Life is a journey and today’s guest, Lauren Gueits, truly exemplifies that fact. She has worked in private practice, as a high-level rep with Align, and is now on a mission to help children by advancing awareness of airway health. Lauren has an amazing ability to persevere through whatever life puts in front of her and has a deep passion for promoting the connection between our mouth and our overall health. We discuss:
· How Lauren ended up pursuing dental hygiene as a career, and why she feels she was called to dentistry.
· Her role with Dr. Lorne Golub and Dr. Maria Ryan in promoting Periostat.
· Why she has always had a passion for the connection between oral and systemic health.
· How Lauren’s endless curiosity began as a child.
· How she impressed Align CEO, Joe Hogan, during one of her lectures at Invisalign Summit.
· Her creation of the position of Hygiene Education Manager at Align and assembling the hygiene team.
· Her transition from private practice to corporate to entrepreneurship.
· The critical role of the hygienist to create value from the hygiene chair.
· Why once you see the impact that orthodontics can have on airway, you can’t unsee it.
· The need to redefine malocclusion as craniofacial dystrophy.
· What motivated Lauren to launch Airway Health Solutions in 2018.
· How she plans to advance airway health care in the upcoming years.
· The need to have in person discussions versus hiding behind our computers debating online.
· The importance of keeping the faith through life’s highs and lows.
· The need to develop more thorough and consistent screening tools for airway compromise.
· That the AAO guidelines do NOT say to wait until 7yo to initiate orthodontic treatment.
· Why orthodontic residents don’t do much Phase I treatment in residency.
· How OSA is like Stage 4 cancer, and we need to address it when we notice it at Stage 1 (SDB).
· The reasons why changing your mindset regarding early treatment and airway can be emotionally challenging.
· How Lauren balanced being a mom of 3 children with her career aspirations and obligations.
· How she judges her success as a mother.
· And much more!!
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What is The DOC Podcast?
The DOC Podcast brings you unique educational content taught by Dr. Mike DeLuke, a Board Certified Orthodontist with over 20 years of clinical and academic experience. Dr. DeLuke built his orthodontic practice from scratch in the early 2000s and grew it into a multimillion-dollar enterprise in less than 10 years. He was able to retire from private practice at the age of 46 years old, and now devotes his energy to teaching his colleagues how to succeed both personally and professionally.
Dr. DeLuke has served as a faculty member at numerous hospitals and orthodontic residency programs around the country, including as the cleft craniofacial orthodontist at Albany Medical Center in New York, and as a clinical professor at The University of Connecticut in the Department of Orthodontics. He is presently an adjunct professor at Nova Southeastern University in the Department of Orthodontics.
The DOC Podcast will bring you in-depth discussions and interviews with industry leaders and experts on a variety of topics including clinical excellence, practice management, finance and wealth creation, health and wellness, taxes and accounting, fitness, and much more!