032-Dental Assistant Talk with Megen Elliot

This week on Dental Assistant Talk with Megen Elliot, Megen talks with Lauren smith. Lauren shares her experience on her first ever mission trip!

 

Episode Highlights

• Lauren’s Background 
• Lauren’s Mission trip to Guatamala 

Quotes

 

“I never went through schooling… I was fortunate and blessed to have people around me teach me the basics and the information I need to know” 

 

“I had never been out of the country before”

 

“When my boss asked me to come, I was really excited about it, but I was nervous to be out of the country, and I thought about backing out of it” 

 

“Its not like the hospitals you would imagine… they are made of cinderblocks with tin roofs” 

 

“It opens up your eyes when you look at what they have, versus what we have”

 

“They said as long as it looks okay and smells okay we can use it… even though it was expired”

 

“You can’t drink the water there… a lot of families walks down the street with Coca Cola or juice, and that is all they drink” 

 

“If you are nervous about going, just go do it!"

 

Links

 

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429