Throughout history, dentistry has been somewhat of a male-dominated field, especially in leadership and education roles. This is no longer the case. With more women in the dental profession than before, there is a large importance in recognizing and supporting women in dentistry. Female dentist Dr. Effie Habsha recognized the need to connect women in [...]
What do you do when you have a problem without a solution? For dentist Dr. James Younger, you build one. It all started in 2015 with a 4 a.m. text and a full schedule. With a sick dental hygienist and no replacement, Dr. Younger began to personally call patients, cancelling their appointments for the day. [...]
Dentistry goes far beyond giving patients a healthy smile. In some cases, it can mean improving someone’s quality of life. Dr. James Younger knows this all too well. That’s why he felt the need to help About Face, a Canadian charitable organization offering support to individuals with facial differences. About Face aims to promote and enhance [...]
Graduates from Georgian College’s Dental Hygiene program can now be recognized for their outstanding achievements thanks to Dr. James Younger, founder of TempStars. After being introduced to the faculty at Georgian College by a colleague, Dr. Younger proposed the idea of a graduation award in order to recognize one student who displayed exceptional work ethic [...]
Do you know what it takes to strengthen and develop effective leadership, good management and create a healthy team culture? More importantly, why should dentists and office managers care? On October 23rd TempStars founder Dr. James Younger travelled to Vancouver to moderate a discussion forum on that very topic. The forum, Organized by Cleardent and held [...]
I'm excited to finally announce that TempStars, a Vancouver dental temp agency, has launched! After 2 years of hard work, we are now serving the Greater Vancouver Area. Finally the west has access to our cutting-edge mobile technology. With over 300 dental hygienist members and 100+ dental office members who trust TempStars for their [...]
It's with great excitement that I announce that TempStars, a Toronto dental temp agency, has launched! We will be serving Toronto and surrounding areas. Over 300 dental hygienist members and 100+ dental office members trust TempStars for their temping needs. TempStars dental temp agency will be serving the following areas: Toronto West of Toronto (Etobicoke - [...]
Since the TempStars dental temp agency was formed, I've had the pleasure of meeting many Vancouver temp hygienists. Some hygienists are working part-time at a dental office and using temping to fill in their week. Others are using a dental temp agency full time to work a busy week of temp placements. Either way, the [...]
Finding a good dental temp agency can be tricky. Especially true if your dental office is not in a major city like Toronto, the GTA, Ottawa, or Vancouver. When you're looking, here are a few things to look for: What To Look For In a Dental Temp Agency Does the dental temp agency have [...]
A great option for transporting the tooth to the dentist is in milk if it's available. If the tooth is clean, putting the tooth in the pouch of the child's cheek works well since saliva has a compatible pH and is osmotically isotonic with the periodontal ligament cells. There are also kits called Save-a-Tooth which some [...]
