Communicating About Sensitive Topics
By Mariam Wyant, RDH, BS, Deborah L. Cartee, RDH, MS, Jacquelyn L. Fried, RDH, MS Discussing sensitive topics with patients, even when patients are members of a…
Reporting Notifiable Infectious Diseases
By Anna Matthews, RDH, MS When health care professionals, researchers, and the general public are looking for health-related information—such as disease prevalence, signs and symptoms…
Guest Editorial: The Growing Popularity of Dental Tourism
By Kaitlin Karalunas, RDH, PHDHP, BS Due to rising dental costs in the United States, the number of American citizens traveling abroad to obtain oral…
Caring for Patients With Huntington’s Disease
By Karen M. Portillo, RDH, MSDH, Meg Long, RDH, BS Huntington’s disease is a devastating genetic neurodegenerative disease with no cure and a fatal outcome. It…
A European Look at Implant Therapy
By Iain Chapple, PhD, BDS, FDSRCPS, FDSRCS, CCST While there is recognition worldwide of the need to prevent and treat peri-implant diseases in their earliest…
Treating Patients With Fibromyalgia
By Susan Lynn Tolle, BSDH, MS, Amber Walters Hunt, RDH, BSDH, MS Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex multisystem disorder of idiopathic origin characterized by widespread musculoskeletal…
Caring for the LGBT Community
By Jasmin Haley, RDH, BSDH, CDA Dental hygienists have a unique opportunity to foster relationships with patients. The ability of dental hygienists to gain patients’…
Oral Health Risks in Athletes
By Stephanie Anderson, BS, Paola Salazar, AS, Sana Saleem and Joan Pellegrini, PhD, RDH The training required of both professional and recreational athletes is physically demanding. While sore muscles…
Oral Cancer Detection
By Daniel M. Laskin, DDS, MS and Tammy K. Swecker, BSDH, MEd The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 48,000 people will develop oral and oropharyngeal…