Wed.Feb 23, 2022

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Cancel Your Staff Meeting – Have a Team Huddle Instead!

Oral Health Group

Organizing the Organization A team that performs well is a team that is organized. In a busy dental office, is there time to organize the organization? Professional and personal lives alike, one must make the time. An office with well-polished … The post Cancel Your Staff Meeting – Have a Team Huddle Instead! appeared first on Oral Health Group.

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Midmark and Bien-Air Announce Partnership

Dental News and Technology

Midmark and Bien-Air will partner up to combine Midmark’s care delivery units with Bien-Air’s micromotor and contra-angle handpieces. Midmark and Bien-Air Announce Partnership Midmark has announced a new strategic partnership with Bien-Air Dental SA. This partnership aims to enhance patient experience through the combination of Bien-Air’s electric handpiece solutions and Midmark’s dental delivery equipment.

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Need to Get Through to Your Pediatric Patients? Try the Oreo Test

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

Michael Burrell / iStock / Getty Images Plus. February is National Children’s Dental Health Month and there’s no better time to shine a spotlight on caries, which is one of the most prevalent childhood diseases in the United States. Caries can severely impact childhood development in multiple ways. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately one in five children ages 5 to 11 have at least one untreated decayed tooth.

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Young Innovations Announces Acquisition of Medical Purchasing Solutions

Dental News and Technology

ALGONQUIN, Ill., Feb. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Young Innovations, a leading global supplier of dental products, today announced the acquisition of Medical Purchasing Solutions (MPS). Based in Scottsdale, AZ, Medical Purchasing Solutions is a leading supplier of pharmaceuticals and other surgical supplies that meet the needs of the growing oral pain management, oral surgery, and dental implant markets.

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Keeping All the Balls in the Air

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

Olivia Morzenti, BS, RDH, CDHC, MS(c). Olivia Morzenti, BS, RDH, CDHC, MS(c), does not have time to waste. If she is not working on coursework as a gradate student in the Master of Science in Dental Hygiene Program at Idaho State University, then she is in clinical practice at a private dental office in Green Bay, Wisconsin, or as public health hygienist at Oral Health Partnership.

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Finding a support system as a predental

ASDA Blog

A small fish in a big pond — that’s what I felt like. Despite being so excited to attend UCLA, I couldn’t help but feel lost in a crowd of highly accomplished people and plagued by a mild case of imposter syndrome. But your college experience is what you make it, and I was determined to live out my undergraduate years to its fullest potential. My immediate concerns were finding a career path and a community I belonged to that would help me grow.

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New COVID-19 Vaccine to Seek Emergency Use Authorization from FDA

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

Sanofi and GSK are expected to request Emergency Use Authorization from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its two-dose COVID-19 vaccine that uses traditional immunization technology rather than the new mRNA approach implemented by the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 shots. The new vaccine regimen demonstrated 100% efficacy against severe COVID-19 illness and hospitalization and 75% effectiveness against moderate to severe disease.

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UK Researchers Investigate the Role of Oral Health Professionals in Reducing Obesity

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

SARINYAPINNGAM / iStock / Getty Images Plus. Obesity is a significant problem around the world. According to the World Health Organization, obesity reached epidemic levels in in June 2021 with rates having tripled since 1975. Overweight and obesity combined are directly responsible for the deaths of at least 2.8 million people across the globe. Defined as an abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat, these conditions are risk factors for illnesses such as type 2 diabetes, cancer, and heart disea

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Heading to Chicago!

Denticle

I'm heading to Chicago today for the 157th Chicago Dental Society MidWinter Meeting! I'll be meeting with companies and scouring the trade show for the latest and greatest improvements.

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