12/10/2020
Have you met the hosts of .dentalish?
Anaika Forbes is a registered dental hygienist and the department chairperson for a dental assisting school in New York. Anaika has 15 years of dental experience and enjoys sharing her knowledge with students. She is a proud board member of BrownGirl, RDH and organizer of Hashtag Lunchbag Brooklyn, a non profit organization geared to feeding those less fortunate. When not working, she spends her time writing, dancing and meditating.
Christopher Williams is an Airforce veteran, registered dental hygienist and founder/CEO of Prophy Kings. His organization promotes diversity within the dental community and encourages more men and minorities to learn about a career in dentistry. His mission is to be a representation for men entering the dental hygiene and/or dental assistant career field.
Martelle Coke, is an entrepreneur CEO of BrownGirl, RDH & Co-founder of Prophy Kings. Martelle’s non-profit BrownGirl, RDH promotes cultural diversity within the dental hygiene field, offers scholarships and supplemental support to any dental hygiene student. Her organizations’ scholarships cover costs outside of tuition; which include clinical supplies, equipment, loupes, national and clinical board fees. Martelle uses her following to contribute to mission trips abroad, and give back to the community through organizing back to school drives, health fairs and establishing several local scholarship foundations.
Together these dental professionals saw an opportunity to lift their voices and use this platform for those in the dental community who lack representation in the podcast world.
They created dental-ish, the first black dental hygiene podcast that will discuss topics ranging from family, entrepreneurship, education, experiences of working in the dental hygiene field as minorities and so much more. Get ready, this podcast is a combination of passion, rawness and real life topics, “dentistry mixed with a little something extra!”