Team Tend

Our patients love the boost of confidence they get from visiting us. And clinicians like Dr. Sangwan, a dentist in our East Nashville studio, love being able to provide all the feel-good feels. Wonderful work, Dr. S! 💪

You know what a dream job looks like.
✔️Feeling like your work matters
✔️Feeling appreciated
✔️Good compensation and benefits
✔️Real work-life balance

But how do you find one? Head to the link in bio for a full run-down of our top job searching tips.

We had a latte fun meeting so many smiling faces during welcome coffee at this morning!

Team Wall Street beaming with 🏳️‍🌈

It’s ! All month we’ll be featuring spotlight interviews with members of Team Tend about what Pride means in their lives, starting with Eric, our Ortho Team Lead.

What’s something you’re excited to do in celebrating your identity and Pride?
“I feel so grateful that New York has such a huge Pride presence throughout the month of June. I am so excited to unite with the LGBTQ+ community to celebrate the strides we have made toward equality, while recognizing the great work ahead of us, particularly in creating safe spaces for Trans youth.”

What does it mean to you that Tend is celebrating Pride Month?
“Tend’s celebration and recognition of Pride Month shows integrity towards our core value of embracing our differences – we are more than just another company changing our logo into a rainbow for the month of June. To me, uniting our Tend community of LGBTQ+ team members and allies is a display of our authentic desire to build strong connections and support each other and our Members.”

As comes to a close, we have one last interview in the series with Nico, Studio Manager at Tend Kendall Square.

What does your culture mean to you? How do you celebrate your cultural heritage?
My cultural heritage as a Filipino is a staple of everything I do. From the attitude and personality of resilience, hard work, and finding ways to smile even through tough situations, I have found ways to mesh my cultural heritage and my work ethic.

What are some of your favorite traditions from your culture?
Filipinos are about hospitality, and sharing food is our love language. If you haven't been to a Filipino party, you will see trays of food, and karaoke. Don't be surprised if you keep getting offered another plate of food—even if you still have a plate in hand, it's just our way to make our guests feel welcomed.

What can employers do to create a more inclusive workplace?
I believe the meaning of creating a more inclusive workplace is less about observable actions, and more about actually creating a sense of culture and supportive environment that allows people to express their cultural heritage. Allowing leaders to be empathetic leaders, and actually listen to concerns and ideas to find ways to make them happen can help create inclusive workplaces.

Celebrating one year of Tend West Village (formerly Hudson Square)! We have enjoyed every minute of tending to our members’ smiles and helping them look forward to the dentist. Thank you to all of the members of who made this possible. Here’s to year 2!

is coming to a close, but we’re going to celebrate until the last day. Here’s another spotlight interview, this time with Stella, Studio Manager at Tend Upper West Side.

What is your ethnic background and/or nationality?
Chinese American, but my family are from Myanmar. I often throw in this bit of detail when I speak to people because the way we grew up, the food we ate, the clothes we wore, and our culture merge and vary uniquely and it's something to note! To give you all an idea, I learned as an adult that I spoke two very different languages in one sentence when I thought I was just speaking Chinese. In fact, I was speaking both Chinese and Burmese at the same time.

What are some of your favorite traditions from your culture?
There are two most recent family practices that have had an impact on me this year: the Chinese Tea Ceremony and the "annual cemetery visit to our ancestors".
Our culture is very familial centric. For years, I've always participated or have been around these events like The Tea Ceremony or visiting my ancestors with my family at the cemetery. The tradition always seemed bulky, boring, and unrelatable. During my engagement period and getting married this past year, learning to build my own family - suddenly these traditions have a new weight to them. The Tea Ceremony is when the couple kneels before their parents and relatives to pour tea. In response, the parents or elders of the family share their blessings to the new couple through words of blessings and/or gifts. The blessings and gifts are to further the family bond and tree.

The annual visit to the cemetery happens at the start of Spring. It's often cold and mostly rainy. As a kid I found this to be really long and boring. We would lug large amounts of food and "heaven money" to burn in front of our ancestors' gravesites. This would all serve as an offering to our ancestors. This was my first year going with my new family - his family. It felt particularly special and I felt a different sense of responsibility. I found this event to be reflective and also a time to reconnect with our current family.

