The Happy Flosser RDH Podcast for Dental Hygiene Students
By Billie Lunt RDH MSDH
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A podcast for Dental Hygiene Students. Tutoring, Study tips, and Lots of professionals to help you with some of the challenges that you face as a student in the dental hygiene program and beyond.
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#237: Dental Biofilm Production and Management
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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#236: From Workforce Crisis to Access Revolution
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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#235: Your Patient Needs NSPT - Now What?
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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#234: What are you Looking At on your X-Rays
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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#232: You have the Power to Improve your Clinical Days as an RDH
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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#231: Ultrasonic Inserts - The Details
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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#230: Nitrous Oxide Basics
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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#229: Communicating with Intention
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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#228: Evaluation for Ortho and Care of the Ortho Patient
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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#227: Hygiene School Help!
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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#226: Medical and Dental History Process and Significance
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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#225: Dental Terms and the Basics of Dental Language
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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#224: Who is Taking Care of My Smile?
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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#223: Taking a good Alginate Impression
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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#222: "Helpisode" Career Satisfaction with Linda Straub Bruce
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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#221: New Semester - Are You Ready?
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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#220: Bloom Where You are Planted and Grown
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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#219: Community Dental Health and Prevention
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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#218: "Helpisode" with Donna Murray - "Becoming" a dental professional for a lifetime
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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#217: Potency Versus Efficacy and Therapeutic Index
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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#216: The Basics of Neuro Anatomy and How to Maximize the use of the Podcast
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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#215: General Pathology for the Dental Hygienist
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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#214: "Helpisode" What is in your Water? With Kellie Timmes
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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#213 The Biological Effects of Radiation
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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#212: The Power of Positive Intent
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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#211: Eruption Date Phone Number Hack!
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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#210: "Helpisode" Creative ways to Gain Knowledge as a Dental Hygiene Student with Suzanne Vila
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May 30, 2025 |
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#209: "Helpisode" Communication, Advocacy, and Career Growth Outside the Op with Melissa Alt.
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May 23, 2025 |
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#208: Being a RDH is more than Scaling Teeth
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May 16, 2025 |
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#207: Taking Radiographs on Children
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May 09, 2025 |
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#206: "Helpisode" Head and Neck Oral Cancer Screening - Who is looking? with Jonathan Jones
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May 02, 2025 |
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#205: Basic Review of Venous Drainage Arteries and Veins
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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#204: The Final Countdown Poem
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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#203: Legislative Process and Policy Development
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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#202: "Helpisode" Reflection and Growth With Claudia Walder
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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#201: Imposter Syndrome in Dental Hygiene
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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#200: Action is the Key to Growth! Take The Steps Toward Your Goals
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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#199: Becoming a Successful Dental Hygiene Student
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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#198: Helpisode" Unveil Your Hidden Superpower as a Clinical Dental Hygienist with Dabney Vaccaro
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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#197: Getting Accepted into Dental Hygiene School and the Inteview Process
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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#196: Embryology - Fetal Development
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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#195: "Helpisode" Student Life in Dental Hygiene School with Anistinn
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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#194: How the Brain Works when we are learning
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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#193: Yankee Dental Congress
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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#192: "Helpisode" Miracles inside every Challenge with Seta MacCrory
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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#191: Prothesis - Fixed and Removable
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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#190: Case Studies on the National Board Exam (NBDHE)
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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#189: Target Populations in Community Dental Health
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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#188: "Helpisode" LifeGuard Approach to Dental Hygiene with Cris Duval
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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#187: Finished the Semester, Now What?
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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#186: "Helpisode": Growth and Love with Jonathan Jones
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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#185: “Helpisode" Finding your voice in dental hygiene with Britt Glauz
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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#184: "Helpisode" The ADA Resolutions Discussion
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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#183: Pharamacology Terms and Impacts
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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#182: "Helpisode": Generational Knowledge with Autumn Lunt
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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#181: " Helpisode” Providers Unite with Dr Suzie Bergman
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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#180: Treating the Pediatric Patient
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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#179: "Helpisode" Growing into your role with Amanda Hale
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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#178: The Why Behind What I do
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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#177: Radiographic Interpretation
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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#176: "Helpisode" Advancing in Your Profession as a Whole Person with Amanda Horman
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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#175: "Helpisode" Smiles with Maddy Dailey
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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#174: The Significance of an Accurate Patient Record
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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#173: "Helpisode" Lifelong Journey of Learning with Noriana Prior
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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#172: "Helpisode" Mobile Public Health with Kylie Bland
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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#171: Calculus Detection Made Easier
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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#170: Cranial Nerves 2.0 A Simple Review
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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#169: "Helpisode": Are you ready to be a FIRE RDH? Financial Independent Retire Early Dental Hygienist with Dana Paladino
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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#168: RDH Evolution - My Experience and Journey
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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#167: How We Breathe Matters
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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#166: My #1 Stress Management Technique
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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#165: ADHA: What’s It All About?
