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    Personal Wellness

    To Improve and Advance

    April 1, 2008
    Last year at RDH Under One Roof, I was trapped at a table and practically forced to listen to a fellow hygienist recite why she could not be a member of the ADHA.
    Periodontitis

    Patients Want Us To Stay Informed

    April 1, 2008
    I was an ugly kid. When I look at my childhood photos, all I can see is a tall, nerdy-looking kid with a potbelly and ghastly eyeglasses with pale blue cat-eye frames.
    Personal Wellness

    Part Two: Dental Carpules and Strawberries

    April 1, 2008
    My adventures to the store do not always lead me to my intended destination. There was my trek about a week ago when I left to get milk, and I got sidetracked by a garage sale...
    Personal Wellness

    Revolutionary Movement

    April 1, 2008
    If you're like most hygienists, your working knowledge of orthodontics is probably limited to your own experinces as a patient...
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    Personal Wellness

    School-Based Dental Clinics: Collaboration and Partners!

    April 1, 2008
    I had quite a few e-mails after the column I wrote on school-based dental hygiene clinics.

    More content from Volume 28, Issue 4

    Xerostomia

    The Name Game

    April 1, 2008
    Finding a significant name for an online e-mail address or Web site is becoming more challenging as many distinct and logical names are already in use.
    In-office Preventive

    Importance of Probing

    April 1, 2008
    I work in a busy, one-doctor practice with two other hygienists. Our schedule is booked very tightly, and it is not uncommon for us to run behind schedule.
    In-office Preventive

    Reader's Forum

    April 1, 2008
    I just read the December 2007 issue's Reader's Forum. I never reply to comments that other people have made, but this time, I just couldn't help it.
    Personal Wellness

    Industry News

    April 1, 2008
    Industry news from the editorial staff at Proofs magazine, a PennWell publication
    Personal Wellness

    Mold Your CEO

    April 1, 2008
    Motivational speakers tend to get under my skin. Their, uh, cheerful solutions for "getting ahead in life" makes me want to hook them up to live jumper cables.
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    Personal Wellness

    RDH Under One Roof -- Chicago 2008

    April 1, 2008
    Naomi Rhode, RDH, is the keynote speaker for the 2008 RDH Under One Roof conference.
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    Personal Wellness

    Mentor of the Year

    April 1, 2008
    Philips Sonicare and RDH magazine have announced the 2008 Mentor of the Year, Mary Semancik of Herndon, VA.
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    In-office Preventive

    YES, You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks

    April 1, 2008
    The practice of dental hygiene has certainly changed in the past 40 years since I graduated from Fones School of Dental Hygiene, University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Conn.
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    Sterilization

    Instrument Replacement: How, When, & Why?

    April 1, 2008
    Understanding the why, when and how of instrument replacement will be useful when assessing dental hygiene instruments.
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    Personal Wellness

    Touching Hearts, Teeth, & Lives

    April 1, 2008
    Given dedication, hard work, and a bit of altruism, Registered Dental Hygienists in Alternative Practice not only touch hearts and teeth, but they also touch lives.
    Personal Wellness

    I Don't Do Windows

    April 1, 2008
    Whether it's a periodontal infection or a caries infection, it's our job to be up on the most current research and treatment options and to educate our patients and provide them...
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    Rinses/Pastes

    Minimal Intervention

    April 1, 2008
    The glass ionomer wasn't dead; it was just misunderstood. Researchers modified its basis for success in minimal intervention dental hygiene.