Expanding Kids’ Access to Oral Health Care Services
New legislation in Tennessee helps dental hygienists provide preventive care to disadvantaged children.
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Treating Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
As the number of adults living with this genetic disorder increases, dental hygienists should be prepared to provide individualized attention to this patient population.
Reduce Radiation Risk
What the updated American Dental Association recommendations say about patient selection in dental radiography.
Nonfluoride Caries Prevention
The American Dental Association Council of Scientific Affairs provided a systematic review and evidence-based recommendations for the use of products outside of the fluoride-based armamentarium.
Bacteremia and Oral Health
Maintaining oral health may be more effective than antibiotic prophylaxis in reducing the risk of bacteremia.
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.
Addressing Adverse Drug Effects
The common indirect oral effects caused by drugs and the appropriate treatment modifications necessary to ensure the safe treatment of patients in the dental office.
FDA Releases New Guidelines for Medication Labeling
Helping your patients use analgesics safely.
The Prescription Pad and the Dental Office
How prescription medications can affect the safe and effective provision of oral care.
