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Tips When Looking for a Dental Associate Position

Dentistry Gone Digital

I’ll expand on some things you should be looking out for as far as both red and green flags. I felt like I had found my dental home, so when I was offered a position as an Associate after graduation at the same office I was elated. How you treat patients and the treatment you provide to them should not change between offices.

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Fluoride-the-Destroyer: See the Dark Side

Queen of Dental Hygiene

I trusted when I should have verified. The fluoride articles all said the same thing over and over: fluoride was THE tool I needed to combat tooth decay. The answer was always “more fluoride”. Decay was still occurring, and more fluoride was not the answer. I wanted to believe in the incredibleness of fluoride.

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Consider the Freedom of a Dental House Call Practice

Dentistry Gone Digital

Traditional chairside dentistry remains the most-efficient dental delivery model from a public health perspective and offers a valuable service to the community. This four million figure doesn’t even account for all of the children with these same conditions who are safer remaining at home, too.

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Tooth Decay: Hard Facts About Soft Teeth

Queen of Dental Hygiene

will have a cavity by kindergarten One in seven children suffered a tooth ache in the previous six months Children reporting toothaches were four times more likely to have a lower grade point average than their pain-free peers [2] In 2014, England had nearly 26,000 children admitted to the hospital for tooth decay, up by 14% from 2011 [3].

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Up Your Dental Game

Queen of Dental Hygiene

The title of my talk to them was “Up Your Game” I spoke of all the many things we do in my biological dental office, Green City Dental to test for, treat and even more important, prevent dental diseases. This may help in boosting your immune system, and allow us to focus on things we can do to heal ourselves.

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How to Become a Paperless Dental Office?

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Table of Contents 2 3 FirstHeading What is a Paperless Dental Office? Dental offices must go paperless to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and stay up-to-date with the latest compliance needs. Additionally, a paperless office helps minimize patient wait times and allows you to deliver a better patient experience.

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Hydroxyapatite Toothpaste: What It Is, Benefits, & Best Brands

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Should you use it? They think it’s better than calcium, as it’s more resistant to acid and less likely to dissolve in the presence of low pH conditions. A new kind of toothpaste has come onto the scene, challenging fluoride’s #1 seat at the cavity-defense table. But does hydroxyapatite (HAp) really work to protect and strengthen teeth?