Researchers are testing whether transferring healthy oral bacteria from donors can rebalance the oral microbiome and provide a breakthrough treatment for chronic oral malodor.
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The Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award Honors Icon in Dental Hygiene…
Educator, mentor, scholar, and innovator, Cynthia C. Gadbury-Amyot, RDH, MS, EdD, FADHA, transformed dental hygiene education and…
Why Routine Patient Shielding May No Longer Be Necessary
Advances in digital imaging, rectangular collimation, and modern radiation science are challenging decades-old shielding practices.
Rice University Students Harness AI to Transform the Front Desk
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While the dental profession struggles with a lack of providers, particularly dental hygienists and dental assistants, McAlester High School in Oklahoma is offering high school students a chance to take a closer look at what a career in…
WalletHub Names Best and Worst States for Oral Health
WalletHub, a website that offers financial advice, compared 50 states and the District of Columbia on 26 parameters measuring dental care and oral health. It then divided its data into two scores:
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Maine Researchers Want You to Review Your Blood Pressure Technique
According to the American Medical Association, 20% to 45% of the time blood pressure is assessed incorrectly in clinical settings. Whether the patient is to receive local anesthesia with epinephrine, which can raise blood pressure, a…
Problems Sleeping? Your Oral Health May Be at Risk
New research from the University at Buffalo in New York found that individuals with sleep apnea were more likely to experience tooth mobility and tooth loss than those without sleep apnea. The issue is that those with sleep apnea also…
New Research Looks at Most Effective Interventions for Acute Dental Pain
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When Inflammation Remains Post-Periodontal Therapy
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Fully Integrated Medical Dental Clinic Makes a Difference in Patients’ Lives
West Virginia’s Wheeling Health Right is a free clinic that offers both medical and dental care to its patients. Patients presenting to the dental clinic first see a medical provider who takes their blood pressure and goes over patients’…
Improving HPV Vaccine Knowledge
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WHO Reports Oral Disease Affects Nearly Half of the World’s Population
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University of the Pacific Works to Reduce Oral Healthcare Inequity
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