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HYGIENE TRIBUNE
The World’s Dental Hygiene Newspaper · U.S. Edition
www.dental-tribune.com
DECEMBER 2016 — Vol. 9, No. 6
ADHA white paper looks at
hygienist’s role in diagnosis
Using hygiene diagnoses in a wide range of care settings
T
he American Dental Hygienists’
Association (ADHA) has released
a white paper that underscores
the ability of the dental hygienist to perform dental hygiene diagnosis
as part of the oral-care team working to
ensure that every patient is evaluated
and treated based on individual oral
health needs.
According to the ADHA paper, dental
hygiene diagnosis is an essential part of
dental hygiene care and scope of practice, yet confusion exists on how to implement it into daily practice.
The ADHA created the white paper to
help practicing dental hygienists understand and use dental hygiene diagnoses in their daily practice across a wide
variety of care settings. In addition, the
organization is providing tools and resources for dental hygiene educators to
help them teach dental hygiene diagno-
sis to students. The organization is the
profession’s national voice informing
policymakers as they consider legislation related to the dental hygiene scope
of practice. The ADHA Dental Hygiene
Diagnosis white paper can be downloaded at www.eiseverywhere.com/esurvey/
index.php?surveyid=40570.
ADHA defines dental hygiene diagnosis as “the identification of an individual’s health behaviors, attitudes, and
oral health care needs for which a dental
hygienist is educationally qualified and
licensed to provide. The dental hygiene
diagnosis requires evidence-based critical analysis and interpretation of assessments to reach conclusions about the patient’s dental hygiene treatment needs.”
“Through dental hygiene diagnoses,
dental hygienists educate patients on
behaviors that minimize risks of oral
infections, help detect risk factors for in-
fectious diseases and cancers of the head
and neck,” said ADHA president Betty
Kabel, RDH, BS. “This elevates the role of
the dental hygienist within the overall
health care system, as we seek to expand
the access to oral care. It’s important to
utilize the dental hygiene diagnoses
regularly and consistently to ensure optimal care for our patients.”
While dental hygienists’ rigorous education prepares them to provide preventive and therapeutic oral health services,
the profession’s scope of practice varies
from state to state. ADHA emphasizes
that it is important for dental hygienists
to fully utilize their education to provide
oral health care services that fall within
their scope, especially for populations
that lack adequate access to oral health
care services. The organization also advocates for using the new white paper as
a resource by policymakers involved in
decisions about state practice acts.
For more information, you can visit
www.adha.org..
(Source: ADHA)
Commentary
PAW’s ‘tatooth’
Buccal aspect adventure helps connect
hygienist with dental-lab technician
Can I reach the buttons? I
finally whimpered for help.
This month it was time
for me to have a “real”
appointment on my day
ust prior to his retireoff. While I was sitting in
ment, my boss decided
the chair, waiting for the
it was time do some
crown impression to set,
farewell dentistry on
I remembered a long-ago
me. Poor old #18 had been
patient who had a Dow
patched and repatched for
Chemical logo on his moyears. The tooth was in need
Patricia A. Walsh, RDH
lar. Rather than believe
of a crown. For decades, quick
he had a strong esprit de
restorations were done. Spurcorps, I had always thought of it as a
of-the-moment fillings were squeezed
form of forensic ID. If you’re a chemiin between my hygiene duties. At one
cal engineer potentially in the wrong
point, I was left alone — still-elevated
place at the wrong time in some far off
and reclined — when the doctor and his
developing country — taking such preassistant went off to see their next pacautions seemed plausible to me. For all
tient in an adjoining room. Am I done?
I knew, perhaps he never made it farther
Am I supposed to get myself out of here?
By Patricia Walsh, RDH
Editor in Chief, Hygiene Tribune
J
than Stamford, Conn. Nonetheless, it
was this adventurous, imaginative notion that inspired me.
During my travels to Asia, I did give
some serious consideration to a foreignlanguage body tattoo. I just never summoned the courage. Because my initials
are PAW, I decided that a pawprint on the
buccal aspect of my molar would be just
the thing. Fearful that I could wind up
with a ferocious bear print, rather than
a cutesy cute pussycat print, I included
a Googled image to attach to the lab slip.
Can’t say that I saw another image of a
paw as a tooth tattoo on my internet
search. Plenty of animals affiliated with
professional and school sports teams
can be found adorning teeth. Harley Davison motorcycles and hearts seem to be
popular.
My old boss, being the rascal that he is,
added a personal note to his lab slip. He
scribbled, “She’s a cougar!” Well har dee
har har. After 40 years of using the same
lab, I guess he was entitled to a little sexist joke. I later told the lab technician
that if I were a cougar, then my “cub”
is 60 years old. Not much in the way of
bragging rights there. Half of my office
thinks I’m off my rocker for getting a
“tatooth.” The other half thinks it’s adorable.
Many years ago, the same doctor was
making small talk while waiting for his
patient to get numb. After a few minutes
the patient asked the doctor and his assistant if they wished to see her new tattoo. The young lady did not wait for a re” See TATOOTH, page C2
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INDUSTRY NEWS
C2
Hygiene Tribune U.S. Edition | December 2016
GNYDM
BOOTH NO.
