 I have had my own mobile dental hygiene practice since 2018 and I've definitely come a long way from when I first started to being since 2018 it's now 2022 so I'm going to give you guys five tips things that I really suggest doing to make your mobile dental hygiene practice easier both more efficient making more money and saving you time because all of those things equals to a happier mobile dental hygienist doesn't it so number one is actually getting some type of recording device I use my Apple watch this will really help you I use that for every single appointment when I'm updating the odontogram doing peri-o charting even if I'm just simply talking to the patient I will let them know I will say I'm just about to call out some tooth numbers you are due to have me review your odontogram speaking of which my Apple watch alarm just went off I had to turn that off for a second but I let the patient know first I say just so you know I'm going to turn on my recorder that's on my watch I'm going to update your tooth numbers your dental charting I'm going to make no sense for probably about a minute talking in my dental language but I promise to explain everything afterwards so I have an app on my Apple watch what is it called it's called Recorder Pro it is free I did not pay for it I don't know if you guys can see that probably not but I just simply click that and then it starts recording so I'm doing my thing talking out loud and I can hear it perfectly when I come home you don't have to be talking like this you can be doing this doing your thing on your patient and then you can do it all when you come home and that brings me to tip number two take all of your notes write everything down when you come home do not do it at the patient's house because that's going to take you extra time and your patient doesn't need to see there see you watch you see you there just simply taking notes so I suggest doing all of that when you go home and that's where your recording device comes in you don't have to get an Apple watch you can simply record on your cell phone you can record you can download another app on your cell phone it's totally up to you but I found my watch was the easiest because I wear it all the time anyway sometimes my cell phone's hidden away somewhere I can't find it but if you do that when you come home I just simply listen to my recording I just have to click and then it gives me the different dates I click again and then I can listen to the whole thing that's when I do everything so I will go through the patient's chart odontogram anything that I recorded I now put it in the chart at home so I don't have to do it at the patient's house the third tip is I don't even suggest having the patient go through things sign anything at their home I do everything electronically this is so much easier this is also easier so let's say a claim form gets lost in the mail a dental claim form doesn't send electronically for some reason if you had them sign on paper maybe you lost the paper something happened and you have to have them sign again send off something again it's so much easier when you have it all electronically because if it's electronically you just have to pull up the file and then send it all again very very easy this is the best thing ever I can leave a link for you guys down below for a discount code I use the company sign request where I just upload my claim forms I fill everything in that way I send it off to the client to sign done and done it is so easy number four is following up so one way to make your mobile dental hygiene visits easier is I suggest confirming their appointment a week before and then confirming their appointment the evening of as a mobile dental hygienist it's very important to have the patient confirm there's no such things as no shows because you're going to the client's house but you don't want to have to worry about that you don't want to have to think I spoke to the patient two weeks ago I'm showing up at their house I hope it's the right address I hope they remembered the day I hope they put it down in their calendar and I don't just show up and nobody's there if you're not following up if you're not confirming that could happen right but also it kind of saves you time too if you're confirming a week before the client might say oh my gosh I completely forgot summer camp is happening or the kids have soccer or oh my goodness I have to work that day who knows but then this way you can reschedule whereas if you didn't follow up didn't confirm you show up at the patient's house and nobody's there or oh we can't have our mobile appointment today the kids have soccer you never know so just just follow up that will make your life so much easier and last tip number five is book appointments before you leave the home that will just save you time later on after I see let's say a family for their their teeth cleaning I'm going to let them know I'm going to say to them you are all due in six months time is it okay if if we hold a time for you guys in my schedule we don't have to keep that time because I totally understand in six months anything can happen honestly I don't even know what I'm going to be doing in six months so I might have to reschedule it too but this way at least you guys have it in the schedule for the date and time that you want I have a lot of people who can only do Saturdays well Saturdays fill up very fast I tell them to book in advance or by the time I go through my my lists phone calls messages of when you're due you might be due in a month but you might have to wait three months to get it so book that appointment at the patient's house that way you don't have to worry about it any other time so I hope this helps you guys let me know if any questions feel free to comment below click like to this video because that does help me in my channel and don't forget to click subscribe because that also helps I do upload videos at least once a week but it's usually more thank you guys again and have a great evening