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    Personal Wellness

    New Article

    Jan. 1, 2019
    The Board of Trustees of the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) recently adopted the Competencies for the Advanced Dental Hygiene Practitioner (ADHP)...
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    Personal Wellness

    New Article

    Jan. 1, 2019
    Laura Waybright, RDH, posed for the June issue on Jacksonville Beach. She has practiced for four years, the last three for Dr. Joseph Barton...
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    Rinses/Pastes

    The Same Day

    June 1, 2008
    Understanding today's exciting same-day chairside restorations
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    Personal Wellness

    Personality: What Type Are You?

    June 1, 2008
    Our personality type determines how we interact with our world, how we gather information, how we make decisions, and how we orient our lifestyles. It is who we are and dictates...
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    Personal Wellness

    Blissful Dreams for Phobics

    June 1, 2008
    A hygienist's experience with compassionate sleep dentistry

    More content from Volume 28, Issue 6

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    Rinses/Pastes

    Minimal Intervention

    June 1, 2008
    ACP, CPP-ACP, F, and Calcium Carbonate Aginine Bicarbonate and Xylitol, Oh My!
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    Rinses/Pastes

    Post-Tsunami

    June 1, 2008
    In the chaos of catastrophe, I quickly learned that knowing what needs to be done and actually implementing it are two different things.
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    Personal Wellness

    Bachelor's Degree Programs: Finding the Right Fit

    June 1, 2008
    Fortunately, the growth of distance learning has allowed institutions to design quality curriculum that attract nontraditional students.
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    Personal Protective Equipment

    Reader's Forum

    June 1, 2008
    I felt compelled to write after reading a letter in your Readers' Forum from a pro-expanded function hygienist (April 2008 issue).
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    Personal Wellness

    Speaking Out Loud

    June 1, 2008
    Three things need to be assessed prior to presenting in a public forum. They are credibility, topic, and audience.
    Personal Wellness

    Ghosts of Golfodontia

    June 1, 2008
    For the better part of a decade, the tomes housing the first 96 years of Dental Economics have been anywhere from six to 15 feet from me, depending on whatever RDH task I happen...
    Personal Wellness

    Industry News

    June 1, 2008
    The off-site event on Friday, Aug. 1, at the RDH Under One Roof (UOR) conference in Chicago will be hosted at the headquarters for Hu-Friedy, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary...
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    Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction

    Dental Lasers and the Dental Hygienist

    June 1, 2008
    Is anyone else out there confused about dental lasers? I know I was when my doctor asked me if I knew of any periodontal lasers or of anyone using them.
    Radiology

    Please don't leave me

    Jan. 1, 2000
    “We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.
    Personal Wellness

    The Blood and Guts Hygenist

    Jan. 1, 2000
    I have a hygienist that has been working in my office for nearly a year. She is very conscientious and dedicated to her work, but the problem is that she hurts people.
    Rinses/Pastes

    Aloe Vera for Dentall Hands

    Jan. 1, 2000
    A windowsill is a sunny spot for an aloe vera plant to thrive. Whenever the need arises to treat an injury like a minor scrape or burn, the succulent aloe vera plant's soothing...
    Rinses/Pastes

    Are you Stuck

    Jan. 1, 2000
    It never ceases to amaze me how easy it is to cling to or rely upon the information we learned while we were in school.
    Personal Wellness

    The MI Specialist

    Jan. 1, 2000
    As dental hygienists, we should be concerned about being caries co-therapists, as well as periodontal co-therapists, with our patients.
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    Water Safety

    Goldilocks slugs and biofilm

    Jan. 1, 2000
    When William and Katie were young, I used to read to them every night, come what may.
    Radiology

    Zealots for Education

    Jan. 1, 2000
    Floss queen, toothbrush zealot, and rubber tip fanatic are just a few of the cutesy names patients have for their hygienist.