1813, 2012
HYGIENE TRIBUNE
PUBLISHER & CHAIRMAN
Torsten Oemus t.oemus@dental-tribune.com
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EDITOR IN CHIEF DENTAL TRIBUNE
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EDITOR IN CHIEF HYGIENE TRIBUNE
Patricia Walsh, RDH feedback@dental-tribune.com
MANAGING EDITOR
Robert Selleck r.selleck@dental-tribune.com
The new LED DayLite WireLess and the new LED DayLite WireLess Mini headlights can integrate with various platforms, including your
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MANAGING EDITOR
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MANAGING EDITOR
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PRODUCT/ACCOUNT MANAGER
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Cordless, compact LED headlights can work with all your loupes and frames
Designs for Vision’s new LED DayLite
WireLess™ Mini and LED DayLite® WireLess™ not only frees you from being
tethered to a battery pack, but the simple
modular designs also uncouple the headlights from a specific frame or single pair
of loupes.
Prior technology married a cordless
light to one pair of loupes via a cumbersome integration of the batteries and
electronics into the frame. The compact
design of the LED DayLite WireLess headlights are independent of any frame/
loupes.
The patent-pending design of the LED
DayLite WireLess headlights is a new
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can integrate with various platforms, including your existing loupes, safety eyewear, lightweight headbands and future
loupes or eyewear purchases.
The LED DayLite WireLess or WireLess Mini is not limited to just one pair
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Less headlights can be transferred from
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The LED DayLite WireLess Mini weighs
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a pair of loupes, the combined weight
is half the weight of integrated cordless
lights/loupes.
The LED DayLite WireLess produces
more than 40,000 lux at high intensity
and 27,000 lux at medium intensity,
while the intensity of the LED DayLite
WireLess Mini is 27,000 lux. The spot
size of each of the LED DayLite WireLess
headlights will illuminate the entire oral
cavity.
The LED DayLite WireLess is powered
by a compact, rechargeable lithium-ion
power pod. The WireLess Mini is powered by specialty rechargeable lithiumion cylindrical cells. Both LED DayLite
WireLess headlights come complete with
three batteries/battery pods. The charging cradle enables you to independently
“ TATOOTH, page C1
lab. I was particularly impressed with the
fact that the technicians had knowledge
of at least eight different digital impression devices. While a series of individual
images creates model-free impressions
now, videos will be the next big leap.
If we have a temp in the office who is
familiar with Dentrix but not Eaglesoft,
there’s a learning curve. Most often,
those are your only two hygiene choices.
Inside a dental office where there is a
newly purchased digital impression device, a staff member can expect two to
three days of in-house training. More education is available online, the company
rep might come in for glitches, but it’s
truly a “learn-by-the-seat-of-your-pants”
adventure. As technology rapidly changes, I imagine the lab technicians will be
going to perpetual C.E. courses for new
and forever-updating software.
Despite all the technical advancements, machines are not able to recreate
the intricate and subtle esthetic features
of a natural tooth. The lab technician’s
artistic expertise is still very important.
To my coworkers who were unimpressed with my choice of crown “color”
(my customization was identified on
sponse. She leaned forward in the chair,
lifted up her shirt and tugged down on
her jeans. Ta da. There it was, in all its colorful glory. After the appreciative nods
and the obligatory oohs and aahs, the
dentist continued with her restorative
work as if nothing unusual had just happened.
Early in my career, there was a young
dentist who told me he was envious
of his older brother who was an MD in
Philadelphia. When I asked him why, he
responded, “Just once in my life I would
like to be able to turn to a patient and say,
“Take your clothes off, I’ll be with you in
a few minutes.” I groaned and replied,
“Probably a very old dental school joke.”
He would have enjoyed “tattoo girl.”
I decided to pop into our local dental
lab with a box of doughnuts as a thankyou for their beautiful work. Staring at
my new crown in its tiny plastic box,
I suddenly realized what a disconnect
there is between technician and hygiene.
Unless a hygienist works in a large group
practice with an in-house lab, it’s unlikely she or he has ever stepped foot inside a
recharge two batteries/battery pods at
the same time and shows the progress of
each charge cycle.
Designs for Vision is also featuring the
Reality-5-Star-rated Micro 3.5EF Scopes,
which use a revolutionary optical design
that reduces the size of the prismatic
telescope by 50 percent and reduces the
weight by 40 percent, while providing an
expanded-field full-oral-cavity view at
3.5x magnification.
The Micro Series from Designs for Vision is fully customized and uses the
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You can see the Visible Difference®
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Or you can contact the company to
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(Source: Designs For Vision)
Hygiene Tribune Editor in Chief
Patricia A. Walsh wanted her first
crown to be special, so she decided
to have a pawprint (representing
her initials) ‘tattooed’ on its buccal
aspect. Photo/Provided by Patricia
Walsh, RDH
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the invoice as a $100 custom color) all I
can say is this. A body tattoo sags over
time, my paw print will be perfect forever. I’m thinking that when #31 breaks
down, perhaps some little cat ears on the
lingual side, with a matching tail on the
buccal side?
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