January 2020 Top Brand Ambassadors
Each month, Newsline features some of our most active Dimensions of Dental Hygiene Brand Ambassadors.
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Study Finds Oral Palate Differences In Patients With Schizophrenia
Research from the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine and University of Maryland School of Dentistry indicates patients with deficit schizophrenia have a wider oral palate than individuals with other forms of the disease, as well…
New Guideline Suggests Antibiotics Seldom Needed for Toothaches
The American Dental Association (ADA) has released a new guideline that suggests antibiotics are not appropriate for toothaches in most cases.
January 2020 Social Commentary
If you could change anything about providing oral health care, what would it be?
January 2020 Digital Agenda
Digital Agenda covers all that’s happening under Dimensions’ social media platforms.
Maine Health Center Looks to Add a Dental Hygiene Therapist
A federally qualified health center—Penobscot Community Health Care—in Bangor, Maine, has received the necessary funding to begin a pilot project that would integrate the state’s first dental hygiene therapist into its dental center’s care…
Dimensions of Dental Hygiene Launches Two New Columns
To kick off the new year, Dimensions of Dental Hygiene is excited to announce the launch of two new columns—”Digital Agenda” and “Social Commentary.“
Hygienists Receive Teledentistry Award
The second annual Teledentistry Innovation Awards, sponsored by MouthWatch LLC, an intraoral and teledentistry solutions company based in Metuchen, New Jersey, were presented at a ceremony during the Greater New York Dental Meeting in…
DNA and Systemic Diseases
With the completion of the human genome project in 2003 and the decreased cost of DNA sequencing, DNA testing is becoming available and affordable to everyone. More than 1,800 genes associated with disease have been discovered.
