Dave Finch

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17,129 appearances 116 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2020 last heard Oct 2024

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Uniquely Human: The Podcast · Compassionate Child - and Family-centered Dental Support, with Dr. Rose-Marie Daly · 25 Oct 2024 podcast

So she went out to the garage and took some of my sandpaper and sanded it down just enough so that it was no longer sharp and catching her tongue.

And I was like, Emily, you sanded your tooth?

I can hardly click my tooth with a fork or a spoon without agonizing pain for, you know, 20 minutes.

So she did that.

We finally got her into the dentist and

Up to that point, she had only ever had routine cleanings and things like that.

So I started telling her all about my experiences with root canals and because I was thinking like, well, if she has the data in her mind.

before she goes into the chair, then nothing will be a surprise.

So I better equip her with all the knowledge that I have about what a root canal feels like, what the needles in your gum feel like, what all the

And she was just like, Can mom take me to the dentist?

It it really is a skill and it's um and it's it's well um it's well appreciated by me personally because you know, as Barry always says, there's there's the parent who is the expert in their child and that's paramount.

But

as a practitioner, you're the expert in uh what that that very specific thing that's going on with the child in terms of their oral health.

So it it is a it is a tightrope that you're walking as the healthcare provider to educate families and to not come off as too positive and too happy in front of the kid and kind of be off-putting in that way.

Um, educating people as the subject matter expert in dentistry, in oral health, in you know, uh

in all of that science when the parent is the one saying, like, yes, I know, but we've been to six other practices, they've all tried this thing, um, and every time it it unravels and and you know, what can we do to prevent that?

So it is

I you know, you're in a

It and not to mention it's not just you, it's it's your entire staff, your front office, your reception staff.

Um, everybody in your practice has to be lockstep on what the messaging is and how the messaging is delivered.

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