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How-To, Ergonomics, Tips and Tricks

How Does Ergonomics Improve Productivity?
By Young Dental on January 16, 2024

As a dental care provider, it's easy to become so focused on your patient's comfort that you may end up pushing your own health risks aside. Muscle pain and tension in the arms, hands, and...

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How-To, Ergonomics, Tips and Tricks

Best Dental Ergonomic Assessments & Practices
By Young Dental on December 1, 2023

Dedication to great ergonomics may be the most important effort one can make in the dental office (yes, even more than winning the thermostat battle). Ergonomics is the study of one’s...

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Humor, Patient Care, Career, Just for Fun

Increase Hygiene Production in the Dental Office
By Young Dental on November 15, 2023

Hygienists accomplish vast patient care in their allotted appointment time, but sometimes we struggle with reaching productivity goals. When one-on-one with a patient, we're not always...

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How-To, Patient Care, Tips and Tricks

Improving Treatment Plan Compliancy with Dental Patients
By Young Dental on November 15, 2023

What if every "yes" saved a patient's tooth? Creating a treatment plan that resonates with your patients that will yield a "yes" indeed relies on knowing the "why?" Every resonating...

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Humor, Patient Care, Career, Just for Fun

The 6 Types of Patients You'll Encounter During Your Career
By Young Dental on August 14, 2023

They don't tell you in hygiene school that you're also going to be a psychologist, a travel agent, a teacher, or a referee. As rewarding as a career in dental hygiene may be, a day of work...

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Insider, Infection Control

The Surprising Reason for the Invention of Infection Control Gloves
By Young Dental on May 25, 2022

Glove manufacturers have had to ship a lot more product during the pandemic, and here at Young we've seen an increase in demand. Gloves come in many varieties, flavored, nitrile, neoprene,...

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Just for Fun

Snow Day!!!
By Young Dental on January 12, 2022

Depending on where you live January might bring you a snow day! Snow days were the greatest when we were kids, but now they are a little stressful. Do you cancel patients and close the...

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Humor, Just for Fun

If Movie Monsters Were in Your Op...
By Young Dental on October 19, 2021

These horror movie monsters and villains have one gruesome trait in common: terrifying mouths. Here’s a look at a few from the hygienist’s perspective. They each have issues that need to be...

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Humor, Just for Fun

Bizarre Finds: What the Tooth?!
By Young Dental on August 30, 2021

🎵 How bizarre How bizarre, how bizarre Ooh, baby (Ooh, baby) It's making me crazy (It's making me crazy) Everytime I look around Everytime I look around (Everytime I look around) ...

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Preventive Care, Continuing Education

Course Notes: The Battle Against Biofilm
By Young Dental on June 30, 2021

Each week, Young Innovations hosts a free CE course for dental hygienists, covering a variety of topics taught by clinicians from all walks of the profession. Whether you missed the live...

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