Reconnecting Practicing Hygienists with the Nation's Leading Educators and Researchers.

Dr. Brian L. Schmidt and Dr. Markus Hardt Share NIH Grant to Collaborate with Informationists

Dec 4, 2012

...molecular mechanisms of cancer pain in general and oral cancer pain in particular. Informationists are medical librarians who provide in-depth research and knowledge management services to clinical or biomedical research...

Infection Control

Separate the Facts from Fiction

Dec 17, 2012

...bulletins, quarterly newsletters, web resources and links, continuing education, and training resources. It is the responsibility of practitioners to consistently refresh their knowledge and stay abreast of changes. Clinicians should...

American Dental Association Debuts Symptom Checker App

Jan 8, 2013

...consumers. The ADA launched the award-winning MouthHealthy.org website in June 2012 to reach the 80 percent of Internet users who seek health information online. Consumers can find oral health concerns...

Radiography

Radiography and the Pregnant Patient

Jan 14, 2013

PURCHASE COURSE This course was published in the January 2013 issue and expires January 2016. The author has no commercial conflicts of interest to disclose. This 2 credit hour self-study...

Miscellaneous

Dental Trauma in Children

Feb 8, 2013

...litigation (the web version of this article provides a sample form). In addition, the staff can help the dentist create and maintain a “trauma bin,” which contains all of the...

Infection Control

Update on Hepatitis B

Mar 6, 2013

...STANNARD, UCT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY REFERENCES Dienstag JL. Hepatitis B virus infection. J N Engl J Med. 2008;359:1486–1500. A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia . 10th ed. Atlanta: A.D.A.M.Education; 2013. Web MD. Hepatitis B...

OSAP Joins Forces With JCDA Oasis

May 15, 2013

...JCDA Oasis (online advice and searchable information system). The web-based Oasis combines a peer-reviewed journal, a chairside clinical decision support tool and a blog site, Oasis Discussion, where clinicians’ questions...

Miscellaneous

Assess Periodontal Risk

Oct 9, 2013

...Health Service’s Clinical Practice Guideline, Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update, is the gold standard for clinical tobacco intervention services.30 Periodontal treatment in patients with diabetes improves periodontal…

Polishing

Subgingival Air Polishing

Dec 13, 2013

...air polishing in supportive periodontal therapy: a randomized, controlled clinical study. Quintessence Int. 2013;44:753–761. Davis K. Biofilm removal with air polishing and subgingival air polishing. Available at:…

Miscellaneous

The New Frontier

Jan 9, 2014

...connect digital cameras, scanners, laser color printers, telephone/fax capabilities, and Web cameras technology to effectively transfer and archive data.28 Dental identification software used by forensic odontology teams enables…