Jennifer Harmon, RDH, MS, is an assistant professor in the Dental Hygiene Program, Division of Comprehensive Care at the UNC at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry, where she is the director of clinical hygiene and dental anatomy for the first-year dental hygiene students. She also co-directs the course “The Practice of Dental Medicine” for first-year dental students. Harmon currently serves on the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Caring Dental Professionals and the International Advisory Board for the National Center for Dental Hygiene Research and Practice.
Are plaque-disclosing agents useful tools when educating pediatric patients and their parents/caregivers about oral disease prevention and the importance of good oral hygiene?