Save your seat for a new digital roundtable series, kicking off at the Chicago Midwinter Dental Meeting

Date: February 24, 2022

Time: 1:00 pm CST

You are invited to attend the kick-off of our new digital series: “Dental Roundtable,” where each quarter, we will bring together the industry’s most influential leaders to discuss dental’s hottest topics.

The first panel discussion in the series, “What is the Current State of Normal?” will be streamed LIVE from the Chicago Midwinter Dental Meeting.

Join us for a candid discussion where we will touch upon the current level of “normal” on key topics such as:

• Dental Team Satisfaction and Retention
• The Great Resignation
• The Pandemic and Dental Counter-Measures to Protect Volume and Profitability

Dental professionals have faced many hurdles during the pandemic, forcing us to adapt to new levels of normal. We’ve heard terms like Normal, The New Normal, The Next Normal and even The New New Normal. Navigating which level of “Normal” we’re at, or understanding if “Normal” is even the right word, is affecting employee behavior, thus shifting the approach to worker expectations, company culture, team satisfaction, among others. Join us as we tackle this tricky topic and discuss how this can serve as the opportunity to enhance your practice.

Panelists

• David Rice, DDS
  • Founder of the nation's largest student and new dentist community, igniteDDS, Dr. David Rice travels the world speaking, writing and connecting today's top young dentists with tomorrow's most successful dental practices. In addition to igniteDDS, Dr. Rice maintains a team-centered, restorative and implant practice in East Amherst, NY. With 25 years of practice in the books, he has completed curriculums at the Spear Center, The Pankey Institute, The Dawson Center and most prolifically, the school of hard knocks…
• Irene Iancu, BSc, RDH, CTDP
  • Irene Iancu graduated with a diploma in dental hygiene from Oxford college in 2007. Since then, Irene has expanded her scope of practice with procedures that include Orthodontics, Restorative Dental Hygiene (graduation 2021), Myofunctional Therapy, and advanced periodontal therapy utilizing the latest technology. Aside from clinical dentistry, Irene takes the stage at some of the largest dental events in the world sharing her experiences delivering motivational lectures and presentations on clinical procedures and treatment outcomes.  
• Katrina M Sanders, RDH, BSDH, M.Ed, RF
  • Katrina M Sanders is a clinical dental hygienist, author, consultant, researcher and international speaker, Katrina is a vibrant, passionate and charismatic award-winning educator with a unique approach to delivering continuing dental education.  Known as The Dental WINEgenist, Katrina integrates her passion for dentistry and certification as a Level I Sommelier into course content over wine flights while unpacking provocative topics with a zest for dental hygiene.
• Amber Auger, RDH, MPH
  • Amber Auger RDH, MPH, has 17 years of experience in the dental hygiene industry. She is a practicing dental hygienist, corporate consultant, and RDH coach. Amber is the creator of Thrive in the OP™, a membership course that includes both on-demand sessions and weekly coaching. Thrive in the OP™ equips dental hygienists with clinical, business, and leadership capabilities outside of their traditional hygiene degree.
• Melia Lewis, RDH, M.Ed
  • Melia Lewis grew up in the dental world. With 13 years of dental hygiene experience, 4 as a dental assistant, and hundreds of hours of continuing education, she loves to learn and stay up to date on the latest information and technologies. She currently is an adjunct faculty member at Utah Valley University, works private practice in Provo, UT, and is co-creator of Hygiene Edge, an online education platform to easily learn new tips and tricks to take into your dentistry day.