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Dental Hygiene Basics

141: How Lisa Curbow Built a Career in Special Needs Dentistry

8 April 2026 · 25:01 · Episode 141

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Lisa Curbow, RDH, shares her dental hygiene journey from grocery store work to dental assisting— and how it led her to a long-term career in dental hygiene, including a specialized role in special needs dentistry and hospital coordination. Her story reinforces a steady truth for both dental hygiene students and early-career clinicians: your direction often becomes clear through patient care, not before it. One…

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