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Emerging Treatments and Technologies in Dental Hygiene

Supported by: BioGaia, SurgiTel, Florida Probe, GC America, Dental Care Alliance

For dental hygienists who want to stay on top of their game, it’s important to be up to date on the latest treatments and the newest technology. This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook covers emerging trends. A CE article offers insights into the emerging field of probiotics, while two additional articles explore other key advancements, including biofilm management, caries detection, and artificial intelligence (AI). Download to earn 2 FREE CEU now!

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Update on Anesthetics

Supported by: DirectaDentalGroup, Pac-Dent

This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that discusses protocols for administering dental injections in such a way that helps prevent pain. Techniques include effective communication with the patient, the use of a topical anesthetic, deposition rate, and using a buffering agent. A second article explains how a dental hygienist can reduce a patient’s discomfort by building trust. Download to earn 2 FREE CEU now!

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The Basics of Oral Disease Prevention

Supported by: BioGaia, GC America, Oracare, DMG America, Xlear

This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that covers the basics of at-home oral health care—namely, manual toothbrushes, dental floss, and mouthrinses. A second article helps hygienists in guiding patients to the right consumer products for their own individualized needs.

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Infection Control in the Dental Practice

Supported by: DirectaDentalGroup, Air Techniques, Inc.

This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook includes a continuing education (CE) article article that discusses infection prevention practices as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and how these standards, which include air filtration, the wearing of masks, and the screening of employees and patients for signs of infection, should be applied in dental settings. A second article explains the importance of maintaining the integrity of the dental unit waterlines and offers steps for ensuring safety. Download to earn 2 FREE CEU now!

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The Benefits of Cordless Prophy Handpieces to Help Prevent Musculoskeletal Disorders in Clinical Practice

By Jason H. Goodchild, DMD

Supported by: Premier

This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that explains how ergonomic, battery-operated cordless handpieces can offer a meaningful upgrade over corded predecessors and should be considered a worthwhile addition to the dental hygiene armamentarium for the safe and effective delivery of hygiene care.

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Emerging Hygiene Technology

Supported by: GC America, Orascoptic, SmileDirectClub, Designs for Vision, LumaDent

This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook features a continuing education (CE) article explains how silver diamine fluoride (SDF) in the dental hygiene room is an invaluable treatment offered to the patient for sensitivity, incipient carious lesions that have not broken through enamel, and root caries. A second article describes how offering patients an in-office professional whitening option will increase production and better serve a patient’s cosmetic desires.

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Anesthetics and Topicals

Supported by: DirectaDentalGroup, Cetylite, USO Medical

This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that compares and contrasts the five amide local anesthetic (LA) drugs most commonly used in dentistry. A second article explains current knowledge of the topical anesthetic agents available and their limitations and inherent risks.

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Developments in Oral Disease Prevention

Supported by: Henry Schein Dental, Xlear, Burst, Orascoptic, DMG America, TePe, Waterpik

This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that explores commonly recommended and effective oral hygiene practices and adjunctive oral hygiene aids that should be used by patients as part of their home care regimens to improve oral health. A second article explains how understanding the features of toothbrushes and how they work can help patients maintain oral hygiene in a proper and effective manner. A third article describes how the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA) seeks to help dental hygienists provide optimal oral health for every American. Download to earn 2 FREE CEU now!

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Developments in Infection Control

Supported by: Orascoptic, DirectaDentalGroup, L&R Ultrasonics, Air Techniques, Inc.

This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook includes two continuing education (CE) articles. The first CE article provides a concise discussion of standard infection control precautions and practice updates and sheds light on why these practices are critical in the dental care setting. The second CE article briefly reviews the important characteristics of bacterial pathogens regarding their ability to thrive in water and their potential to cause infections. Download to earn 4 FREE CEU now!

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Remineralization Therapy for Children

By David L. Rothman, DDS, FAAPD, FACD, FICD

Supported by: GC America

For more than four decades, fluoride-containing dentifrices have been key in reducing caries in children. Casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate with fluoride (CPP-ACPF) formulated as a mousse or a varnish has been used successfully and safely in children, and it has been shown to reduce caries activity and white spot lesions in preschool children. This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that reviews the use of CPP-ACPF in remineralization therapy for children.

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Technology Integration in Dental Hygiene Treatment

Supported by: Air Techniques, Inc.

This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that describes how dental hygienists can use lasers in the dental office, and, more importantly, if they are allowed to use them in their state. An accompanying article describes how technology impacts every aspect of patient care, as it has elevated available home care products, along with instruments used in the office. Download to earn 2 FREE CEU now!

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Developments in Teeth Whitening Treatments

Supported by: Henry Schein Dental

This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook features a continuing education (CE) article that reviews different teeth whitening methods, particularly an in-office technique to reduce tooth sensitivity using 37% carbamide peroxide. An accompanying article describes the importance of a dental hygienist’s ability to educate patients about the advantages and disadvantages of different cosmetic dentistry strategies. Download to earn 2 FREE CEU now!

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Treatment Trends in Periodontics

Supported by: DirectaDentalGroup, VOCO, Young Dental, Paradise Dental Technologies, Dental Care Alliance

This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook explores recent evidence of periodontal-systemic interaction and highlights some of the emerging trends in the diagnosis and treatment of periodontal diseases, such as point-of-care diagnostic technologies and advanced host immuno-inflammatory response modulation strategies. An accompanying article describes how clinicians must be familiar with the etiology and risk factors for peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis as well as how to properly diagnose and treat these two clinical entities in their earliest stages.

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Dental Hygiene Protocols: Alterations for Optimal Infection Control

By Katrina M Sanders, RDH, BSDH, MEd, RF; Joy D. Void-Holmes, RDH, BSDH, DHSc, AADH

Supported by: Dentsply Sirona - Preventative

This Inside Dental Hygiene eBook offers two continuing education (CE) articles on the latest in infection prevention, drawing on the experience of leading experts in the field. The dental community has experienced a perceived risk to their health and that of their patients, prompting a new perspective and focus. Learn more about updated infection control strategies. Download to earn 4 FREE CEU now!

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End to End: A Look at Select GI Tract Pathologies and Their Oral Manifestations

By Sherri Lukes, RDH, MS, FAADH

Supported by: Parkell

Dental professionals are becoming more involved in interdisciplinary care, identifying symptoms in the oral cavity that may be indications of systemic disease. Beyond detecting and identifying oral symptoms, the dental professional also plays an important role in understanding when and how to make recommendations that will benefit the patient’s oral health and mitigate oral effects of systemic issues. Download to earn 2 FREE CEU now!

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Oral Pathology: Techniques for Detection and Differential Diagnosis

By Cynthia Blendermann Perone, DDS

Supported by: PDS University — Institute of Dentistry

This article provides information to help identify, screen and diagnose common oral pathologies and oral abnormalities.

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The Interrelationship Between Nutrition and Oral Health and the Impact of Diabetes

By Karen Lau, MS, RD, LDN, CDE

Supported by: Sunstar Americas, Inc

Diabetes, oral health, and nutrition are interrelated, with inflammation being an important link. This article explains the importance of oral healthcare professionals to encourage interventions in these disciplines so these professionals can help allay diabetes and its complications, along with other related issues, in their patients.

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Biofilms: The Oral-Systemic Connection

By Gregori M. Kurtzman, DDS, MAGD

Supported by: Philips Oral Healthcare

This article discusses how the formation of oral biofilm can be a major factor leading to periodontal disease and also describes maladies associated with periodontal disease.

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