The public outcry over the withdrawal of the painkiller Vioxx is leading to closer government scrutiny of new drugs to identify and disclose late-developing...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html? ei=5059&en=36c5ef28915b20f6&ex=1170738000&partner=AOL&pagewanted=print Linda in Folsom ...
February is American Heart Month. As part of American Heart Month, Dental Hygienists Against Heart Disease will join thousands of Americans nationwide in...
No. Typically the "customer is always right" topic heads straight toward dealing with customer complaints. This is not my intention. I want to focus on...
Hello everyone. I am looking for information on maximum amounts of various local anesthetics, that can be administered to a average healthy adult, child,...
Linda, I love the updates to your site! Very nice. It looks very professional and I really like the inserts on position openings and job-seeker information...
Gov. Rick Perry ordered Friday that schoolgirls in Texas must be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, making Texas...
I think it is great that there is now a vaccine that could guard against cerivical cancer, but also think that the parents should make the final decision, not...
Linda, This topic really is important in the dental field. As we meet new patients, we [the dental team/office] need to have a meaningful discussion with the...
I think that it is a great idea, but I also understand that the vaccine is about 300.00. How does the state feel about handling this cost especially if ...
The February issue of the AKC Gazette - the American Kennel Club's flagship publication ˆ the oldest continuously published dog magazine in America ˆ has...
Epidemiological studies during the past decade have demonstrated a high incidence of work-related shoulder injuries among dental professionals, most likely due...
Johnson, KE et al, J Clin Periodontol 1998; 25: 316-321 If you torture data sufficiently, it will confess to almost anything. –Fred Menger, chemistry ...
Is there any dentist who would prefer stress over an efficiently run practice? No one would ever make that choice deliberately. Unfortunately, dentists report...
Magnetic irrigators have NOT been proven to reduce even plaque, let alone calculus. The study whence that claim originates is critiqued (by me) below. For...
Do you realize that there are more than 100 types of HPV? Only about 30 types affect the genital area. Some are considered high risk for causing abnormal...
my boss set number IF he is not in office; diastole over 100 - do not treat. Strongly rec see MD - follow up with phone call. IF dds in office, bring to his...
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in the '60's, the "water pik" was supposed to be THE substitute for floss...as years go by, I don't think so! once plaque or biofilm or whatever adheres to a...
Hi Donna, I am a daily flosser and use my Sonicare 1-2X/day plus hand brush 1-2X/day. Anyway, I have these darned pockets that can't be figured out. May be...
Thank you for your info and personal experience shared. I didn't mean to imply that wp was useless...I used it faithfully when I had ortho at age 40...I still...
FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL CHILDREN'S DENTAL Health Month. Are your kids brushing for a full two minutes yet? For generations, dentists and parents have urged kids...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned healthcare professionals regarding potential risks associated with unsupervised patient use of topical...
is anyone familiar with CariFree, a bacterial detection system that includes a treatment protocol of rinsing with a month long starter rinse to alter the pH...