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Illuminate your smile: Colgate Optic White Professional Take-Home Whitening Kit

Dec 9, 2024 | dentaleconomics.com | Samantha Farrar

Goodboy Picture Company / E+ / Getty ImagesScience & TechCosmetic Dentistry and WhiteningIlluminate your smile: Colgate Optic White Professional Take-Home Whitening KitThe Colgate Optic White Professional Take-Home Whitening Kit offers a blend of efficacy, convenience, and patient comfort that distinguishes it as a premier option in the realm of dental whitening. Learn more.
Illuminate your smile: Colgate Optic White Professional Take-Home Whitening Kit

Nov 12, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Samantha Farrar

As dedicated dental professionals, it is our ongoing commitment to explore and evaluate the multitude of whitening options available to our patients. Within our practices, we prioritize the esthetic improvement of teeth, recognizing its significance in enhancing overall dental appearance and patient confidence. Considering this, the quest for achieving optimal whitening outcomes, particularly in the comfort of one’s home, remains a central concern.
The active ingredients behind oral rinses

Jun 6, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Samantha Farrar |Stacy Castronova

In daily interactions with patients, discussions about mouth rinses are commonplace—whether focusing on preventing caries or aiding in gingival and periodontal health. For dental hygienists, the challenge lies in navigating the myriad of options available on the market to select the most suitable mouthwash for an individual’s oral health needs.
Why the dental hygiene profession needs a doctoral degree option

Mar 13, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Annie Walters |Samantha Farrar |Rafael Rondon |Stacey McKinney

In the academic and professional spheres, those with doctoral degrees are held in high regard.
Guided biofilm therapy: Embracing the latest in oral health care advancement

Mar 4, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Kevin López |Joy Void-Holmes |Samantha Farrar |Sonya Dunbar

In the evolving landscape of dental care, guided biofilm therapy (GBT) has gained attention. This systematic, predictable, evidence-based practice is changing the way we think about oral health and the delivery of care in dental hygiene. The components, benefits, and potential of this innovative technique apply to dental professionals and patients alike.
The lost art of hand instrumentation

Mar 4, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Joy Void-Holmes |Kevin López |Samantha Farrar |Sonya Dunbar

Periodontal instrumentation is a fine motor skill that aids in the diagnosis and treatment of the periodontium. This skill uses specialized tools to remove hard and soft deposits such as biofilm and calculus from the crown and root surfaces of the teeth. Upon graduation, many dental hygienists are just starting to develop proficiency in their instrumentation skills.
Diving into the world of dental anomalies

Mar 4, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Andreina Sucre |Samantha Farrar |Sonya Dunbar |Katrina Klein

One in three smiles has unique quirks: missing teeth, odd shapes, or misplaced grins. From subtle twists to dramatic gaps, these dental oddities come in two flavors: number and structure.1Identifying number anomaliesThe three commonly encountered number anomalies are hypodontia, hyperdontia, and retained primary teeth.
Did you know there’s a new type of diabetes?

Mar 4, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Tracee S. Dahm |Joy Void-Holmes |Kevin López |Samantha Farrar

Diabetic patients are usually on dental professionals’ radar.
Medical and dental collaboration: How interprofessional education can close the divide

Mar 4, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Samantha Farrar |Sonya Dunbar |Katrina Klein |Sara Joyce

Discussions surrounding medications, medical histories, and oral health are recurring and integral facets of our professional practice. From the inception of our dental hygiene education, we have been instilled with the fundamental importance of obtaining comprehensive medical histories, meticulous medication lists, and vital sign assessments for each patient.
Are periodontal files archaic or an essential component of periodontal therapy?

Feb 22, 2024 | rdhmag.com | Amy Lemons |Katie Barrer |Alyssa Aberle |Samantha Farrar

I vaguely remember learning about periodontal files along with hoe and chisel scalers from my Wilkins’ textbook in dental hygiene school. I assumed these were archaic tools used in the past for periodontal instrumentation.