 Hello everybody, Andrew Maeski here with Dental L. Happy holidays depending on when you are watching this video It might look a little bit silly if it's not around the holidays Because I have my holiday sweater on so you might be wondering what the heck is she wearing? But it's almost Christmas hence the holiday sweater just in case you're curious So you have hopped on to learn about how to start your your own dental hygiene practice Now I have started my own. It's been a couple months now I had my first official grand opening a couple weeks ago. It's the most amazing thing ever I don't know why I didn't start this sooner But now I want to help everybody else who wants to start their own practice Their own dental hygiene practice and how to do that because I I have learned so much along the way I made a lot of mistakes. I spent money that I might not have had to spend I Could have spent more in other places, you know just that kind of thing where It's just not that popular of a thing right now Dental hygienists in Ontario. So this is specific to Ontario depending on where you're watching this You might not be able to open up your own practice because we all Have different rules where we are working so keep that in mind But in Ontario we have been allowed to open up our own practice since 2007 I was still in school at that point So clearly that was not happening and I wanted to get a lot of experience first I'm at the point in my life where I want to work less But I want to make as much money as I can working the hours that I'm working and doing my own thing I have said this to so many people. I'm just not meant to work for somebody else. I'm not I Have owned my own Tutoring company where I tutor dental hygiene and dental assisting students since 2005 I Teach as well. I just I just help people be the best dental professional that they can be with Passion because I find there's too much negativity in this business It depends on who you talk to the sad thing is a lot of students or potential students talk to certain Dental hygienists who might not like the profession. They're tired. They're worn out and they basically tell them don't do it Don't go to school to be either a dental assistant or a dental hygienist And I think that's horrible because it's a great career But you have to be passionate and you have to work for an office. That's amazing too There aren't such amazing offices out there. You have to be careful But that's like in any occupation But that's why I am starting my own thing my own dental L mobile hygiene business And I want to teach as many people as I can to start their own business also now I do suggest that if you are a new graduate don't even think about it yet get your experience first You know get as much experience as possible because I learned so much being a dental assistant first I was a dental receptionist also for about a year that has helped me tons Learning about insurance learning about claim forms dental assistants helped me Know the different types of you know sterilizers Knowing where to order things from just kind of things that as a dental hygienist You don't have to do typically so even if you learned how to do them you forget So all of that has helped me so much. I have a 14 years experience now So, you know what? It was my time to start my own thing and again I want to help as many people as possible. So I have actually started my own course It's an amazing course. It is called a dental LRDH for obviously Registered dental hygienist. So if you are interested in opening up your own practice, let me know sign up It's all right there. You will see me talking about it me You know teaching about it me offering helpful tips what to do what not to do and I had literally Started recording videos from day one, you know sharing my experiences I even have a video of me coming back from getting my $30,000 small business loan. I have a video of me talking about. Oh my goodness I just met with a Patterson rep and I'm going to throw up How much money I just spent on a sterilizer, you know, so I talk about all of that. I am True, I am real I tell you the good the bad the ugly the Amazing and just things that I have learned along the way because I have been This has been in the works my own business for a couple months now and I have seen a lot of patients I've made some mistakes. I have done some amazing things So I want to share all of that and help other people because I want to be as Transparent as possible because that's what I had a hard time with when I was looking for somebody to talk to just to offer Advice on starting my own business. There was no dental hygienist out there who was willing to take the time to talk to me I hate to say that it counts. It sounds kind of sad I don't mean for it to sound like a pity party, but nobody wanted to really answer my questions I think they saw me as competition. I don't know but even now um my good Hygiene friend Kathleen if you are watching this hello, I am talking to her about starting up her own thing She is I guess my competition, but we don't see it like that because she's from a different area She sees different patients even if she was in the same city as me a kitchen or waterloo It doesn't matter because there's so many people out there so many people that we can help So we have talked a ton like back and forth, you know helping each other out with our own businesses So I want to help all of you out but inside my dental LRGH course It's not just about starting your own practice. It is talking about being a dental hygienist It is talking about tax time. It's talking about how to talk to patients about plaque, tartar, stain gingivitis, perio. I Talk about what to do if you work for a horrible office how to get through it and maybe it's time for you to quit You know, I just talked about everything like I said the good the bad the real the amazing I talk about it You guys I have no shame. I just help with everything I'm a teacher also So I will also talk about you know things that you might want to know of like let's talk about the Differences between the piezo and the capitron. I prefer the piezo and I talk about why Let's talk about medical emergencies. Let's talk about special needs patients So this course is not only for if you want to open up your own practice, but it is for every Dental hygienist out there if you have just started out if you have 20 years experience I just talk about everything you guys I do and I make it fun I make it exciting because we all need to support one another We need the passion to work for our patients and get excited because we see patients who are nervous They are scared, but after a 10 hour day not having lunch, you know Having to wake up tomorrow at 7 30 to start work again. We might not be on our best I guess behavior seeing these patients that need us to be top notch So I help to give you guys passion. Okay, but at the same time I do help you if you need help if you need help looking for another office If you need help with your resume if you need help with hey, can you just look at the resume see if it's any good I help you guys with everything. Okay, because another thing that I'm starting to notice is in Facebook groups There's a lot of negativity any question you tend to ask myself included I have asked questions and I get beaten up Basically with oh, how come you don't know this answer or we're not helping you because you just want to help your business or something I remember posting About hey guys, I'm just excited to share I have opened up my own a dental l mobile hygiene business and this was in the group Ontario dental hygienists Ontario hygiene network Ontario dental hygiene network something like that and the admin blocked me she blocked me and kicked me out because she says that I was advertising my business and All I wanted to do was to share that I did open up my own dental l mobile hygiene business And I was excited and I wanted to give that encouragement for others to do the same But I got blocked and kicked out so I kind of feel online these days You can't always share or ask the questions that you want to but in my course my dental l RGH course you have that Full Information you can ask questions We meet online once a month to just talk about anything and it might even be more than that You know depending on how many people sign up I am more than happy to even meet once a week to just kind of talk about whatever it is You want to talk about and students are welcome. So please come on in Yeah, you guys. So thank you for watching happy holidays again. Merry Christmas. Um, the dental l RGH course is on sale now So come on in it's a one-time fee for life. So you know what it's totally worth it Think of it as a business expense you guys come tax time. It is a business expense So I am excited to see you all inside. I will probably do a live Video with those members shortly to just kind of say hello and ask some questions. So thank you guys I will see you guys very very soon