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Oral Health America Receives Grant From DentaQuest Foundation

Apr 30, 2018

...communities with support and resources to access care through our one-of-a-kind web portal, toothwisdom.org, and advocate for policies that improve the oral health of all older adults. “With an expected...

Sensor Detects Whiff of Bad Breath

Jul 12, 2018

...anchored lead acetate to a 3D nanofiber web, providing numerous sites for lead acetate and hydrogen sulfide gas to react. By monitoring a color change from white to brown on...

ADHA Joins CDC to Prevent Smoking Through Tips Campaign

Jun 25, 2018

...use with their patients. CDC has already established a web page for dental professionals and ADHA will be adding additional materials to this site and to ADHA.org throughout the campaign....

Perspectives

A Maryland Perspective on Expanding Scope of Practice

Oct 1, 2017

...hygienists to administer anesthesia to all “dental patients.” CREATING MOMENTUM Dental hygienists must understand the integral role they play in driving legislative initiatives. MDHA created a new website that encouraged...

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An Update on the Classification of Periodontal Diseases

Sep 19, 2018

...reflect new case definitions combining clinical parameters and evidence (see the web version for more information).6 The final section of the new classification section relates to peri-implant diseases and conditions....

Instrumentation

Air Polishing for Today’s Dental Hygienist

Oct 11, 2018

...mouthrinses. Professional removal of biofilm is an integral aspect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy and the preventive services provided by oral health professionals. Goals of periodontal debridement include removal of calculus...

Ask the Expert

What’s the Protocol for Treating Patients with Active Cold Sores?

Dec 17, 2018

...sores. My professional opinion would be to defer dental treatment until the lesion is in the scab or healing stages. REFERENCES Web MD. Herpes Simplex 1 and 2. Available at:...

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The Role of Genetics in Caries Risk and Resistance

Feb 21, 2019

...Yu WH, Izard J, Baranova OV, Lakshmanan A, Dewhirst FE. The Human Oral Microbiome Database: a web accessible resource for investigating oral microbe taxonomic and genomic information. Database (Oxford). 2010:baq013....

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Smokeless Doesn’t Equal Safe

Apr 17, 2019

...increased 78% among high school students (11.7% to 20.8%) and 48% among middle school students (3.3% to 4.9%).14,15 According to the US Department of Health and Human Services 2016 Executive...

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Treating  Patients with Anorexia Nervosa

May 15, 2019

...Wilkins; 2012:78–79. Office on Women’s Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. Anorexia nervosa. Available at: womenshealth.gov. Accessed April 17, 2019. Gagne DA, Von Holle A, Brownley KA,...