Is Your Practice Ready for the Hygienist Shortage?
A projected 40% hygienist shortage is changing what dental practices need to do to build and maintain a strong hygiene department.
Use this free checklist to assess where your practice stands today, uncover potential gaps, and identify what to prioritize next.
How Prepared Is Your Hygiene Department?
A projected 40% hygienist shortage is putting more pressure on dental practices to rethink how they hire, retain, compensate, and manage their hygiene teams.
But being prepared goes beyond having enough hygienists on the schedule today.
The Hygiene Crisis Readiness Checklist gives you a simple way to evaluate the systems behind your hygiene department and uncover the gaps that could create bigger problems as the shortage continues.
See Where Your Practice Stands
Score your practice across five areas that directly impact the strength and stability of your hygiene department:
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Staffing Foundation — How prepared you are for callouts, turnover, and staffing changes
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Hiring Pipeline — Whether you're consistently positioned to attract hygienists before you desperately need one
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Systems & KPIs — How clearly your hygiene team understands and tracks performance
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Compensation Structure — Whether your pay and bonus model supports retention and the behaviors you want
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Practice Model Alignment — Whether your hygiene strategy actually works within your practice model
At the end, you'll receive a score out of 25 so you can quickly see whether your hygiene department has a strong foundation, room for improvement, or significant gaps to address.
Part 1 of the Hygiene Crisis Series
This checklist was built from the frameworks, systems, and real practice data shared by Dr. Blake Hamblin and Gary Bird in Part 1 of My Dental Playbook's five-part Hygiene Crisis series.
Use the checklist to find your biggest gaps, then follow the full series to learn how to strengthen each area of your hygiene department.
See How Ready Your Hygiene Department Really Is
Take a few minutes to assess your practice across all five areas and walk away knowing exactly where to focus next.
Fill out the form below to get your free Hygiene Crisis Readiness Checklist.
