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Marijuana: What Dentists Need to Know

Krysten McCumber — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:00:08 +0000

The Cannabis plant, commonly known as marijuana, is the most commonly used illicit drug worldwide, with roughly 35 million people using marijuana each month in

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Dental, Nursing Students Work On Clinical Skills for Oral, Systemic Health

Krysten McCumber — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 17:40:21 +0000

Indiana University School of Dentistry and IU School of Nursing students at IUPUI are learning clinical skills together through a newly developed experiential interprofessional education

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85 Per Cent of Canadian Dentists Perform Patient Health Assessments

Oral Health — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 17:00:16 +0000

Dental professionals are being held responsible for recognizing their patients’ areas of poor health, especially outside their mouths. In a recent survey conducted by Oral

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Oral Cancer Awareness Survey Shows Lack of Awareness, Greater Need for Education & Screening

Oral Health — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 19:02:24 +0000

A recent national consumer survey revealed that among U.S. adults, the majority knows very little or nothing at all about oral cancer (58 percent) and

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New Study Shows Dental Treatment during Pregnancy is Safe

Oral Health — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:01:00 +0000

New Study Shows Dental Treatment during Pregnancy is Safe It’s safe for pregnant women to undergo dental treatment with local anesthetics, according to a new

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Oral pain specialists treat complex health issues, according to new survey

Oral Health — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 09:22:00 +0000

Andres Pinto, an orofacial pain and oral medicine specialist at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, often feels like the doctor in the

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Canadian Dental Hygienists Set to Surpass $400,000 of Donated No-Cost Dental Hygiene Services

Oral Health — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:42:00 +0000

In celebration of Heart Month and Valentine’s Day, Registered dental hygienists across Canada are opening their doors and their hearts on Saturday, February 7, to

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Oral Cancer Is On The Rise, Are You At Risk?

Oral Health — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 05:42:00 +0000

While most other cancers are declining, oral cancer continues to rise, affecting over 43,000 Americans in 2014 alone. Due to late stage discovery, oral cancer

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Colgate-Palmolive and CDHA Award 20 Academic Admission Scholarships to Dental Hygiene Students

Oral Health — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 06:01:00 +0000

As part of its ongoing efforts to support the education of dental hygiene professionals, Colgate-Palmolive has established anannual academic admission scholarship, administered in partnership with

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Sooner or Later, Everybody Quits: Dental Hygienists Urge You to Quit Smoking

Oral Health — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 04:35:00 +0000

During National Non-Smoking Week (January 18–24), one of Canada’s longest running health promotion initiatives, dental hygienists will remind all Canadians of the need to eliminate

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