Reducing Kids’ Risk with Blood Pressure Monitoring

Frieda Atherton Pickett, RDH, MS, and David Charles Kaelber, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP, discuss the need for monitoring pediatric blood pressure in the dental office. By Frieda Atherton Pickett, RDH, MS, David Charles Kaelber, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAP

The Balance Between Safety and Efficacy

Understanding the technology available that will produce high-quality radiographs while reducing patient risk to ionizing radiation. By Elena Francisco, RDH, RDHAP, MS, Shelly Azevedo, BSDH, MS, CEAS, Deborah Johnson Horlak, RDH, BS, MA

The Versatility of the Universal Curet

A review of a hand instrumentation staple. By Mary Kaye Scaramucci, RDH, MS

Fighting Caries with Remineralization

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene speaks to J. Timothy Wright, DDS, MS, about the continuously evolving process of demineralization and remineralization and its effect on caries. By J. Tim Wright, DDS, MS

Global Aspirations

How to find international employment as a dental hygienist. By Claudine Paula Drew, RDH, MS, EdD

Autism and the Dental Operatory

Successfully treating patients who have autism spectrum disorders. By Beverly A. McClure, RDH, BS

Oral Pathology of Tots and Teens

The identification, etiology, and treatment of common oral lesions in infants, children, and adolescents. By Fred S. Margolis, DDS

Keeping Current

This course was developed in part with an unrestricted educational grant from Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals. By Michael G. Newman, DDS, Jane L. Forrest, RDH, EdD