Show Notes:
In this week’s episode of “Dental Assistant Talk with Megen Elliott”, Megen begins her series on dental assistants who work in unique settings other than the traditional private dental offices by interviewing Hannah Nelson about her experience working on a military base.
Episode Highlights:
- The differences between working on a military base and working in a traditional dental practice
- The advantages of providing and receiving dental care in the military
- Hannah’s dental team
- Her suggestions for those dental assistants interested in working with the military
Quotes:
“The whole process to starting the job takes about 2 months typically, but it can take longer depending on the different circumstances with everybody.”
“To even get to my clinic every morning, I have to go through a gate and show them my ID, and have my ID scanned.”
“We are able to give each individual patient the things that they need without having them to have to worry about the cost, which is really nice.”
“Every single patient needs to come in once a year at least to get their annual exam…or else they’re on a ‘hit list’ which gets them in trouble.”
“The dentist I work with is not my boss. We kind of work more as a team then, I think.”
“Every single base has a different contracting company and they’re always changing.”
“I just love it – I wouldn’t change it for the world.”
Links:
More Dental Assistant Talk Episodes: https://ataleoftwohygienists.com/dentalassistanttalk/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:
http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429
American Dental Assistants Association homepage: https://www.adaausa.org/
