Personalize Your Patient Care
By Danielle Furgeson, RDH, MS, DHSc, Anna K. Caplis, BS, Anne E. Gwozdek, RDH, BA, MA The introduction of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010…
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Reduce the Risk of Implant Failure
By Jana M. Pierce, RDH, BS, JoAnn R. Gurenlian, RDH, MS, PhD, AFAAOM Implants have become an accepted treatment to replace lost teeth, help increase surface area…
Noncarious Cervical Lesions
By Warden H. Noble, DDS, MS, MSEd, Phil Buchanan, DDS, Bina Surti, DDS, Richard Lubman, DDS Noncarious cervical lesions (NCCLs) are defined as a loss of hard dental tissue…
Floss Alternatives
By Gwen Essex, RDH, MS, EdD Some patients can wield floss like a professional and use it daily without fail. The majority of patients, however, do…
Pain Control for Pediatric Patients
By Sean G. Boynes, DMD, MS The ability to provide safe and effective local anesthesia is one of the most important skills required of dental practitioners.1 In…
Strategies for Selecting Ultrasonic Inserts / Tips
By Kathleen O. Hodges, RDH, MS Many factors are involved in achieving successful debridement with ultrasonic technologies. Both patient- and clinician-centered ingredients are part of the…
Improving Access to Care
By Karen M. Portillo, RDH, MSDH In 2000, United States Surgeon General David Satcher, MD, PhD, FAAFP, FACPM, FACP, provided a landmark report dedicated to the…
Indications for CBCT Use
By William C. Scarfe, BDS, FRACDS, MS, Lucas Rodrigues Pinheiro, DDS, Allan G. Farman, BDS, LDSRCS, PhD(odont), DSc(odont), EdS, MBA The ability to capture three-dimensional (3D) dental and…
Anterior Instrumentation
By Kathleen O. Hodges, RDH, MS Careful examination of gingival tissue, probe depths, bleeding, attachment loss, and radiographic changes are essential to the implementation of hand…