 Hello. Andrea here so I've been a mobile dental hygienist since 2018. And I've been in the dental profession for almost 18 years now. I worked in the same office for 13 years I moved a couple times so then I did have to work in other offices. I definitely worked in offices, different types of offices, different types of staff, the dentists. I worked for one dentist. I worked for four at the one time in the same office. So I definitely had experience in both. And if you're thinking about becoming a mobile dental hygienist or you are one, or you're just thinking or are a dental hygienist with their own practice with their own physical office space. And your concern is well the dentists aren't going to like it. The dentists are going to be mad at me for starting my own practice dentists are going to talk to patients about why is that hygienist doing that I'm the dentist you should be coming to me. You still need x-rays, no matter how you spin it. If you're concerned about what the dentist thinks, I'm here to tell you to get over that. Okay, I always think about it the other way so does the dentist care about me. And does the dentist think oh, I wonder if this is going to be covered because it's not going to be covered for the dental hygienist you know maybe I should change my codes a little bit. I don't want the patient to get mad. I don't want to talk bad about the dental hygienist. Dentists don't think like that okay there's good dentist there's bad dentist as I'm sure there's good hygienist there's bad hygienist there's good dental professionals there's bad dental dental professionals, not good or bad that's not the term I mean but you get what I'm saying right you're going to love some, you're not going to love some. The dentist isn't thinking about us so why are we so concerned thinking about them. I've never been concerned thinking about them, but I've talked to many hygienists who are even just thinking about starting their own dental hygiene practice. They say to me yeah I kind of mentioned it to the dentist they're not happy about it. I'm still working in the office so I don't want to step on toes. I want to do a little bit of both I don't want to step on toes so maybe I just won't do it. My answer to them is that's ridiculous you know I have never cared what other people think granted it's normal to care okay it is normal. Are you going to change your life to work for a dentist making I'm just going to pick a number, making $50 an hour slaving away at the dental office maybe getting a 30 minute lunch. Maybe leaving by five o'clock probably not you're probably working eight till six and then you still haven't done all of your chart notes. I'm going to continue doing that just because you're worried about what the dentist thinks about you starting your own practice. If that is truly stopping you then you're not meant to be a dental hygienist with your own practice you're just not. When I first started when I was thinking about doing mobile dental mobile dental hygiene I was absolutely still working at the dental office. My clients on the side, but I didn't talk about my mobile dental hygiene business with clients at the dental office. I didn't, you know, mix the two together so it's not like I was trying to take their patients it's not like I was telling the entire staff. They were the ones who happened to notice my Facebook page my YouTube videos, and I just says yes, I do mobile dental hygiene on the site. I didn't apologize for it I didn't say, well I know you're not going to like it, but I do it anyway. No, I just said yeah it's amazing I do mobile dental hygiene on the side when I have time. Patients love it. Again, I didn't apologize for it. So, and I never got any pushback, I did not hear from staff or the dentist or friends family like oh are you sure you want to do that the dentist isn't going to be happy. The dentist didn't say to me, oh wait you're going to take all my patients you can't do that. The dentist actually thought it was pretty neat she was like, oh my goodness, good for you, we have patients that need to be seen in their own home I would love to give them to you. So it was completely different and I had just started working there because I had just moved. So, you know, you have to really. If you give off the vibes of, I'm sorry I'm thinking about starting my own practice I'm sorry I'm a mobile dental hygienist guess what you're going to get back right staff are going to be confused there are definitely staff members that are going to be confused. The dentists are going to be confused because that's just the world we live in right now. Okay, think about dentists, orthodontist, periodontist oral surgeons. They don't say, oh, you know, the other dentist is going to be mad if they're sending me all their patients, you know, we work together, we work together. The dentist I clean teeth, among other things but let's just keep it simple here. I clean teeth dentists do you know like root canal surgeries restorative crowns bridges other things right. The periodontist handles gum disease, the orthodontist handles braces dental hygienists do not have to work under the order of a dentist of course depending on where you live. I'm just going to talk about Ontario for now and there's many other air, many other areas to but I'm currently in Ontario so just to kind of keep it simple. We do not have to work under a dentist. I would much prefer to make my own money set my own hours say what I want to say to patients bill what I want to build a patients. Having my own hours is a huge thing and being a mobile dental hygienist is such an amazing service. So, my clients who want a mobile dental hygienist. They say to me this is an amazing service because I don't have the time to go to a dental office. You're seeing my entire family of seven. This was so much easier to have you come to me than me go to the dentist. I still let them know you do still need your dental checkups. You do still need x-rays I'm going to refer you when I see it's necessary. We work together. I do not say oh dentists are horrible don't trust them don't go to them. I say we work together just as in a dental office you see the dental hygienist you see the dentist only in this case it's so much easier for you. Because you see or I come to you you see me I refer you to them so yes two different places technically but I'm coming to your home so that's not a different place you'd be there anyway. So you do have to be careful with how you were things as well, which I feel dentists have to be careful how they were things as well. Because they say things like oh why would you see a mobile dental hygienist like why not just come here we have dental hygienists on staff. I've had dentists say that to my patients, which your relation and say that right patients have the right to choose. So please, if you're concerned about what the dentist is going to think what other staff is going to think you're working in an office right now but you're scared to tell people, get that out of your head. Just do it. Okay, just do it, and you'll be amazed how you don't get pushed back. You might okay from the odd person maybe I was just super lucky, but I also don't listen to people I do my own thing. If I listened to people trust me you guys I wouldn't be where I am today. I started my own online tutoring company. Oh my goodness. 18 years ago around the same time online was not a thing. Okay, not everybody. I don't even think cell phones were a thing at that point. So people were like online tutoring what's that about guess what fast forward it's an extremely successful company so I do things, even if people don't agree with them because I agree with them it's what I want to do be that change and don't be concerned. If you need a pep talk if you need my help please reach out to me you guys anytime having my own dental hygiene business is the most amazing thing ever. I'd like to say the most amazing thing I've ever done in my life. So I would not go back I don't worry about what the dentist thinks it's my business, my patients, they go to the dentist that's just how things go, but we keep things separate so let me know you guys if any questions thank you so much for watching and I'll see you guys in the next one.