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Refugee Children: How Dental Hygienists Help Welcome Them to New Country

When families are severed from the land of their origin and placed in another country, living conditions are anything but ideal. Refugees face many...

Understanding and Managing Dental Patients with Central Sensitivity Syndrome

Central sensitivity syndrome (CSS) is a term that encompasses multiple disorders, including fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic headaches, temporomandibular disorder, trigeminal neuralgia, and pelvic...

Oral Pathology: Distinguishing Cysts from Abscesses

Recently, I encountered two situations that inspired this article. I came across a periapical radiograph of a new patient who had a radiolucency, which...

Dissecting the Research: Elusive Causes of Black Line Stain and Hygiene Management

Black stain is “an external dental discoloration of bacterial origin, considered a special form of dental plaque.”1 The discoloration is characterized as a “dark...

Virtual Reality: Will Technology Help Dental Offices Manage Patients’ Anxiety?

As someone who works in dental communications, I'm constantly exploring new ways of interacting with patients to improve trust with providers and compliance with...

Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Sleep-related breathing disorders are becoming more well-understood by the medical and dental communities. Sleep apnea, one of multiple sleep-related breathing disorders, has been implicated...

Critical Thinking: How Dental Professionals Can Reboot Thought Patterns

Carl Sagan once said, "The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict...

Patient Referrals: Systemic Links Encourage Hygienists to Collaborate with Other Providers

Hygienists are always looking to improve the lives and health of dental patients, and we are master educators in all things oral health. We...

3 Factors that Impact Successful Co-Diagnosis between Hygienist & Doctor

In an ideal world, the relationship between the dental hygienist and the dentist is one that is in sync and well-calibrated. If the dental...

The Interstitium: New “Organ” Discovery and Its Potential Influence on the Oral-systemic Connection

During a recent commute to work, I listened to a particularly interesting episode of one of my favorite podcasts, “Radiolab,” which dove into a...

3 Easy Time Management Tips for Dental Hygiene Appointments

If you have worked in a dental hygiene clinical setting, then you know the struggles that come along with efficiently meeting allotted appointment time...

Trauma-informed Dental Care: How Dental Hygienists Can Help Foster and Adoptive Families

As a parent to three biological children, I had a lot to learn when we adopted our youngest child. My husband and I completed...

Community Health Clinics: Discovering Joy in a Dental Hygiene Career

When I tell my dental hygienist friends that I work in a community health clinic, I get a variety of responses. Some ask if...

Chewing into Nutrition: Foods that Help Promote a Healthier Oral Biome

Details about the foods dental patients eat seem to be a natural conversation for dental hygienists to initiate in the pursuit of a healthier...

Fun Teeth Facts of Different Animals, Including Slugs!

Most dental professionals, if not all, find themselves gravitating towards any and all things dental. It's a second nature we cannot mask. Whether it's...

Resigning: How to Quit in a Small Dental Practice

We are in a new decade, in case you haven’t heard, which by the way, is debatable as some say the decade begins in...

Oral Lichenoid Lesions: How Dental Professionals Navigate Tricky Diagnostic Steps

Oral lichenoid lesions (OLL) refer to a group of lesions that appear as white ─ or a combination of red and white ─ and...

Mental Health Spotlight: Grief Can Make Holiday Dental Appointments Not So Jolly and Bright

For most of us, the holidays are a time of joy, family, remembrance, feasting, and celebration. We come together with family and friends with...

An Overview of Dental Hygiene Guidelines for Treating Patients with Cardiovascular Disease

Heart disease is on the rise, and it is no secret that it's the leading cause of death in men and women across all...

Appreciation in the Dental Workplace Part Two: The 5 Languages of Appreciation

My fellow dental hygienists, do you feel truly appreciated in your work environment? Do your team members? How do you know, and how do...

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