S3 Ep 7 : What Happens When You Never Give Up on Reaching Your Full Potential - with Vicki Griffiths

13/11/2025 59 min

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✨ Episode 7 is now live! ✨This week I’m joined by the amazing Vicki Griffiths, a dental therapist whose career has honestly been one of the most inspiring we’ve featured so far. From making the most of her scope as a dental nurse to carving out her niche in dental therapy, Vicki’s story is full of insight, honesty, and plenty of motivation for anyone in the dental world.We get into:🦷 The incredible scope of practice for dental nurses📄 Applying for dental therapy💬 Tips for supporting patients with additional needs🎯 Finding your niche🤝 BSDHT and community in dentistry📱 Navigating social media as a dental professionalThis was such a fun conversation — I learned so much, laughed a lot, and honestly left feeling a bit like I’d had therapy myself. A huge thank you to Vicki for being so open and generous with her experiences.And of course, massive thanks to our sponsors Dürr Dental, DMI, and The ICE Dental Institute in Manchester for hosting us for this episode!If you enjoyed listening, make sure to check out the show notes for all the links, share this episode with your dental friends, and hit follow on the podcast so you never miss a new chat landing on your phone each week.🎧 See you next Thursday for another episode of Conversations with Dental Friends!You can find out more about applying for Dental Nursing here Absolutely look into applying to your local dental hospital to really step up your dental nursing career, the Belfast trust website has loads of information here or Google in your area If your interested in applying for dental therapy you can find out more information here If you’re already a dental therapist (or dental hygienist) and you’d love to get that feeling of community by joining a society you can find more information on BSDHT here and BADT hereIf you think studying in Manchester sounds amazing (because I do) you can find out more information about Salford university here You can find links to all the post grad quails and more information about ICE Dental Institute here You can find Vicki on Instagram and TikTok @vic_dental_therapistYou can find Conversations with Dental Friends over on Instagram @conversationswithdentalfriends and you can find me on Instagram and TikTok @homegirlhygienist If you’re interested in the face spray you can find it on Amazon You can check out Siobhan Kelleher’s brilliant episode on Season 2 Episode 3 of this podcast and find out more information on her course here

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