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California Legislation Seeks to Attract More Assistants by Reducing Requirements

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

New legislation sponsored by the California Dental Association seeks to bolster the dental assisting workforce by lowering the requirements. The bill AB 481 is still undergoing review. The most significant changes the bill will introduce are: Reduce the required 15 months of on-the-job training to 800 supervised hours Eliminate the exam portion of the orthodontic assistant permit Enable dental assistants who relocate to California to apply for registered dental assistant licensure upon meeting c

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Self-applied dentifrices for managing dentine hypersensitivity

The Dental Elf

This review and network meta-analyses of the effectiveness of self-applied dentifrices in the management of dentine hypersensitivity included 68 studies. Findings indicated that formulations including stannous, potassium +/- stannous, and arginine result in significant short ( 2-weeks) and long term inprovements. However the studies were hetrogeneous and only 4 were at low risk of bias.

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Clinical Case: Preserve & protect: Adhesive endocrown restoration

3M

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