Addressing Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Oral health professionals play important roles in detecting and treating obstructive sleep apnea.
Category: Oral Systemic
The Complexity Of Multiple Sclerosis
By Kelly Schroeder, RDH, MS and JoAnn R. Gurenlian, RDH, MS, PhD Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder of the myelin sheath where plaques are…
Caring for Patients With Huntington’s Disease
By Karen M. Portillo, RDH, MSDH, Meg Long, RDH, BS Huntington’s disease is a devastating genetic neurodegenerative disease with no cure and a fatal outcome. It…
Treating Patients With Fibromyalgia
By Susan Lynn Tolle, BSDH, MS, Amber Walters Hunt, RDH, BSDH, MS Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex multisystem disorder of idiopathic origin characterized by widespread musculoskeletal…
Caring For Patients With Hearing Impairment
By Kimberly A. Erdman, RDH, PHDHP, MSDH Effective communication is essential in the dental setting for proper patient care and patient compliance.1 Patients with hearing impairment…
Recognizing the Signs Of Crohn’s Disease
By Danielle Furgeson, RDH, MS, DHSc, Eugene Ko, DDS Almost 70 million Americans experience gastrointestinal conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), each year.1 As such, oral…
The Human Microbiome
By Frances Doherty Genco, RDH, BS In the 1990s, the possibility of a correlation between premature birth and periodontal diseases became a topic of research and…