Ep 112: Insights On the Current Hygiene Shortage with Bert Triche, RDH
Channel: The Team Training Institute
Date: 2023-04-14

Bert Triche is a practicing hygienist and a Certified Hygiene Coach with The Team Training Institute. She’s got 43 years of hygiene experience and has coached other hygienists for 12 years. She’s joining Wendy Briggs today on The Double Your Production Podcast for an important conversation about how hygienists, dentists, and office managers can navigate the current shortage of hygienists around the country.
 
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- The current market challenges in hygiene staffing
- How to calculate your actual earnings as a hygienist
- How to ask for a raise with an understanding of the practice’s economics
- How to protect a positive company culture amid staffing shortages
- How production-based compensation better serves the hygienist, the patient, and the practice
- The best way to handle burnout or stagnation in hygiene

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