Detecting Trigeminal Neuralgia in the Dental Setting
By Stacey McKinney, RDH, MSEd, Kelli D. Whittington, PhD, RN, CNE, Sandra K. Collins, MBA, PhD Trigeminal neuralgia (TN), or tic douloureux, is a severe,…
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Efficacy of Hand Instrumentation vs Power Instrumentation
By Khrystyna Vyprynyuk, RDH, BS, MHS, Annie Chitlall, RDH, BS Dental hygienists face many challenges as they practice during a global pandemic. The strict implementation…
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…
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…
Oral Health Strategies for Patients Who Use Medical Cannabis
By Maggie Pillars, RDH, BSDH, Jennifer Cullen, RDH, BSDH, MPH Cannabis is the most commonly used psychoactive drug in the United States and around the world.1,2 While…
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…
Evidence-Based Strategies for Boosting Remineralization
By Diana Macri, RDH, BSDH, MSEd Dental caries is a chronic, multifactorial, pathological disease of tooth structure that negatively affects populations across the world. The…