This person asks about the sticky area of dental patients who refuse treatment. She heard about a practice that lost a lawsuit with a patient who had signed the refusal of treatment...
No one can plan for the unexpected, but we all have to face it at some point. In this article, one RDH shares how a tragic car accident led her to drop out of dental hygiene school...
Christa Crilley McConaghy, BS, RDH, PHDHP, recounts her personal story of musculoskeletal pain from years of trauma and improper ergonomics that her hygiene career took on her...
RDH Under One Roof (UOR) has more registrations than we ever have before at this time of year, with the event still seven months away. But guess what? We still have room for more...
Through comprehensive risk assessments and an intraprofessional approach to health care, dental professionals can help patients achieve holistic health.
This dental hygienist has educated herself in order to handle the special needs people in her dental chair more effectively. Here she shares tips with her peers for making those...
Anne Nugent Guignon, MPH, RDH, CSP, takes us on a journey behind the science of the amino acid arginine and explains how this important chemistry is now available in OTC products...
Kristin Goodfellow, AS, RDH, explains the importance of taking patient x-rays. She addresses patient refusal, as well as offers suggestions about how and when to take radiographs...
Jessica Raymond Allbritten, BASDH, CRDH, gives an overview of the different types of thyroid disease and explains how dental hygienists can help patients who have it.
Is it possible that prevention of periodontal disease might be key to the prevention of pancreatic cancer? While intervention studies on humans to prove that theory have yet to...