Forbes: How To Quit Your Job Gracefully by Aliza Licht   GlassDoor: How to Ask for a Raise- A Guide to Asking for and Getting the Raise You Deserve 

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!... Was our exact response when A Tale of Two Hygienists reached out to us to do a joint podcast!   Michelle and Andrew (aka the dental hygiene gods of the podcast world) asked us some questions about our goals in the world of podcasting whilst Irene and Whitney grilled them with questions about podcasting and how to get it right!  Rants and raves from both sides in this chatty episode of the veterans and the newbies. Turns out we have more common items that we thought.  Both podcast duets... 1. Didn't know one another before the started making podcast magic. 2. Have done a mission trip of some kind.  3. Have a hard time keeping up with the scope of practice in each state/province. ...just to name a few things that this podcast collaboration revealed.    In all seriousness, we would like to fire off a huge shoutout to these fantastic humans for helping us get comfortable in this big bad dental podcast world. We are very grateful to have friends like you and we are super pumped to see you and work hopefully work together in the future.   Do them a solid and go vote for them and all of your favorite hygiene podcasts! Nominate us for next year as we started late in the game this year!  https://dentalpodcast.org/vote-for-the-best-dental-podcasts-of-2018/  Wanna say HI in person? -Go and say hi to them at Voices of Dentistry conference fingers crossed Tooth or Dare will be there in 2019! -Irene and ATOTH will be at Yankee Dental Conference. -Andrew, Whitney, and Irene will be at Chicago Midwinter... let the selfie-taking begin!  Peace Love and Teeth! - @TeethTalkGirl Happy Holidays Peeps - @Toothlife.Irene  

We know her as @toothlife.irene. She travels world lecturing to dental peeps and is living her best life as the founder of Toothlife.  Irene is a woman of many talents... so many that Whitney doesn't even know half of what she does yet!  She does know that Irene is killing the IG game and for sure creates adorable Toothlife jewelry. Whitney has been preparing some serious questions for our fellow RDH, speaker, instructor, and influencer without a peep about what she's going to ask. Listen to this epic interview style podcast to hear what Irene has to say to Whitney's lightning bolt round of questions... and just wait to hear Irene's BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! And as always, we end the show with an interesting game of Tooth or Dare. Irene's turn so FOLLOW OUR IG to see what happens next!

Irene has been fangirling over @ToothfairyKNZ aka Mackenzie and her artistic denture making for a long time... which makes this interview extra special for our overly excited Canadian.  Whitney and Irene ask some serious questions about Mackenzie's career path, personal path, #goals and the question we all truly have as clinicians .... "how should we REALLY be telling patients to clean their removable dentures?" and "If you want to get into this business... formal training or mentorship?" Listen to hear the answers to these questions & don't forget to follow our Instagram page for the dare! IT IS GOING TO BE EPIC! 

We all know her as @teethtalkgirl. Her YouTube videos are ridiculously funny and informative.  Who would have thought you could teach people about scalers in the same sentence you rap to a cardi song? Yup... only our girl Whitney can pull that off.  See what I'm talking about here  Irene has been preparing some serious questions for our fellow RDH and Influencer without a peep about what she's going to ask. Listen to this epic interview style podcast to hear what Whitney has to say to Irene's interrogative questions.  And as always, we end the show with an interesting game of Tooth or Dare. Whitney's turn! 

A follow up mini pod to our first episode. Irene interviews Stacianne Tennant on her last day in Jamaica.  Stacianne Tennant BSc, RDH, MSc. Public Health specialization in Environmental Health Sciences and Clinical Instructor. In the event, you didn't think all that is impressive she is a fierce advocate for oral health in Jamaica, DH pioneer, and founder of the Dental Hygienists Association of Jamaica.  Lets put our overgloves together for the woman of the hour!  If you want to email Stacianne she can be reached at Stennant@dhja.org

Welcome to the first Episode of Tooth or Dare!  Irene (@toothlife.Irene) and Whitney (@teethtalkgirl) are super excited to chat for the first time on the podcast.  Both Irene and Whitney talk about their week in private practice and Whitney shares her experience at her very first speaking engagement on a panel with other dental hygiene influencers.  Irene talks about her upcoming week, going to speak in Jamaica (which will follow with a short interview this week to set some facts straight).   This is a short episode of 28 minutes just get our feet wet in the world of podcasting! Then we close the show with the very first game of Tooth or Dare.