The New York legislature has sent a bill to the governor that, if signed, would allow dental hygienists to work without direct supervision under a collaborative practice agreement with a licensed dentist. The proposed legislation could greatly…
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Rescuing a Smile With a Ridge Augmentation and Implant Rehabilitation
Severe trauma left a patient missing central incisors and facing a complex horizontal and vertical ridge defect. Through…
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist Wins the March Sunstar eBrief Giveaway
Hali Householder, RDH, BSPH, OMT, of Greenwood, Indiana, has been practicing dental hygiene since 2012 and is now an orofacial…
Dental Hygienist Who Moonlights as a Sheep Farmer Wins Sunstar Giveaway
Leigh Anne Tucker, RDH, a clinical dental hygienist for more than 30 years, is the winner of the April Sunstar Ebrief Giveaway!…
One Dental Hygienist Brings Care Home to Those Who Need It Most
Lindsey Vizcay, BSDH, RDHAP, RDH, RDAEF2, turned a single home visit into a thriving mobile practice focused on compassionate…
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Pac-Dent, Inc. Acquires South East Instruments, L.L.C.
Pac-Dent, Inc. announced that it has acquired South East Instruments L.L.C. (SEI), the manufacturer and servicer of the Autoscaler®. This acquisition, along with the launch of the 25K and 30K magnetic ultrasonic inserts in Q1 2022, will…
Amid Soaring COVID-19 Cases, Austria Reinstates Lockdown
With more than 15,800 new COVID-19 cases diagnosed within a 24-hour period, Austria has issued a total lockdown, lasting no more than 20 days, to help stem the surge. The country of 9 million had initially instituted a lockdown only for…
Earliest COVID-19 Patient May Have Been Infected in a Dental Office
Michael Worobey, PhD, chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona in Tucson, has created a timeline for the start of the global pandemic in Wuhan, China. The person identified as the earliest…
FDA Approves Booster COVID-19 Shots for All Adults, CDC Also Endorses Boosters
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 booster shots for all adults ages 18 and older. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has also endorsed booster shots for…
Transmission of COVID-19 to Deer Raises Concerns
Scientists have found SARS-CoV-2 infection among white-tailed deer in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania, raising concerns about mutations and animal-to-human transmission. Additionally, COVID-19 has been found in zoo…
COVID-19 Brings Big Changes on the Employment Front
Although life is the closest it’s been to normal since the pandemic began nearly 2 years ago, some things seem to have permanently changed, mainly employment. Many workers who felt unappreciated, underpaid, and stressed out left those…
Pandemic Triggers Simultaneous Increase and Decrease in Tobacco Use
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Research published in the June 2021 issue of Journal of General Internal Medicine found 32% of respondents used more tobacco, 37% used less tobacco, and 31% used the same amount of tobacco as prior…
More Than 440 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines Have Been Given in the US
As of this past weekend, more than 440 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the United States, with 195 million Americans fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2. This puts the country’s nationwide vaccination rate at…
Does Europe’s Exploding COVID-19 Surge Bode Poorly for the US?
Despite widespread access to COVID-19 vaccines, Europe is experiencing a fall surge in COVID-19 cases, forcing many countries to implement lockdown measures once again. Case rates have jumped by as much as 50% in some areas, and the…
From Lettuce Field to Dental Field: One Dental Hygienist Shows It Can Be Done
Martina Hernandez Garcia, RDH, overcame obstacles to realize her dream of becoming a dental hygienist.
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