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  • Volume 34, Issue 7

    • Volume 34, Issue 7

    Oral Pathology

    Diet and Oral Cancer

    July 18, 2014
    The relationship between diet and oral cancer is complex and not fully understood at present. A number of foods and food products have been associated with the development of ...
    Tidishield
    Patient Care

    Product Report

    July 18, 2014
    TIDI Products recently introduced TIDIShield Curing Light Sleeve with the SureCure Window, a sleeve design that allows the dental professional to apply the sleeve without touching...
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    Compensation

    Natural clay toothpaste

    July 18, 2014
    In addition, new ultrasonic inserts, implant curettes are introduced
    Infection Control

    MERS-CoV and Dentistry

    July 18, 2014
    Respiratory illnesses require careful approach with infection control.
    Infection Control

    Chasing the whale

    July 18, 2014
    The top three issues facing the future of the dental practice, according to many experts, are new patients, retention, and treatment planning.

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    Toothpaste app?

    July 17, 2014
    Applications for dentifrice are for caries prevention and a whole lot more.
    Oral Pathology

    Health literacy and the oral cancer exam

    July 17, 2014
    Health literacy, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health...
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    Patient Care

    Coding for TMD

    July 17, 2014
    Significant changes to the way dentistry is being practiced have recently been set in motion by two influential factors — science and evidence-based decision-making.
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    Oral Pathology

    Drug-induced osteonecrosis of the jaws

    July 17, 2014
    New information surfaces at oral and maxillofacial surgery seminar,
    Oral Pathology

    Patients who refuse radiographs

    July 16, 2014
    One problem that we are having in my office is the number of patients who refuse to have radiographs. It seems like it is becoming almost a daily occurrence ...
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    Patient Care

    Dentinal hypersensitivity

    July 16, 2014
    Patients who experience sensitivity are a frustrating lot. By definition, dentinal hypersensitivity is classified as a painful response to a variety of stimuli ...
    Pediatrics

    Good online sources for child caries

    July 15, 2014
    We have all been in the situation of overhearing a conversation that does not involve us, yet we know our input is greatly needed.
    Gals
    Career & Profession

    Breaking the patterns that lead to burnout

    July 15, 2014
    Most of us have days when we drag ourselves out of bed, put a plastic smile on, and head off to work, where we are overworked, underappreciated, and taken for granted.
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    Patient Care

    Who will be teaching? The future of dental hygiene education threatened as a shortage looms

    July 15, 2014
    The profession of dental hygiene experienced 20 years of growth during the 1960s and 1970s. During that period of time, an adequate number of hygienists entered dental hygiene...
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    Patient Care

    Mission-driven

    July 15, 2014
    This month I'm highlighting a dental hygienist with a particularly interesting background in public health. Jacqueline Juhl is a faculty member at Seattle Central College, where...
    Career & Profession

    Seeing the bigger view

    July 15, 2014
    Only a handful of dentists used loupes decades ago. At the time, it was even more rare for a dental hygienist to use magnification.
    Career & Profession

    Incubating for ideas

    July 15, 2014
    How you ever found yourself at the end of a periodontal appointment and realize that you have been on autopilot? The scaling, polishing, and flossing were completed.
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    Oral Pathology

    Smiles for Veterans

    July 15, 2014
    Have you ever been so moved by an injustice that you could not stand by and not get involved? In September 2012, I had the opportunity to volunteer at the "Stand Down for Veterans...
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    Career & Profession

    The red twizzler revisited

    July 15, 2014
    By the time you read this, it will be in the blaze of summer, so methinks you need a cool story like the one that follows.
    Students

    Triclosan: Is it safe?

    July 14, 2014
    The title of this column conjures up an image of the movie "The Marathon Man." Sir Laurence Olivier is torturing Dustin Hoffman by drilling into his teeth while asking, "Is it...
    Students

    Editor's Note

    July 14, 2014
    I was walking down the streets of RDH eVillage the other day and just tossed out a general question about that thing you do between eight and five.
    Alexa-Rae Sasaki, RDH Burbank, Calif.
    Career & Profession

    Spotlight

    July 14, 2014
    A grduate of West Coast University, Sasaki said she was "the kid who always had a cavity when I went to the dentist".