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Shaping the Future of Dental Hygiene Practice

Oct 1, 2014

...SB 821 that amended the Welfare and Institutions Code to cover necessary dental hygiene services provided by a registered dental hygienist, RDHAP, or RDHEF, as long as the services are...

2014 Supplement

Aug 17, 2018

...to bill and receive payment for services. By Tammi O. Byrd, RDH Rise of the Public Health Dental Hygienist The changing health care system is providing new opportunities for this...

Quiz

How Much Do You Know About Tobacco Cessation?

Oct 9, 2018

...cessation services. Consider reading more about this important component of dental hygiene care. Good luck! Share your Results: Twitter Read More on This Topic Latest CE Courses Tobacco Trends Feb...

Perspectives

Teledentistry and the Midlevel Practitioner

Oct 11, 2018

...of a patient’s need without a dentist on site; however, supervision levels vary from state to state and this affects the services performed by midlevel practitioners in rural and remote...

Preventive Dental Care Associated with Lower Costs for Patients with Chronic Conditions

Oct 30, 2018

...services and those who have not received preventive dental services. The study found people with chronic conditions but without BlueCross Dental coverage had a 7% higher incidence rate of inpatient...

Latest Features

A New Paradigm in Interproximal Plaque Removal

Dec 17, 2018

...the US Department of Health and Human Services, which publishes the guidelines. The Department of Health and Human Services stated, “As neither the 2010 nor 2015 Advisory Committees [for the...

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Quit The Dip

Feb 21, 2019

...as other health professionals in helping tobacco users quit. For these reasons, the WHO recommends that routine primary care services by oral health professionals should deliver at least a brief...

Perspectives

Caring for Communities

Nov 19, 2019

...solid background to provide preventive services and treat dental decay and infections. But they and the dental public health community know all too well that drilling, filling, and extracting teeth—while...

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How Dental Therapists Are Improving Oral Health Outcomes for Alaska Native Communities

Feb 7, 2020

...PhD, a professor of Oral Health Sciences and Health Services at the University of Washington. Dental therapists were first introduced to Alaska’s tribal communities in 2004 when they were authorized...

COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020

...COVID-19 State by state recommendations on dental care. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention State and Territorial Health Department Websites State or territorial health departments. Federation of State Medical Boards...