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  • Volume 38, Issue 10

    • Volume 38, Issue 10

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    Radiology

    Thinking about temping

    Oct. 1, 2018
    Dianne Glasscoe Watterson, MBA, RDH, provides some tips for temping as a dental hygienist.
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    Patient Care

    The fundamentals of team communication and leadership

    Oct. 1, 2018
    Ann-Marie C. DePalma, RDH, MEd, CDA, FADIA, explains how you can use communication strategies for leadership in the dental practice—to be a leader of yourself, of your team, and...
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    In-office Preventive

    From a hygienist’s perspective

    Oct. 1, 2018
    Many dental hygienists assume they do not want to work for a DSO. But what if their dentist employer becomes part of a DSO? This RDH is here to say, they aren’t that bad and actually...
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    Radiology

    Proud of My Op

    Oct. 1, 2018
    As a clinical consultant, Nancy Miller, RDH, saw plenty of enviable operatories. But when the practice where she’d worked for 24 years hired a new doctor who also happened to ...
    Personal Wellness

    From the managing editor

    Oct. 1, 2018
    By the time you read this, we’ll be well into October, which is National Dental Hygiene Month. As recognition of the importance of oral health to a person’s entire body grows,...

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    Periodontitis

    Lasers in dental hygiene: An interview with Michael Ramsey, DDS

    Oct. 1, 2018
    Amber Auger, MPH, RDH, interviews Michael Ramsey, DDS, about lasers in dental hygiene.
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    Patient Care

    An appeal for your help

    Oct. 1, 2018
    Betty Peebles, RDH, argues that it’s time to overcome the bad split between medicine and dentistry to address the impact of poverty on dental care.
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    Patient Care

    Macroglossia and the disease implications

    Oct. 1, 2018
    Dr. Nancy W. Burkhart explains the importance of palpation, oral cancer exams, and general assessment of the oral cavity at each dental visit, as well as how critical it is to...
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    Oral Systemic

    How to refer patients with erosion to a gastroenterologist

    Rebecca Klaus, RDH
    Oct. 1, 2018
    Your clincial observations—and an appropriate referral to a medical practitioner—can save a patient's life.
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    Putting the curette to the sharpening stone: Technique

    Amelia Williamson DeStefano, MA
    Oct. 1, 2018
    If you don’t feel confident in your dental hygiene instrument sharpening skills (and you’re out of school, so you don’t have anyone to show you), what can you do? There are many...
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    Rinses/Pastes

    Ask the Experts: Desensitizers

    Oct. 1, 2018
    Dental sensitivity can make life difficult for patients—and it can make treating them difficult for you. In this installment of our new feature series, our editorial advisory ...
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    Oral Systemic

    Tailored treatment: Evaluation of salivary diagnostics

    Oct. 1, 2018
    “No matter how amazing our clinical skills are, we cannot truly identify the etiology of our patients’ periodontal disease without testing,” says Rebecca Comstedt, BS, RDH. In...
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    Radiology

    Oral pathology pop quiz

    Oct. 1, 2018
    One patient had a lesion that hurt when she ate, and another felt like she had an infection in her wisdom tooth. Test your oral pathology and dental hygiene knowledge against ...
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    Dental probiotics: Has a better way to fight bad breath finally been found?

    Amber Metro-Sanchez, BA, RDH
    Oct. 1, 2018
    This dental hygienist tried probiotics for herself. She was surprised and very happy with the results, and she wants her peers to be able to share the good news with their patients...
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    Personal Wellness

    Stress management techniques can benefit both your career and patients

    Oct. 1, 2018
    Five spiritual practices that I have participated in for many years—yoga, tai chi, meditation, Reiki, and grounding—all have evidence-based research to document their effectiveness...