As more states consider adding the American Dental Association’s “oral preventive assistant,” dental hygienists assert patient care will suffer and suggest moving the profession toward self-governance.
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Can Your Patients Hear You?
With hearing loss affecting more than 50 million Americans, oral health professionals can improve communication, reduce anxiety and…
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Utah Bill Would Require Medicaid to Directly Reimburse Dental Hygienists
A bill making its way through the Utah House of Representatives would make it easier for dental hygienists to be paid for services rendered.
NIH Studies COVID-19 Spread
A team of researchers with the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Fogarty International Center in Bethesda, Maryland, studied the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in China’s Hunan province.
New Study Shows That Reinfection With SARS-Co-V-2 Is Unlikely
Adding to a continuing stream of good news surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, research from the National Institutes of Health has found that individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 are unlikely to become reinfected with the novel…
Research Reveals Low Rate of COVID-19 Among Dental Hygienists
The American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) and American Dental Association (ADA) have partnered for the first time to conduct a study on the prevalence of COVID-19 among United States dental hygienists.
FDA Analysis Shows J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine Is Effective
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its own analysis of Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) one-shot, easily stored COVID-19 vaccine, finding that the immunization protects against severe COVID-19 illness and death,…
FDA Approved Daytime Device for Treatment of OSA
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a prescription-only daytime device for the treatment of mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Although Hard Hit by COVID-19, Hispanic People Have Low Rates of Vaccination
The global pandemic has severely impacted minority populations in the United States, and Hispanic populations have been among some of the hardest hit. COVID-19 illness has disproportionately impacted Hispanic people in addition to the…
Oral Health Professionals Can Answer the Call to Administer COVID-19 Vaccinations
Carolyn Patenaude, MSEd, BSRDH, CDA—a faculty member at Tunxis Community College in Farmington, Connecticut—is blogging for Dimensions of Dental Hygiene about COVID-19.
December 2020 marked a hopeful turning point in the…
Pfizer Requests Adjustment to Storage Temperatures From the FDA
Pfizer, maker of one of the two currently approved COVID-19 vaccinations, has asked the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to adjust its vaccine’s required storage temperature from -112°F to -76°F to -13°F to -5°F. The new…
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