 Hello everybody Andrea here. So I have my own mobile dental hygiene practice. I've had my own business now for two years. It's amazing. I love it. I've been in the dental profession for about 15 years. So I was a dental assistant, dental hygienist, then I became a restorative hygienist, and then of course started my own practice. But let me tell you certain things that I've learned along the way that as you're starting your own dental hygiene practice things to look out for and things to know things that I wish I had known when I first started. Number one is things that you can buy on Amazon, such as an intraoral camera $200 versus $2,000 at dental supply companies. Wow. Yes, please. Amazing. I bought my intraoral camera off of Amazon. It's the best thing ever. So think of things that isn't directly related to patient care and not going into the patient's mouth. Unless the intraoral camera is going into the patient's mouth, obviously, but you're not using it on their teeth or using it, you know, does that make sense? Like you can't buy dental instruments off of Amazon. You wouldn't be able to buy a high speed handpiece or slow speed handpiece off of Amazon. Go to dental supply companies for that. But you get the idea. Things that you don't need directly for that patient you can buy on Amazon. I bought my folding tables on Amazon for my mobile practice. I bought a patient chair for my at home practice from Amazon. If I went to a dental supply company, it would have been what $3,000 probably more for a dental chair. I bought a nice tattoo parlor chair that looks amazing for about $300. So, you know, it's a great way to save money that way. But other things that I want to talk to you guys about is when you start ordering from dental supply companies, pay attention to prices absolutely. So the dental supply companies that I like to use are KDental. I can leave the links for you guys down below here. But I like KDental. I use ValueMed. I use Henry Shine. I use Maxill. And I use oral science. I'd say those are the main ones. And it really depends. It really varies. Here's an example. I'm a restorative hygienist. I needed a Fuji capsule applicator. Do you guys know what that is? I probably should have shown you, but it's in my like packaged away somewhere. But if I go to Henry Shine, they sold theirs for $200. I bought mine at ValueMed. I want to save for $60. And it's the same thing. So you really have to know how to shop. Other things such as KN95 masks, I would go to KDental. That's usually where I search first. But they're actually so much cheaper with Henry Shine. So you do really have to kind of go that way. And what I like to do is I keep a separate Excel document of like masks, gloves, like things that I purchased the most of. And I look to see how much I paid for it and the quantity and when I bought it. Another good example is disposable mirrors for inside the mouth. So darn, I forget. But they were a very good price at KDental. I like to have disposable mouth mirrors for like kids who want to look inside the mouth. It's kind of nice to have them. And they were a lot cheaper with KDental, whereas I used to buy them from Amazon, but I ended up paying $10 more for less mirrors in a package. So really do some shopping. That's the best thing that I can suggest. If you're inside my mobile RDH Academy course, you will see a full list where I offer all of that for you. And I kind of do the hard work for you. So have a look for sure. A couple other things to make note of. So yeah, think about supplies, Amazon, and think about things for your patients too. Like I truly love oral science, the company oral science. They have different types of mouth washes, toothpaste, toothpaste for your client's needs. It's no more of, okay, you should be brushing, you should be using a mouthwash. So if clients are going to ask you, well, what should I be using? It's nice to be able to tell them and even if you purchase it for them to say, actually, I have the mouthwash here for you. This is it. If you want to buy it, it's $20 or whatever. Plus, I like to keep in my car, water picks. I love to suggest water picks and every single time a client will tell me, oh my goodness, I want one. But when am I going to go out to the store to get it? You know, what if you said, well, here you go. I have a water pick here. If you want it, obviously new in the box. It's just kind of like offering an even better dental experience for patients, just making things so much easier for them. So just a couple things you kind of learn over time. So that's just kind of three solid things for you guys. Please let me know if you have any questions. I am always here to help. I love to mentor dental hygienists opening up their own business. So thank you guys for watching and I'll talk to you guys in the next one.