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Occupational Health Hazards

...at: bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm. Accessed August 15, 2014. Voight ML, Hoogenboom BJ, Prentice WE. Musculoskeletal Interventions: Techniques for Therapeutic Exercise. New York: McGraw Hill Medical; 2007. Kumar S. Biomechanics in…

Quelling Dental Anxiety

...dental anxiety and oral health-related quality of life in Britain. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2004;32: 67–72. Armfield JM, Heaton LJ. Management of fear and anxiety in the dental clinic: a...

Serving Disadvantaged Populations

...health has significant health consequences. Dental caries is the most common chronic childhood disease—five times more common than asthma, and seven times more common than hay fever.1 More than 51...

Treating Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries

...Dentistry: Handbook Of Oral Healthcare. Edinburgh, Germany: Elsevier; 2007:427–432. Stiefel DJ. Dental care considerations for disabled adults. Spec Care Dentist. 2002;22(Suppl 3):26S–39S. From Dimensions of Dental Hygiene.…

Strategies for Managing Stress

...amongst dental healthcare professionals: Comparison of dental therapists, dental hygienists and dental practitioners. Community Dent Health. 2001;18:172–176. Lopresti S. Stress and the dental hygiene profession: risk factors,…

A Whole New World

...(B) The 6-month radiograph demonstrates consistent bone fill of the defect On the other hand, a mobile tooth may create an unstable wound environment, which, in turn, could compromise the...

Strategies for the Safe Use of CBCT

...l: large; m: medium; s: small; r: reduced FIGURE 1. The recommendations for appropriate selection of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging in orthodontics suggest that determining the phase of treatment...

Sharing Facts About Fluoride

...professionals are charged with educating patients and their communities about the efficacy of community water fluoridation in order to ensure the continued viability of this important public-health initiative. COUNTERACTING FLUORIDE...

Skip the Sugary Drinks

...from 6.0 to 6.7 in order for demineralization to begin.10 If pH levels remain low for long periods or for repeated exposures, the risk of developing a caries lesion is...

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