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Calling all Nashville Dentists, Hygienists and Assistants! Join us for a meet and greet event next Tuesday at our main office to learn more about Tend and opportunities to join the team at our new studio in East Nashville. Bonus: you'll get a free headshot. Reserve your spot - https://forms.gle/5oGNTqGHgu5Rx7XW7.

Our COO, Bilal, is in the field spending quality time with . He recently caught up with our studio teams in Atlanta at Ponce City Market and Buckhead. Stay tuned to see where he will visit next!

Hygienists, looking for that dream job? We’ve got some tried and true search tips to put you on a path to your next opportunity. Link in bio to read the full article.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. We’re celebrating the voices and contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islanders at Tend. We talked with Dr. Ho, and here’s part of the interview.

What’s most meaningful to you about your heritage?
My ethnic background and nationality is Chinese-American. More specifically, of Cantonese descent from Hong Kong. My culture means immigration, search for a better life, traditional meals, acculturation, Chinese holidays, superstitions, and care for our elders and children. I celebrate my cultural heritage by keeping up with Chinese traditions and sharing that experience with my friends and family.

What are some of your favorite traditions?
Some of my favorite traditions are Lunar New Year celebrations and the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon festival. Both holidays follow the lunar calendar, signal a change in the year, and involve a gathering of friends and family. Preparation of certain types of foods and treats, like longevity noodles and moon cake, are made and shared to symbolize long life and happiness.

What can employers do to create a more inclusive workplace?
Employers can create a more inclusive workplace by recognizing one or two cultural traditions throughout the year that highlight the values of a particular ethnicity. Many people can relate to the history of immigrant families and assimilation into American culture. When employers highlight cultural traditions in a monthly or bi-weekly post it provides a sense of awareness, cultural parallels, and inclusion for everyone.

RSVP to interview for an open role as a Hygienist, Dental Assistant or Ortho Assistant on at one of our DC studios! Save your spot to meet the team and learn more about how we're changing dental.
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Meet Kevin! 👋 As the newest addition to Operations, Kevin will serve as Senior Director of Operations supporting our studios. If you catch him at a studio, be sure to say hi!

“To tend to the earth is always then to tend our destiny, our freedom and our hope.” —Bell Hooks. See how Tenders from NYC, Nashville and Atlanta celebrated ! 🌳 🌎

Better dental is getting bigger. Calling all dentists, hygienists and assistants in DMV, NYC and ATL. Link in bio to see open roles.

Brass tacks: we have great benefits. But that’s just the beginning. See all there is to love about being a hygienist at Tend - https://bit.ly/35OqLDz.

We have open roles in DC, NYC, ATL and BOS. To see all our open roles and learn more about Tend, visit our website - https://bit.ly/35OqLDz.

We’re getting everything ready for our DC event tonight. Open house, open bar, a little food. Come on in, we’d love you to meet the team. No need to RSVP, just head over.

Kim and Amy from our provider recruitment team had a great weekend at the Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting!

We are growing our teams in Atlanta! Visit hellotend.com/join to explore open roles.

We’re hosting an open house for DC hygienists. Meet the team, have a nosh and a drink and see what it’s like to love where you work. Save this post, save the date, and we can’t wait to see you there. RSVP here - https://hellotend.formstack.com/forms/event_rsvp!

For , we’re asking female leaders at Tend what it means to them. This is Stephanie!

Congrats to these hard working Dental Assistants! They have taken the next step in their careers and will all be attending dental school this Fall! We couldn't be more proud and wish them continued success.

Aaron and Tati will both be attending Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine and Asha will attend Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC !

Meet Henue, one of our amazing Dental Assistants in Atlanta! Hearing her talk about caring for her patients brings a smile to our faces, too.

Meet Shani, Ortho Assistant at Post Office Square and a valuable asset to our Boston ortho team! Thank you for all you do to help our members smile. Happy !

Want to join Shani and the rest of our awesome team in Boston? Explore open roles - https://bit.ly/3hNaL7h.

This is Zandra, our Tend DC Dental Assistant of the year. Thanks for all you do to keep our members and your coworkers smiling!

A very hearty congrats to Tati, our NYC Dental Assistant of the year. We’re so thrilled to have you on the team and appreciate all that you do!


Want to work alongside Tati and all of the talented clinicians at Tend? Explore open roles - https://bit.ly/3hNaL7h.