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…
Eliminate Radiographic Retake Exposures for Patients With Special Needs
By Ann M. Bruhn, RDH, BSDH, MS, Emily A. Ludwig, RDH, BSDH, MSDH “As low as reasonably achievable,” or ALARA, is a critical radiation safety principle,…
Disclosing Infectious Disease Status
By Melanie E. Patterson, RDH, BSDH, Abbigale D. White, RDH, BS, BSDH, Kimberlynn N. Patzold, RDH, BSDH, Tracy King, RDH, MS, Faizan Kabani, PhD, MBA, MHA, RDH, FAADH, Leigh Ann…
Understanding Fragile X Syndrome
By Amy DeStaffany, RDH, BS Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common form of inherited intellectual disability.1–6 Linked to the X chromosome, it is inherited…