Hygiene Resource Center

Now available: more great Pearls! - Dental Economics
... In many states, hygienists manage the method under the doctors' supervision. ... is written by Dr. Norman Freiberger, dental director of the geriatric center at ...

Where Everybody Knows Your Name - RDH
... allows Colorado hygienists to practice independently without the direct supervision of a ... mother, Helen Downey, is still working at the nursing home in Thompson ...

Director's Message: "Dwarf Planet?" "Dwarf Hygiene?" More or Less. ...
... dental health coordinator (CDHC) — "would work under the supervision of a ... institutions; and private and public centers for pediatric, geriatric, and other ...

The promise of transdisciplinary Nurse-dental hygienist ...
... Knowledge and Perceptions of Nursing Home Staff. ... nursing curricula is devoted to geriatric oral health ... Lack of staff, supervision and limited accountability also ...

Maintaining Oral Health in the Aging Population: The Importance of ...
... available through the Wisconsin Geriatric Education Center ... periodontal health in nursing home patients is ... the latter would require supervision by caregivers or ...

Geriatric Oral Health Care Award winners listed - Dental Economics
... evaluated for dental treatment. Comprehensive dental care is delivered under supervision of an accompanying geriatric dentistry faculty. ...

School-based sealant program - RDH
... ➏ Licensed dental hygienists who work under the general supervision of a ... sites, such as the Veterans Administration Hospital (VA), a nursing home, a clinic ...

Improving Oral Care in the Dependent Adult Population - RDH
... in keeping dental hygienists under their supervision than they ... could be achieved by educating nursing home administrators in ... in the area of geriatric dentistry ...

Special programs for Special needs - RDH
... Under the supervision of an attending dentist, the students provide dental hygiene ... and evaluate oral health-care services for a diverse geriatric population in ...

Readers' Forum - RDH
... a nursing home and clean my own grandmother's teeth, because it's illegal in North Carolina for me to work in any capacity except under direct supervision of a ...

The Perio-Systemic Link - RDH
... Similarly, 15 percent of nursing home services and 14 percent of hospice care ... hygienists to provide care without the prior authorization or supervision of a ...

House Calls In Oregon - RDH
... in the nursing home under his general supervision. ... treat my own patients in the nursing home, care center ... e. Management and psychology of geriatric and disabled ...

Changes in the dental hygiene profession - RDH
... must complete 1,000 hours of clinical training under the supervision of a ... of oral health-care services for the disabled, nursing home services director, state ...

Minnesota proposal would create "denturists" - RDH
... But Dr. Carl Ebert, who devotes much of his time treating nursing home patients for ... are permitted by the state, they should work under the supervision of a ...

Readers' Forum - RDH
... the same amount of time working with patients under the supervision of a ... For example, while working with a nursing home patient whose oral hygiene was not ...