Focus on Caries Prevention
By Jennifer E. Fehrenbacher, LDH, MEd, CDA Dental caries is a chronic and multifactorial disease that affects people of all ages throughout the world. This…
Category: Caries
Improve Patient Outcomes With Fluoride Therapies
By Amber Garza, RDH, BSDH, Julianna Garza, RDH, BSDH, Faizan Kabani, PhD, MBA, MHA, RDH, FAADH, Kathleen B. Muzzin, RDH, MS and Kayla Reed, RDH,…
Role of Antimicrobial Peptides in the Fight Against Infection
By Annette Huynh, RDH, BS, Olga Gnatovych, RDH, MEd and Dianne L. Sefo, MEd, RDH Dental caries is a topic frequently researched by oral health…
Improving Oral Health One Tea at a Time
By Xinyun A. Zhao, RDH, BSDH, Jana Kay Mannen, RDH, MSDH and Giang Nguyen, BSDH, RDH Second only to water, tea is the most frequently…
Fluoride Treatment Strategies
By Meghan A. McGuinness, RDH, BS, MA, EdD In the early 1900s, Frederick McKay, DDS, observed unique brown staining of teeth in his Colorado dental…
By Savitha Deepthi Yannam, BDS, MDS, MSD and Dhiraj Mallela, BDS Molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) is a developmental and qualitative enamel defect caused by reduced…
Addressing Xerostomia in Patients Undergoing Treatment For Head and Neck Cancer
By Sarah B. Hoerler, RDH, MS, Olivia M. Muller, DDS, FACP Cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx are on the rise, with more than 50,000 cases…
The Role of Sealants in Caries Prevention
By Jean Hall, RDH, DHEd, CHES, Susan Vogell, EdD, RDH Despite advances in preventive oral care, dental caries remains the most common chronic disease among…
The New Generation of Stannous Fluoride
By Susan Vogell, EdD, RDH, Marissa Burke, RDH, Georgia Marinakos, RDH, BS, Iris Quintanilla, RDH Despite modern medical advances, oral diseases, such as caries and…