We use many different strategies to maintain consistent communication and organization throughout the day, but the biggest by far is utilizing our practice management system.
Last month, I conducted an interview with the Dr. Michele Junger from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the new documents that the agency published for...
Sleep apnea is far more common than we think, because most of the time it goes undiagnosed. According to the National Sleep Foundation, "more than 18 million people have sleep...
Dental hygienists often rely on the traditional inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB), also known as the Halsted approach, plus the addition of the buccal block for mandibular ...
Dental hygiene has a number of continuing education programs that offer dental professionals a vast array of opportunities to enhance current knowledge, learn new skills, and ...
When teaching this profession to surgeons who want to develop a dental implant coordinator for their practice, one of the first things I emphasize is a list of skill sets, including...
The CAMBRA philosophy can best be summed up by the World Federation of Dentistry Vision 2020-to create a world free of caries. Sounds impossible? That is exactly the crux of the...
To date, most dental professionals have not taken an active role in protecting their hearing in the workplace. Here are the risks, along with ways to protect yourself.
Since Caitlyn Jenner has gone public with her transition from male to female, it's likely that many other people will move forward and do the same. Some of these people will sit...
This July 28-30 is RDH Under One Roof in National Harbor, Maryland. Register for the meeting and specifically ask the conference planners to assign you a mentor.
Black Is White by CuraproxCuraprox offers Black Is White whitening toothpaste. Stains are removed by activated carbon (which gives the toothpaste its color). The flavoring is ...
A Peer-Reviewed Publication Written by Sherri M. Lukes, RDH, MS, FAADHAbstractCultural competence is a vast topic of great importance to the field of dentistry. In an increasingly...
