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Dental Assistant Requirements for New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, and Oklahoma

Dentistry Gone Digital

By: Natalie Kaweckyj, LDA, RF, CDA, CDPMA, COA, COMSA, CPFDA, CRFDA, MADAA, BA. One of the greatest challenges for current dental assistants is the portability of their profession across state lines. With over fifty designations of dental assistants nationwide, no two designations are alike, nor are the requirements for becoming a dental assistant. Allowable duties, education, and continuing education requirements as well as state-specific credentials are all over the spectrum.

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Marquee Dental Partners expands its growth strategy with the launch of a Consumer-facing dental brand in Smyrna, Tennessee

Dental News and Technology

BRENTWOOD Tenn., Dec. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Marquee Dental Partners announces the launch of its consumer-facing dental brand, Marquee Dental. The Marquee Dental brand will be used to directly expand Marquee's industry-leading approach into select communities. The new brand operates with the belief that better smiles lead to better health and that better health leads to better lives.

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Dental Assistant Requirements for Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and South Dakota

Dentistry Gone Digital

By: Natalie Kaweckyj, LDA, RF, CDA, CDPMA, COA, COMSA, CPFDA, CRFDA, MADAA, BA. One of the greatest challenges for current dental assistants is the portability of their profession across state lines. With over fifty designations of dental assistants nationwide, no two designations are alike, nor are the requirements for becoming a dental assistant. Allowable duties, education, and continuing education requirements as well as state-specific credentials are all over the spectrum.

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Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

Deanna Alexander, RDH. After graduating from high school in the mid-80s, Deanna Alexander, RDH, began working as a file clerk in the office of a dentist who provided oral care for Detroit elementary schools. She describes it as her first taste of mobile dentistry. Since then, Alexander worked in a variety of dentistry-related capacities, until her passion for dentistry led her into a dental hygiene career.

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Why Would You ever Want To Do That?

Coaches Corner

In this episode of The Madow Dental Podcast, Dr. Rich fields a great listener question that will give you a lot to think about if you are considering ways to grow your dental practice. Then in our mystery shopper calls, we ask a very simple question: “Do you do cosmetic dentistry?” This should result in an instant appointment being made, right?

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Obesity-Related Inflammation Linked to Periodontal Diseases

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

Bet_Noire / iStock / Getty Images Plus. Periodontal diseases affect more than 47% of adults ages 30 and older, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and obesity has been found to be a major contributor. 1 Associated with accumulated excessive fat, obesity has become a major public health problem across the world.

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One of My Top Test Drives of 2021 - Monet Handheld Curing Laser

Denticle

As I’ve said in the past, curing is the stepchild of adhesive dentistry. It’s always there, but no one ever pays any attention to it. We’ve seen some pretty dramatic improvements in our curing devices over the past decade, but AMD has leap frogged the industry with the first laser that is the same size as the standard LED curing light. A laser pushes all of its photons in one direction in a column of light.

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