Queen of Dental Hygiene

JUNE 25, 2023

Healthy food- Eat the Rainbow In dental hygiene, we focus so much on being “antibacterial” We worry about all the bad bugs and what they do in the mouth to create and foster tooth decay, gum disease, and bad breath. We polish, scrape, brush, floss, and swish away the plaque and calculus (tartar). What if we are doing it all wrong? Prehistoric man didn’t have a dental hygienist pestering him to floss and brush yet dental diseases were rare.

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Coaches Corner

JUNE 25, 2023

The relationship between general practitioner dentists and specialists should be one that is not only good for the patients but good for both practices. On today’s Dental Practice Fixers dental podcast we talk about some easy ways to make that happen. Then on to the mystery shopper calls where the theme continues. If you do Invisalign but aren’t getting many cases, you’re about to find out a possible reason!

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

JUNE 25, 2023

Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo signed Senate Bill 310 into law on June 15, 2023. The legislation enables the licensure of expanded function dental assistants (EFDAs) and the practice of restorative dental therapy and prescribing capabilities by dental hygienists. Eligible dental assistants who meet certain requirements will be able to perform “educational, preventive, therapeutic, palliative, and restorative treatment of intraoral or extraoral procedures” as EFDAs while under the supervision of a

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The Dental Elf

JUNE 25, 2023

This review of the effect of helmet use on the incidence of maxillofacial injuries due to cycling, e-bike, scooter, and e- scooter accidents included 14 studies. The findings suggest a significant reduction in the risk of maxillofacial injury with helmet use Odds ratio = 0.682 (95%CI; 0.565 to 0.822). Although all but 2 of the studies were retrospective and only 5 studies were considered to be of high quality.

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