Hi, I'm Maria Jackson.
Helping dental professionals build flexible careers in AI, tech, and innovation. Without going back to school. Without starting over. Without doing it alone.
I've trained 40+ practices, mentored 60+ clinicians, and earned my own M.S. in Applied Digital Tech so you don't have to.
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The 3-Day Career Transition Guide.
Six honest questions, your archetype, and three days that take you from "I am curious" to "I know my next move." Includes a credential translator, the five real AI roles dental professionals are getting hired into, and a personalized seven-day action plan.
- ✓Day 1: A translator that turns clinical skills into AI/tech vocabulary
- ✓Day 2: 5 real roles, real salary ranges, real hiring companies
- ✓Day 3: A personalized 7-day plan you can save, print, or email
Type in any clinical skill. Get the AI / tech vocabulary recruiters are actually searching for.
The five AI and tech roles dental professionals are actually getting hired into. Salaries, companies, fit.
A seven-day action checklist matched to your archetype. Save it, print it, work it.
From clinical precision to digital intelligence.
I'm a Dental Hygienist of 15+ years, and now a Master's-level AI specialist with 20+ years in the industry overall.
I spent a year feeling unseen and undervalued by the tech industry, despite my expertise. To get taken seriously, I went back to school for a Master's in Applied Digital Technology with a concentration in AI & Business Analytics.
Then I realized: the degree wasn't the barrier. Access was.
I built Dental AI Solutions so the next clinician doesn't have to take the long road I took.
Education
M.S. Applied Digital Technology · AI & Business Analytics
Experience
20+ years in dentistry · 15 years chairside as RDH
Speaking
Speaking in Dental AI panels and at schools, raising awareness of how clinical soft skills translate into AI dental companies
Impact
40+ practices trained · 60+ clinicians mentored
The Journey.
Dentistry
Over two decades in the dental industry, from assisting, to managing a dental laboratory, to building dental workshops for students preparing for dental school, to hygienist, educator, and dental professional trainer, mentor, and coach to entire teams.
The Master's
Went back to school. M.S. Applied Digital Technology with AI & Business Analytics concentration. First clinician in cohort. Realized the system, not the skill, was the barrier.
The Crossover
Multiple offers from dental AI startups. Speaker at industry events. Podcast guest. Began mentoring hygienists asking how to follow the same path. Started building relationships with AI companies interested in warm introductions to vetted dental professionals pivoting into non-clinical roles.
Dental AI Solutions
Launched the 4-week Career Accelerator Program. Released From Chairside to AI: Step-by-Step Guide to Remote Work, the self-paced manual.
What you'll master.
The four pieces dental professionals actually need to land remote AI and tech roles. We build all four with you, in this order.
Career Strategy
Career mapping that starts with what you already have. Role identification, strategic positioning, and compensation benchmarks for dental-AI and dental-tech roles.
AI Literacy
AI tools used in real dental practices. Large language models explained for clinicians. How to read a tech job description, and how to talk to the engineers who wrote it.
Personal Brand
LinkedIn rebuilt from a clinical-only profile to one hiring managers in tech actually click. Resume rewriting. Portfolio storytelling. The interview narrative that connects your chair to your next role.
Network Access
Direct introductions to hiring companies in our insider network. Warm referrals, not cold applications. The shortcut I spent two decades earning, opened up to you.
Three ways to work together.
Pick the path that fits where you are. Not sure yet?
No pitch. Just figuring out if there's a fit.
From Chairside to AI
The manual I wish I'd had.
- check_small14 sections, reflections, checklists
- check_smallAI and tech glossary, 50+ terms
- check_smallResume reframe and LinkedIn guide
- check_smallCompensation benchmarks
- check_small90-day week-by-week action plan
Career Accelerator
For dental professionals ready to commit. Real coaching, real branding, real introductions.
- check_smallThe manual (From Chairside to AI, $95 value)
- check_smallFull career strategy
- check_smallComplete resume rebuild
- check_smallFull LinkedIn rewrite and rebrand
- check_smallInterview prep with mock interviews
- check_smallWarm introductions to hiring companies
- check_smallPriority access to me
The Studio
I coach you. My team handles the rest.
