What Steps Are Needed to Transition Into Teaching and Academia?
Merri Jones, RDH, MSDH, associate professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at Eastern Washington University Riverpoint campus in Spokane, and a member of Dimensions…
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Overcoming Your Fears of Writing
Anna Matthews, RDH, MS, associate professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at New York City College of Technology of the City University of New…
How to Discuss Sensitive Topics With Patients
Dimensions’ Brand Ambassador Veronica Bonta, BS, RDH, describes the tactics she uses when a patient gets a little too vocal about hot button issues while…
Why Every Dental Hygiene Student Needs a Mentor
Dimensions’ Brand Ambassador Susan Buchenberger, RDH, BSDH, MEd, an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Comprehensive Oral Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel…
Motivating the Unmotivated
Beth Monnin, RDH, MSEd, clinic coordinator and assistant professor in the Department of Dental Hygiene at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College in Cincinnati,…
Guest Editorial: Striving to Be Part of the Solution
By Sherri Foran, RDH, BSDH, MPA, PHDH, Monica Baldwin, RDH, PHDH, BSDH, Laura Baus, RDH, EMT, BS, MDH, PHDH Almost a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, tensions…
What Every Oral Health Professional Needs To Know About the AAP Classification System
By Allie R. Brown, RDH, BSDH, Faizan Kabani, PhD, MBA, MHA, RDH, FAADH, Jane C. Cotter, RDH, MS, CTTS The 2017 World Workshop on the Classification of…
Using Silver Diamine Fluoride To Improve the Oral Health of Older Adults
By Lori Hendrick, CDA, CDT, RDH, MSDH/GH, PhD(c), Jessica Suedbeck, RDH, MSDH, Denise M. Claiborne, PhD, RDH Globally, dental caries is the most preventable chronic disease—affecting 97%…
The Role of Oral-Fluid Biomarkers in Diagnosing Oral Diseases
By Nancy Kyser, RDH, BSDH, Denise Guadiana, RDH, MSDH, Janet Kinney, RDH, MS Salivary diagnostics have been used to diagnose and monitor systemic disease since the late…