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    • Volume 35, Issue 01

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    Patient Care

    Make it easy: How to prevent dental patient no-shows before they happen

    Feb. 12, 2015
    If there has ever been a common lament of dental offices everywhere, it is openings in the hygiene schedules. I don’t think any practice is totally immune from the occasional ...
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    Patient Care

    White teeth, the professional way

    Jan. 22, 2015
    A tooth whitening case is currently before the United States Supreme Court. This case is not a lawsuit about a person's teeth being too white or not white enough. This case is...
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    Patient Care

    Getting ready for the tooth fairy

    Jan. 21, 2015
    Now that the holidays are behind us, the next big event your child or grandchild might be looking forward to is a visit from the tooth fairy.
    Patient Care

    Keeping things clear

    Jan. 21, 2015
    When I first started writing this column, Mark Hartley, the editor, scratched his head when I said I wanted to write about mirrors and suction systems. I'm sure these topics seemed...
    Oral Pathology

    Have we forgotten palliative care?

    Jan. 21, 2015
    George, a 73-year-old male, is your patient today. He suffered a stroke several years ago and was confined to his home for over a year. George has not seen a dentist in an office...

    More content from Volume 35, Issue 01

    Students

    Power UP kids

    Jan. 21, 2015
    The best time to train future adult patients on power toothbrushes is when they are young, right?
    Oral Pathology

    The first piece of the systemic puzzle

    Jan. 21, 2015
    The clues about systemic health often appear FIRST to the oral-health provider
    Patient Care

    Wave Goodbye to Floss?

    Jan. 21, 2015
    The Yahoo periotherapist group is near and dear to my heart. We discuss everything from lasers in the treatment of periodontal diseases to the disastrous marketing of sugar-laden...
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    Patient Care

    Leading the orthodontic patient's journey

    Jan. 21, 2015
    As dental hygienists, we hold the title of leaders in oral hygiene. Our patients look to us for leadership, guidance, and education. It is our obligation to fulfill the needs ...
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    Patient Care

    The implant is ready to rock 'n' roll

    Jan. 21, 2015
    Dental implants now have a survival rate of over 95% for single-tooth replacement after five years, with an estimated more than 48 million implants to be in function over five...
    Career & Profession

    Soothing the panic

    Jan. 21, 2015
    Your state is one of the many in the country that allows hygienists to administer local anesthesia. The dentist you work with is encouraging you to take your state's certification...
    Career & Profession

    Are You a Prima Donna?

    Jan. 21, 2015
    Nobody wants to be known as a prima donna hygienist. You know the type: smug, condescending, and generally thinks they are better than everybody else in the office. This type ...
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    Career & Profession

    Exit Strategy

    Jan. 21, 2015
    No panic! Just plan out what you would like to do in retirement after years of dental hygiene
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    Compensation

    Salary Survey

    Jan. 21, 2015
    RDH eVillage hosted 2014 poll, noting job unease
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    Patient Care

    Five game changers

    Jan. 21, 2015
    Will these five services or products alter the course of dental hygiene treatment?
    Patient Care

    The 'Drama Queen' drives me crazy!

    Jan. 21, 2015
    What is it about certain personalities that we either love or just can't stand? Dealing with the personality traits of the people we work with can be a challenge. No one is perfect...
    Career & Profession

    Grappling with Generation X

    Jan. 21, 2015
    I saw my younger coworker die a thousand deaths as I asked the Henry Schein rep for help with the map app of the convention floor. Although my coworker is generally sensitive ...
    Patient Care

    Teledental hygiene

    Jan. 21, 2015
    California just enacted a law that will require Medicaid in California (Medi-Cal) to reimburse services delivered by dentists and dental hygienists collaborating via telehealth...
    Career & Profession

    Professional writing in dentistry's digital age

    Jan. 21, 2015
    Acting like a professional still counts in everything from official correspondence to social media
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    Patient Care

    Losing the patient's trust

    Jan. 21, 2015
    Dear readers: From time to time, I get inquiries from patients who find me on the Internet when they are researching a dental topic. In about 90% of cases, these inquiries come...
    Students

    Little Things Matter

    Jan. 21, 2015
    She is 89 years old and comes from an era where respect is afforded with the use of a title when being addressed. She doesn't appreciate it when some "whippersnapper" hygienist...
    Patient Care

    Filled with gratitude

    Jan. 21, 2015
    Happy New Year! It is that wonderful time of year when we make promises to ourselves to be better in some way. Rather than write a column about the latest research or professional...
    Pediatrics

    Editor's Note

    Jan. 21, 2015
    RESOLUTIONS, in my opinion, should be private affairs and not necessarily based on a calendar date such as New Year's Day. This opinion flies into the face of most advice that...
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    Students

    Spotlight

    Jan. 21, 2015
    Courtney Van Laten Gilberts, Illinois... As a student: She is a May 2012 graduate from the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill.