Hygiene
Hygiene Recall: Is It a Waste of Time?
Is your hygiene recall system a waste of time? It is unless your current...
Anesthesia
Allergy and Toxic Reactions to Local Anesthetics
Local anesthesia (LA) forms the foundation of pain control techniques in dentistry. These drugs...
Computers
Digital Dental Voice Transcription: An Exciting New Communications Tool
How valuable is the written word? Think about the professionals who actually depend on...
Hygiene
A Review of the ADA Mercury Hygiene Recommendations
More than a decade ago, the ADA established recommendations for appropriate mercury hygiene within...
Hygiene
Professional Standards, Personal Responsibility
One of the best parts of being a hygienist in a dental practice is...
Long-Term Care
Dentistry for The Long Term Care Patient
Among the groups in the United States with the most limited access to dental...
Hygiene
Trends in Dental Hygiene: Shaping the Way Dental Practitioners Do Business
Wouldn’t it be great if you had a crystal ball and could foresee the...
Photography
Digital Photography Enables Better Soft Tissue Screening, Diagnosis, and Case Acceptance
Figures 1 to 3. Pretreatment and immediate post surgical digital photographs taken with the...
Legislation
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became law in 1996. The purpose...
Hygiene
New Age, New Meals, Old Problem
Whether it’s in a cup or a can, today’s “meals-on-the-go” are risky. As adults...