There's a moment early in your career when someone asks you to do something that doesn't feel right — and you have to decide whether to push back or go along with it. Whether you're a new dentist or a new oral health therapist, that moment will come. How you handle it says a lot about the kind of clinician you're becoming.

This is Fresh-Out Fridays, where we sit down with early-career dental professionals who share the unfiltered truth about navigating those moments that study didn't quite prepare you for. In this episode, we're joined by Jayden Hall, an Oral Health Therapist, four years into his career.

Jayden opens up about what it really means to work as an OHT: using your full scope, holding your ground when a principal expects more than you're trained to give, and why he believes dentists need to rethink the way they collaborate with oral health therapists.

We'll explore how to build confidence with patients when you look like you're fresh out of high school, what delegation actually looks like in a well-run practice, and why finding mentorship — even informally — can change everything in those first few years.

So grab your coffee, settle in, and let's brush up on what it takes to find your place in the team.

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