Your Tongue is Talking: Advancing Personalized Oral–Systemic Care Through Tongue Mapping
By: Lani McBeth, BS, RDH Dentistry is undergoing a meaningful transformation. The movement from reactive, procedure-based care toward preventive, personalized and collaborative healthcare is no longer optional; it is essential. As oral health professionals, we are...
Oral Health & Alzheimer’s Disease: The Systemic Connection Across Inflammation, Vasculature, Microbes and Host Susceptibility
By: Anne O. Rice, BS, RDH Alzheimer’s disease is increasingly treated as a biologically defined, clinically heterogeneous condition — not a single linear pathway from one cause to one outcome. A large contemporary framing emphasizes that dementia risk and...
Reimagining the Possible: What True Medical-Dental Integration Would Actually Require
By: Dr. Brett Kessler There is a moment from my general practice residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital that I return to often. I saw a patient with life-threatening bacterial endocarditis affecting two of her heart valves, which put her into congestive heart...
Integrated Thinking: How MDDS is Connecting the Dots for Dentists in Oral-Systemic Health
By: Bryan Savage, DDS The great John Wooden coached UCLA to 10 NCAA championships in 12 years. Not only was he a great basketball coach, but he was also an incredible life coach for his players and for many more of us through his books. A couple of his quotes...
Incidence vs. Prevalence
By: Allen Vean, DMD A few years ago, I wrote about the technologies that transformed treatment and improved outcomes, innovations like the high-speed handpiece, ultraviolet curing light and chemical bonding. (Today, many would gasp at the sight of a belt-driven...
Cultivating the Future of Dentistry: Evolution of Dental Education
By: Dr. Eric Mediavilla And you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin' – Bob Dylan While the lyrics to Bob Dylan’s song in 1964 were drawing attention to the rapidly changing culture of the 1960’s, the meaning still...
Update on Colorado Non-Compete Agreements for Dentists
By: Mr. Josh Austin Attention practice owners and associate dentists: Colorado non-compete law has again changed substantially as it relates to associate dentists. With a change in the law, non-compete agreements and most non-solicitation provisions are now no...
Courageous Conversations: A Dental Professional’s Most Powerful Skill
By: Ms. Katherine Eitel Belt We’ve all done it. We avoid conversations we need to have because we’re afraid. Afraid of hurting someone’s feelings. Afraid we might make things worse. We stuff down the words we want to say. We feel like a victim of the person,...
Staying Strong in Practice: Reducing Musculoskeletal Risks in Dentistry
By: Dr. Leslie Hovda In the demanding world of dentistry, professionals often find themselves in awkward positions for extended periods of time, leading to a high risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Common MSDs affecting dental providers include wrists,...
The Next Step in Oral Systemic Health: Educating the Public
By: Mr. Gary Pickard Eight in 10 of the leading causes of death in the U.S. are linked to inflammation that can begin in the mouth. This statistic should compel us toward more proactive, preventive care that integrates oral health into overall health care, yet the...
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