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  • Volume 34, Issue 2

    • Volume 34, Issue 2

    Personal Wellness

    Linking Dermatology and Dentistry

    Feb. 14, 2014
    Dental professionals are well educated in head and neck anatomy as well as full body pathology.
    Oral Pathology

    Risks of Dentistry to Personal Health

    Feb. 14, 2014
    The report that came out from Business Insider is something everyone in dentistry should pay attention to.1 Dentistry ranked second among the most unhealthy jobs in America.
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    Implant Maintenance

    Seeking Consensus About Dental Implants

    Feb. 14, 2014
    Edie Shuman-Gibson, RDH, and I have known each other since I trekked my way around the heart of the Rocky Mountains to a small Colorado college town called Crested Butte.
    Oral Pathology

    The Sexual Connection

    Feb. 13, 2014
    "Sex and Oral Health: What's the Connection?" Titles are meant to pique a participant's interest and generate curiosity in a program.
    Tongues
    Career & Profession

    Pernicious Anemia

    Feb. 13, 2014
    Your patient today is Mary, a 57-year-old African American female. Her chief complaint at the appointment is the red appearance of her tongue.

    More content from Volume 34, Issue 2

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    Career & Profession

    To premedicate or not to premedicate: The question continues to confuse many dental clinicians

    Feb. 13, 2014
    The question of whether or not to premedicate patients who have certain heart conditions or joint replacements with antibiotics prior to dental treatment is a perplexing issue...
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    Pediatrics

    Tribal tribulation: An investigation into dental caries in third-world conditionsTribal tribulation

    Feb. 12, 2014
    An investigation into dental caries in third-world conditions; A tribe of Indians near Aquidauana, Brazil, was examined applying the DMFT and DMFS indexes.
    By Christine Nathe, RDH, MS
    Pediatrics

    State of Decay

    Feb. 12, 2014
    By using data that depicts this tremendous need to improve state infrastructures and increase preventive efforts, dental hygiene can lead the way in improving oral health outcomes...
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    Patient Care

    Perio and insurance

    Feb. 12, 2014
    Dental insurance is not insurance! A simple definition of "insurance" is protection against the occurrence of an infrequent, catastrophic event.
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    Patient Care

    New Products

    Feb. 11, 2014
    The new ComfyRay digital sensor holder is a total solution for your entire radiographic needs.
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    Patient Care

    Whitening Prophy Paste, Blanket, Cold Sores

    Feb. 11, 2014
    SmileFusion recently debuted the world's first and only whitening prophy paste.
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    Students

    Everyday words: Study emphasizes dental patient communication ‘in plain English, please'

    Feb. 11, 2014
    You may hear those words from confused patients in your practice. Dental terminology has long been recognized as a specialized language that is acquired through education and ...
    Career & Profession

    The Magic of Mashups

    Feb. 11, 2014
    Can you imagine a connection between a gardening weed eater and the heart? It seems ridiculous, yet today, there is a clear link.
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    Career & Profession

    Burnout – finding the silver lining

    Feb. 11, 2014
    As we sat around our dental hygiene study group a few years ago, I could tell that Mary was not herself. Tears filled her eyes and all six of her fellow hygienists asked her what...
    Patient Care

    How Electronic Health Records Protect Your Practice

    Feb. 11, 2014
    EHR, EDR, HITECH, ACA: the alphabet soup goes on and on. But what does each mean and what effects will these abbreviations have for you as a hygienist and for dentistry in general...
    Students

    Gems in the Inbox

    Feb. 11, 2014
    The Internet has become many things for many people. It is a place of endless entertainment with videos, photos, and stories galore, a place to catch up with family and friends...
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    Personal Wellness

    Not a tech geek

    Feb. 11, 2014
    Some of us are technology geeks, and some of us aren't. Some of us jump on every new gadget or protocol and embrace it with open arms. Some of us don't.
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    Career & Profession

    Three cheers for dental technology

    Feb. 10, 2014
    Almost every hygienist probably has a secret wish list of technologies or practices she or he wishes their office would implement.
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    Career & Profession

    How your skills fit other career paths

    Feb. 10, 2014
    The dental hygiene profession draws strong academic performers who tend to become lifelong learners and create satisfying careers in a number of ways.
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    Career & Profession

    You are more than your job title

    Feb. 10, 2014
    Earl Nightingale once said, "Jobs are owned by the company; you own your career." I also like this quote from an article written for pharmacists: "If ever we get this through ...
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    Patient Care

    Looking for a new job?

    Feb. 7, 2014
    An influx of new dental hygiene programs, a tight economy, and baby boomers continuing to work into their 60s have made the job market tighter than at any other time in the last...
    Career & Profession

    Legal Questions About Employment

    Feb. 7, 2014
    It is not legal for a potential employer to have a [job] candidate provide uncompensated services if the doctor is receiving fees from people being seen by the candidate.
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    Patient Care

    "How quickly can I graduate?" and other things to ponder

    Feb. 7, 2014
    Take the investment you might be considering by returning to school to complete your bachelor's degree.
    Patient Care

    Latest Recommendations for Fluoride

    Feb. 7, 2014
    The panel advocated that in developing a caries prevention plan that includes use of fluoride the practitioner and patient must balance potential benefits with potential harm....
    Infection Control

    Helping Halitosis

    Feb. 7, 2014
    There have been times where the odor is downright offensive, and I have cleaned the teeth of the individual and said nothing, which really bothered me afterwards.
    Career & Profession

    Editor's Note

    Feb. 7, 2014
    I recently skimmed through a compilation of "best" blogs about the profession of medicine. One was titled, "Why doctors don't want to be doctors any longer."