Ergonomics. That word. As a practicing dental hygienist of over 10 years, I used to almost scoff at this word. Starting dentistry in my early 20s, this word meant very little to me. I knew...
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Ergonomics. That word. As a practicing dental hygienist of over 10 years, I used to almost scoff at this word. Starting dentistry in my early 20s, this word meant very little to me. I knew...
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What’s on your personal holiday wish list this year? You can probably answer that pretty easily – maybe it’s a fancy kitchen gadget or some new slippers to wear after a long work day. But...
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With the New Year fast approaching, many of us are starting to think about our resolutions and goals for 2020. Usually these goals have to do with eating healthy or heading to the gym more...
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If you’re a hygienist, I don’t need to tell you this, but I will anyway: over the course of six months, you probably see lots and lots of patients. Lots. In fact, if you see an average of 9...
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Have a minute between patients? Waiting for the autoclave to finish up? Do your neck and shoulders a favor with a few of these quick exercises.Scroll down to view the exercises or download...
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Have you ever caught yourself falling out of your basic clock positions, or craning your neck just to peek at the distal of #2? If you nodded yes and felt a little twinge of pain in your...
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When a hygiene day gets busy and time gets short, some things have to give … and usually the first thing to go is oral hygiene education, or OHE.But, in reality, OHE is one of the most...
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