Prenatal development details are important for the dental hygienist to understand. Developmental disturbances occur during prenatal development and can be seen in the clinical setting. In this episode, we will review the three periods of development and the five physiological processes involved with growth and developmental of the human body.

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One of the biggest challenges in providing comprehensive care as a dental hygienist is TIME! It feels as though there is never enough time to do everything that is required in an appointment. Often times this feeling of being on a treadmill of patient care is the main cause of burnout, anxiety, and stress. In this episode we will discuss some of the main ways that you can take control of your appointment time to help you manage the stress of the clock and still provide comprehensive care to every patient in your care. The new graduate will find this especially helpful!

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One of the most important roles of the dental hygienist is patient education. If we want to see changes in the oral health status of our patients, we must understand how to instruct them on the changes that they need to make in how they care for their teeth in order to see those changes. The RDH should understand the various tooth brushing techniques including specific recommendation qualities. It is important to understand which technique will benefit your patients needs best. In this episode we will review the methods, purpose of each, contraindications/limitations, and indications for use of each method. This information will be helpful when you are working with patients in the clinical setting in the future.

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In this episode we will discuss some of the recommended action steps that will help you to rest, recharge, reflect, and reboot to get yourself ready for your next semester. The week leading up to final exams can take a toll on our physical and mental state. It is important to recognize that we need to recover and recharge. We want to come back for the next semester ready to go.

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Oral pathology is the study of diseases that present in the oral cavity. It is important for the dental hygienist to be able to differentiate between abnormal and normal conditions that appear in the head, neck, and oral cavity region. There are many correlative signs and symptoms from systemic diseases that can manifest in the oral cavity. Conditions, descriptions, and signs of oral cancer and manifestations will be covered in this episode.

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This episode will cover the components related to the occlusal assessment. Proper documentation steps for each component of the occlusal assessment process will be covered. Molar/Canine relationship, Overjet, Overbite, Midline deviations, Crossbite, marginal ridge discrepancies, and parafunctional habits are all a component of a complete occlusal evaluation.

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This episode will discuss the key features specific to each tooth type. Discussion of features that will provide help for determining left from right will be reviewed, as well as clinically significant features to keep in mind when performing instrumentation in the clinical setting.

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This episode will review the primary dentition characteristics and functional significance. Occlusal classification of the primary dentition will be discussed. Clinical considerations of character traits related to form and function will also be reviewed.

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This episode will review specific dental anomalies that occur as well as some of the related causal influences. The impact, clinical presentation, and descriptive ways for the clinician to document findings when they treat patients who present in the clinical setting with these anomalies.

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Occlusion is part of the assessment process in caring for your patients in the clinical setting. In this episode we will review Angle’s Classification of occlusion for the permanent dentition period. A review of parafunctional habits as well as contributing factors that exist between occlusion and long term dentition stability will be discussed. Implications of malocclusion will be reviewed. As clinicians, it is important to assess, properly document, and review occlusal assessments on all of our patients in the clinical setting.

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