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Quit The Dip

Feb 21, 2019

...Accessed January 23, 2019. Federal Trade Commission. Federal Trade Commission Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2015. Available at:…

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The Effects of Joint Hypermobility

Mar 25, 2019

...Credit: nito100/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS Instrument Handle Diameter Large diameter instrument handles allow practitioners with JH to increase finger contact for comfort and control. A clinician with JH has a tendency...

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Ensure Your Dental Unit Waterlines Are Safe

Mar 27, 2019

...treatment do not require flushing. Photo Credit: RichLegg/E+ Importance of Monitoring The only way to ensure a quality program is to test the water coming out of the unit. A...

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Improving Compliance in Patients With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Jul 23, 2019

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex, lifelong developmental disability that impairs communication, as well as social, behavioral, and intellectual functioning. Behaviors can range from aggression and being inattentive or...

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Choosing the Right Restorative Material

Oct 1, 2019

...leading cause of glass ionomer restoration failure is secondary caries. Photo Credit: okan akdeniz / iStock / Getty Images Plus Downsides of Composites With the growing popularity of composite restorations,...

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Equitable Care for LGBTQ Patients

Nov 13, 2019

...LGBT community. This information is from the article “Caring for the LGBT Community” by Jasmin Haley, RDH, BSDH, CDA. Photo Credit: iluhanos / iStock / Getty Images Plus Barriers to...

Infection Control

Maintaining Effective Infection Control Protocol

Mar 20, 2020

...Accessed February 25, 2020. Hunter T. Myth busters for dental assistants: cold sterile-glutaraldehyde. Available at:…

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A Practical Guide to Silver Diamine Fluoride

Feb 3, 2020

...(0.05 ml) of SDF contains 2.24 mg of fluoride compared to a conventional 5% unit dose fluoride varnish, which contains 11.3 mg of fluoride.6 A study on the short-term serum...

Oral Systemic

Impact of Diet on Oral Health

Apr 28, 2020

...general well-being: a nonsystematic review. Clin Interv Aging. 2015;10:461–467. Wolfram T. Vegetarianism: the basic facts. Available at: eatright.org/food/nutrition/vegetarian-and-special-diets/vegetarianism-the-basic-facts.…

Periodontics

Importance of Implant Maintenance

Apr 28, 2020

...risks of mobile, nonkeratinized mucosa, and in regards to patient comfort.8,23,25 Bleeding from the dental implant site, infection, and pain are the common signs of early disease and complications.3 Dental...