This editorial is part of a special series on Women in Dentistry for Women's History Month. By: Katie Thorne, RDH, BS As dental professionals, we play a unique and critical role in our pregnant patients’ team of healthcare providers. There is a consensus among...
By: Sheila Stille, DDS; Karen Foster, DDS; and Joann LeClaire, RDH, MS “Disability” is defined as any physical, developmental, sensory, behavioral, cognitive, or emotional impairment or limiting condition that requires medical management, health care intervention,...
By: Trisha O'Hehir, MS, RDH Several things can go wrong with mouth breathing, leading to a cascade of health problems. The most obvious are dry mouth and lack of nasal filtration. Dryness leads to enlarged and inflamed tonsils and adenoids and an increased risk of...
By: MS. Susan Cotten, BSDH, RDH, OMT The day started out like a normal Wednesday, work in the morning and then a trip to Trader Joe’s. I almost didn’t go; my to-do list was long, and the 36-mile round trip would take time away from checking things off that list,...
By: Ms. Karen Davis, RDH, BSDH An unexpected benefit of the SARS-CoV-2 viral pandemic for dentistry is the emergence of data shedding light on the safety of utilizing aerosol-generating devices on patients during dental hygiene care. Many dental hygienists...
The Chemistry, Use and Effect of Psychoactive Substances By: Ms. Amber Riley, MS, RDH, FAAFS, FIACME Psychoactive substances legal or not, are ubiquitous in our communities and used by the patients we treat. Use and abuse, of psychoactive compounds, date back...
By: Ms. Cindy Kelly Intra Oral scanners for the dental practice, much like computers and cell phones, have become smaller, faster, more accurate, more affordable and undoubtedly something we can’t live without. I/O scanning software continues to evolve...
By: Leslie Canham, CDA, RDA, CSP Imagine you are working on a patient and as you reach for an instrument, you suddenly feel something sharp. You are bleeding and you realize that you just had an exposure incident! Do you know exactly what to do? When...