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Defenders of Community Water Fluoridation

...Water FactSheet. Available at: cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/fluoridated-water. Accessed January 12, 2014. Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors. Best Practice Approach Reports. Use of Fluoride: Community Water…

Treating Patients with Bell’s Palsy

...ADAM Medical Encyclopedia. Bell’s Palsy. Available at: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ pubmedhealth/PMH0001777. Accessed February 4, 2014. Mayo Clinic. Diseases and Conditions: Bell’s Palsy. Available at:…

Face the Threat

...A recent study by Wendt et al11 showed that 71% of C. difficile cases in US children were community based, meaning unassociated with a hospital stay; in comparison, two-thirds of...

Power Instrumentation Considerations

...versus ultrasonic debridement in the treatment of chronic periodontitis: a randomized clinical and microbiological trial. J Clin Periodontol. 2009;36:132–141. Marda P, Prakash S, Devaraj CG, Vastardis S. A comparison of...

Combating the Periodontitis Epidemic

...harmful effects associated with the use of triclosan/copolymer toothpastes in studies up to 3 years in length.16 Dental hygienists can play a significant role in helping patients combat the epidemic...

Detect Tooth Abnormalities

...JI, Jordan RC. Oral Pathology: Clinical Pathologic Correlations. 6th ed. St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier; 2012:373–381. Uyeno DS, Lugo A. Dens Evaginatus: a review. ASDC J Dent Child. 1996;63:328–332. Manujan, Chaudhary...

Pain Control for Pediatric Patients

...of the most common local anesthesia complications experienced by adolescents. Self-inflicted soft-tissue trauma following local anesthetic administration occurs from 3% to 16% of the time.15,25 This complication is usually reported...

Managing Medical Emergencies

...practitioners. J Am Dent Assoc. 1986;112:499–501. Rosenberg MB. Preparing for medical emergencies. J Am Dent Assoc. 2010;141(Suppl 1):14S–19S. Part 3: effective resuscitation team dynamics. In: Advanced Cardiac Life Support:…

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