Pregnancy & Periodontal Inflammation: Pathogens or Hormones?

Posted on November 19, 2021November 18, 2021 by Gabby Finn RDH

Challenge: Pregnant, periodontal maintenance patient appointed with increasing periodontal measurements over the last two periodontal maintenance appointments. The goal of testing is to establish the cause for the increase of inflammation. Background: My 44-year-old periodontal maintenance patient with a regular recall and excellent home care consisting of electric toothbrushing 2 times per day, nightly flossing, and use of Waterpik™ 2 times per day presented for a maintenance appointment...

How Do You Speak Testing? With Rosse Lustina RDH

Posted on November 12, 2021August 14, 2024 by Rosse Lustina RDH

Patient Bio: Mr. Joe Doe is 64 years old and has been a patient of record for 25 years. He complies with 3-month periodontal maintenance since his active therapy 5 years ago. His home care consists of brushing with an electric toothbrush in the evening and flossing 5x/week. He takes a blood pressure medication and several for cholesterol. His deceased father had cardiac bypass surgery at age 67. How would you introduce therapy including MyPerioPath® to this patient? First, following t...

Bulletproof Hygiene Podcast

Posted on November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 by Brittany Simon CRDH BASDH

Bulletproof Hygiene is the long-anticipated dental hygiene component of Bulletproof Dental Practice LLC, a dental coaching and partnership organization founded by Craig Spodak, DMD of the Spodak Dental Group, and Peter Boulden, DMD of Atlanta Dental Spa. Since 2018, their respective hygiene team leads, Brittany Simon, CRDH, BASDH and Charissa Wood, RDH, have integrated their aligned passions for the profession of dental hygiene and have compiled the best of their extensive knowledge and unique e...

How Do You Speak Testing? With Donna Shook RDH

Posted on October 29, 2021August 14, 2024 by Donna Shook RDH

Patient Bio: New patient is a 66-year-old female. Per her records, her last active periodontal therapy was over 10 years ago. Her previous dentist just retired, and she is looking for a new dental home. Her home care consists of brushing twice a day with occasional flossing. The patient started smoking at age 18 and currently smokes 1 pack per day. She has expressed an interest in quitting. Medical history includes osteoporosis. How would you introduce therapy including MyPe...

The Dawson Academy: Salivary Diagnostics for the Integrative Dental Medicine Practice

Posted on October 22, 2021October 27, 2021 by Angie Gribble Hedlund DMD

Are you interested in learning more about salivary diagnostics and the benefits to your patient base? Do you need a few more CE hours before the end of the year? You're in luck! Join us on December 10th, 2021 at 9:00 EST for a virtual event hosted by The Dawson Academy and Dr. Angie Hedlund. This course will assess the different types of salivary diagnostic testing available, the purpose of each test, and how to use them to improve your patients' overall wellness. Can't make it to the live eve...

4 Steps to Put Your Practice at the Forefront of Prevention

Posted on October 15, 2021October 21, 2021 by Geralyn Beers RDH BS FAAOSH

How many patients a day do you see with chronic disease or complicated medical histories? Sadly, obesity, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune and heart disease are all too common. What if there was a simple way to utilize the power of your hygiene department to not only improve the physical health of your patients but the financial health of your practice? As dental professionals, we can help our patients detect, manage, and even avoid these and other health risks. We understand the re...

Links2Success: 3rd Annual Insurance Extravaganza

Posted on October 8, 2021October 5, 2021 by Christine Taxin

Everyone would agree health care gets more complicated every year, if not every day. Testing services such as MyPerioPath® help dental offices connect the dots between oral and systemic health. However, sometimes more help is needed especially when coding and fee positioning errors cost dental practices thousands of dollars every year. Join us for the 3rd Insurance Extravaganza! This unforgettable event is packed with many knowledgeable speakers and courses to help you and your practice s...

Interview with Kristen King RDH

Posted on October 1, 2021October 12, 2021 by Kristen King BSDH

Dr. McGlennen: Tell our readers how you use OralDNA® salivary diagnostics. Kristen RDH: We recommend OralDNA® saliva testing on all patients that have bleeding/inflammation regardless of probe depths. We utilize MyPerioPath® for these patients to customize treatment plans and target the cause of the inflammation. We utilize a post MyPerioPath® test, called MyPerioProgress®, to measure the effectiveness of the therapy we provided. It is awesome to use an approach where we can have objective ...

Part 2: Inflammation & “Nutrients”

Posted on September 24, 2021September 22, 2021 by Katy Cameron

In everything we do, we are sending a message to our body to heal or to cause damage. A cause of inflammation and disease is nutritional deficiencies and the direct effect on our gene expression. Let’s broaden our view on what nutrients are. A nutrient could be the vitamins and minerals you get from a salad, or the nutritional movement you got from a walk through the woods a.k.a. forest bathing, or the quality night’s sleep you just had because you’ve been destressing with a regular meditation p...

Part 1: Inflammation and “Nutrients”

Posted on September 17, 2021September 15, 2021 by Katy Cameron

Recently, someone I knew died of a sudden heart attack. He was 41 with a wife and three kids. He had a bigger-than-life personality and was someone who everyone was happy to know. It’s sad and he will be missed. He wasn’t a patient of mine and I didn’t know him well enough to know all his intimate life details. I was, however, able to make some general observations. He was overweight, especially around the middle, he lost his dad less than a year ago, his gums were usually red, and his teeth...