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Oral Healthcare for Patients With Disabilities

The federal Healthy People initiative has provided a framework to address health disparities and...

The eleven Essentials of Effective Staff Meetings Part 3

As we begin this final article in the “Staff Meeting” series, I suggest a...

Preparing Instruments for Sterilization

Many local home centers offer short courses on a variety of repair and remodeling...

Maximum Hygiene

As hygienists, we worked for years doing “bloody” prophies. In many cases, when we...

Protecting Electronic Health Information as Part of HIPAA

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) calls for standards for administrative, physical,...

The Role of the Infection Control Coordinator

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the lead federal agency for...

How Bad Ads Can Undermine Good Practices: Get Your Message in Print Properly and New Patients Will Follow

“No Pain, No Gain!” the headline bellows. If the clichéd message in this ad...

The Treatment Planning Consultation: The Doctor/Technician Partnership

New laboratory-fabricated restorative materials are being introduced to doctors and dental laboratories at a...

Diagnosis and Treatment Planning for Implant Placement

Eight years ago, Dr. Gordon Christensen told me, If you can do molar endodontics...

New CDC Infection Control Guidelines for Dentistry

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the lead federal agency for...