Custom scope · 4-6 weeks · application only
- check_smallEverything in Career Accelerator
- check_smallCustom personal-brand website built for you
- check_smallBrand identity: logo, palette, photography direction
- check_smallIntroductions where I have a direct connection to a hiring company
- check_smallA LinkedIn content plan drafted with you for the first 90 days
- check_smallDomain, email, and technical setup handled
- check_smallOptional quarterly check-ins for the first year
The Studio.
For dental professionals ready to leave clinical practice with everything already built. I run the coaching. My build team handles the website, the brand, and the introductions, with you in the room the whole way.
When you book a Career Accelerator, you get me. When you book The Studio, you get me and a team. We build the site, the brand, the pitch, and the introductions together, so when you walk into the next chapter, it's all standing.
Maria Jackson, MS, CRDH
Founder, Dental AI Solutions
The full Career Accelerator
Four weeks of one-on-one with me. Strategy, resume rebuild, LinkedIn rewrite, mock interviews. Same depth as the standalone Accelerator, included as the foundation.
A site you'd actually pay for
A custom personal-brand site built on the same stack as this one. Logo, palette, typography, photography direction. We handle domain, hosting, email, and analytics. Yours to keep. Hosted for the first year.
A custom site built on the same stack as this one — included.
Introductions where I have a direct connection
When I have a direct line to a company that's hiring for a role you fit, I open the door. Each intro is tailored to what the company is actually looking for and where your background fits. No promises on volume — quality of fit comes first, and we help you handle the follow-up so the intro lands well.
A LinkedIn content plan, done together
A 90-day content schedule drafted in your voice. We write the first batch with you, you edit and approve. By month three you're running it on your own with a clear pattern. Most clients land their role between month two and month four.
We don't disappear at month six
Optional quarterly check-ins through month twelve. Negotiation help, performance review prep, and a direct line for the days you wonder if you made the right call. You did.
The Studio takes a limited number of clients per quarter. Pricing is custom because the scope is custom. We'll quote you on the call.
Apply for a slotFrom $4,075 · 4-6 months · applications reviewed within 48 hours
Why not just get another degree?
The same question I asked myself before going back to school. Here is what I would tell you now.
- Cost
- $20,000 to $60,000
- Time
- 18 to 24 months
- Outcome
- Generic credential
- Built for
- Academics
- Cost
- $975
- Time
- 4 weeks part-time
- Outcome
- Dental-AI skills plus introductions where I have direct connections
- Built for
- Working clinicians
"No dental professional should need another degree to transition into tech. They just need support, and access to someone who knows the way."
Maria Jackson, MS, CRDH
The Manual · From Chairside to AI™
Real results.
When I first started, I was overwhelmed. Maria's guidance completely transformed my experience. She showed me not just how, but why, every step of the way.
Ceydel F., CRDH
Maria was an incredible mentor from day one. Her guidance was patient, judgment free, and rooted in a genuine desire to see me succeed.
Jenny V., CRDH
Maria trained hygienists across our entire territory. She gets teams up to speed fast, makes transitions painless, and is someone we can always count on.
Clinical Director, DMD
I came to Maria scared I had wasted twenty years chairside. She showed me how every one of those years was a credential I could carry into tech. I left our first session with a plan and the words to describe my own value.
Sarah M., RDH
Maria does not hand you a script, she helps you find your own. She listened more than she talked, which is not what I expected from coaching, and it was exactly what I needed.
Rachel B., RDH
I had three interviews lined up by week two. None of them happened by accident. Maria taught me where to look, how to talk to the right people, and what to say when they said yes.
Stephanie L., CRDH
She made the AI side of dentistry feel like a place I belonged, not a club I was sneaking into. The way she breaks down the language is the part I keep telling friends about.
Michelle K., RDH
I was the oldest person at every interview and Maria helped me reframe that as twenty plus years of clinical pattern recognition. It worked. I got the role and a raise from my last clinical job.
Amanda T., RDH
What I appreciated most was that she never pretended this was easy or that I would make a lot of money overnight. She told me the honest version and walked with me through every step of it anyway.
Lauren P., RDH
I have referred several hygienists from my office to Maria. Every one of them tells me the same thing afterward. She helps you see what you have been doing all along.
Diana R., RDH
Ready to make the leap?
I'm always open to a conversation about your next chapter. No pressure.