Straight Up With Steph
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Straight Up With Steph
Latest Episodes
Ep 112: Beyond the Operatory: How to Build a Different Career in Dentistry
What if your dental career could be so much bigger than what happens chairside?Bethany Montoya is back on Straight Up With Steph®, and this time we’re talking about building a career outside of the operatory. After 14 years as ...
Ep 111: Dental Professionals: How To Exercise for a Pain-Free Career
What if dental professionals started treating their bodies like athletes do?Dental work requires hours of precise movements, static postures, repetitive gripping, awkward positions, and intense concentration—yet most clinicians...
Ep 110: What Your Mouth Is Telling You About Your Health
Your mouth may be telling you far more about your health than you realize.In this episode of Straight Up With Steph®, I’m joined by Dr. James Goolnik, a London-based dentist, nutritionist, author, and holistic health advocate w...
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Ep 109: Dental Coding, Fraud & the OPA: What Every Dental Professional Should Know
Dental Coding, Fraud & the OPA: What Every Dental Professional Should Know Dental codes might not sound exciting—but using the wrong one could have much bigger consequences than you realize.In this episod...
Ep 108: Brain Fog, Anxiety & Forgetfulness: The Menopause Brain Explained
Have you ever walked into a room and completely forgotten why you were there, struggled to find a word you KNOW you know, or suddenly felt more anxious, irritable, or overwhelmed than ever before?If you're in perimenopause or m...
Fan Mail
Hi Stephanie, I just listened to your podcast with Rachel Wall. Thank you for what you do! I wanted to touch on the subject of labor laws which wasn't evaluated upon what/why we get paid what we do in your podcast. I live in CA and can tell you that majority of hygienists do not have time for mandatory breaks and some even still get paid a daily rate vs hourly and work into their lunch. Think about about it, we generally work 8 to 5 and one hour per patient. Where is our scheduled mandatory break?? There are numerous dentists who don't follow labor laws, meal time laws, and don't pay accordingly... but they keep piling on work for their hygienists. Our job is very fast paced and demanding! It requires many skill sets and compromising our bodily comforts. As hygienists we should definitely stick together and not let our profession be overthrown by assistants who can get a license to scale. It's not a matter of assistants versus hygienist but of a matter of who is qualified.
Milpitas, California