Medical Emergencies in the Dental Setting
By Stephanie Lica, RDH, BSDH, Mona Riaz, RDA, RDH, MS While fairly rare, medical emergencies do occur in dental settings, and oral health professionals need to…
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Strategies to Support Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy
By Rajesh V. Lalla, DDS, PhD, Michael T. Brennan, DDS, MHS Radiation therapy (RT) is often used for treating head and neck cancers (HNC), including cancers…
Innovations in Implant Therapy
By Catherine Monchik, RDH, BS, MS, Isis Marsh, RDH, MS Tooth loss affects more than half of the adult population in the United States. Implant-supported restorations…
Local Anesthesia From A to Z
By Rina A. Nowka, RDH, MA, Dianne L. Sefo, MEd, RDH Dental hygienists have successfully administered local anesthesia for more than 50 years without incident. Since…
A Q&A With Tracy Kiaski, RDH
By Jill Rethman, RDH, BA Q. Why did you decide to work in a medical clinic as opposed to a dental setting? A. My interest was…
Improve Oral Health With Probiotic Therapy
By Jena Savino, MSGH, RDH, Rosalie Forrester, MS, RDH As more people have become interested in improving their health, the demand for natural therapies, healthy dietary…
Expanding the Oral Healthcare Workforce
By Sonika Masih, BDS, MS, RDH Oral diseases are highly prevalent—even though they are largely preventable—and are indicative of the social and economic inequalities present…
Oral Health Benefits of Sugar Alcohols
By Kristin Hofer, MSDH, RDH Sugar alcohols—which are neither sugar nor alcohol—are polyols used for sweetening. These sweeteners are not considered artificial because they occur…
Best Practices for Surface Disinfection
By Khrystyna Vyprynyuk, RDH, BS, MHS With the focus of most infection control procedures centered around mitigating the spread of the novel coronavirus since early…