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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#164: Scope of Knowledge versus Scope of Practice
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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#127: Pharmacology: Benzo’s, Barbiturates, and Banter with Rachel Leo Flagg
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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#138: "Helpisode" Learn, Pivot, and Grow with Melondy Martin
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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#139: “Helpisode” Advocacy and Growth with Shavonne Healy
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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#141: “Helpisode” You can do this! with Christine Phillips
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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#157: Performing an Effective Chart Audit
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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#163: Dental Compacts: What does that mean for License Portability?
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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#162: Here We Are - Together
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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#161: “Helpisode” Nano-Hydroxyapatite with Adam Vansickle
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May 31, 2024 |
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#160: "Helpisode" Grow and Evolve as A New Grad with Ashlie Mardis
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May 24, 2024 |
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#159: NSPT: The Reevaluation Process
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May 17, 2024 |
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#158: The Balance of Decay and Prevention
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May 10, 2024 |
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#156: Local Anesthesia: Basic Pharmacology
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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#155: "Helpisode" Smartweight Technology with Marna Pacheco
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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#154: Radiology: Sensor Placement
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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#153: “Helpisode”: Bias within the Healthcare Realm with Kristine Berry
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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#152: PSR Probe
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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#151: “Helpisode”: Avoid Career Burnout and Keep Growing with Laura Bettencourt and Danielle Avila
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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#150: Radiology: Density is your Destiny!
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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#149: Anxiety - Care of the Dental Patient
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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#148: Special Needs: Seizure Disorder Patients
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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#147: Getting ready to take your National Board Exam (NBDHE)
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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#146: Non Narcotic Analgesics
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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#145: Oral Pathology: connecting the dots
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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#144: Coronal Polishing and Air Flow
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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#143: The Decision Making Process: Ethical Dilemma in Dental Hygiene
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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#142: "Helpisode" For the Love of Public Health with Melanie Solari
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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#140: Plan for a successful next semester
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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#137: “Helpisode”: Providers Unite! Medical and Dental Integration with Bambi Dixon
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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#136 Protein: Roles and Functions
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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#135: Diabetes and Periodontal Disease
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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#134: Student Chat: A Dental Hygiene Student Shares His Journey
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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#131: Tobacco Cessation - Our Role as Oral Health Professionals
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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#130: Motivation #3: Stages of Change
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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#129: I am Enough - A Poem for College Students
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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#128: Evidence Based Research in Dental Hygiene
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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#126: Test Taking in Dental Hygiene School
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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#125: Assessment of the Periodontally Involved Patient
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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#124: Nutrition Part 2: Carbs, Proteins, Lipids
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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#123: Nutrition: Vitamins and Minerals
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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#122: Pharmacology and the Autonomic Nervous System.
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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#121: Feeling Overwhelmed? Focus on your goals.
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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#120: Dental Caries: Risk, Treatment, and Prevention
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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#119: "Helpisode" NewGradRDH: Astrida Curis
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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#118: "Helpisode" Find your Passion in Dental: Meet Paola Brown
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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#117: Value Based Care in Dentistry: Medical-Dental Integration
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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#116: Radiology: Assessment and Implementation
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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#115: Advice for Life: Dental Poem
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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#114: Sealants - The Clinical Basics
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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#113: IA Nerve Block - Triumphs, Techniques, and Troubles
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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#112: Paradigm Shift in Caries Treatment and Prevention
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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#111: Topical Anesthesia and “Non-Injectables” - What you need to know
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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#110: Community Water Fluoridation: Historical Perspective
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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#109: Motivation #2: The Health Belief Model
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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#108: DISC Personality Profiles
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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#107: Pain Management is Giving Me Anxiety!
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May 26, 2023 |
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#106:Dental Materials are Messy!
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May 19, 2023 |
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#105: End of Semester Hangover
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May 12, 2023 |
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#104: Why Isn’t My Working Stroke Working?
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May 05, 2023 |
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#103: Non Surgical Periodontal Therapy: NSPT
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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#102: The 12 Paired Cranial Nerves
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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#101: "Helpisode" Graduating Soon? BloomRDH Can Support Your Transition From School to the “Real World”
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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#100: AAP Periodontal Disease Classifications: What it is and Our Role
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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#99: 6 Perceptions That are Holding You Back From Success in Clinic- Part 2
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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#98: 6 Perceptions That Are Holding You Back From Success In Clinic- Part 1
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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#97: Motivation #1: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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#96: “Helpisode” Communicating with Awareness- Guest Liz Lord
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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#95: Biostatistics for the RDH
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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#94: Program Planning in CDH - Community Dental Health
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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#93: Dental Career Options: The sky is the limit
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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#92: Phone Etiquette and Professional Conversations
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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#91: "Helpisode" Talking “Teeth” with Mary Otto
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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#90: Risk Management
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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#89: Dental State Practice Acts
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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#88: The Elements of Good Instruction
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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#87 Clinical Notes: AETN and SOAP framework
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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#86: What do I Want to do with my life? A Career in Dental?
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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#84: The Doctor / RDH Exam
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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#83: The Business of Dental Hygiene Part 2
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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#82 Self Reflection is the Key to Growth
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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#81: The Business of Dental Hygiene Part 1
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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#80: Health Literacy for Dental Providers
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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#79: Preventive Strategy considerations for the Dental Hygienist
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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#78: Dental Ethics: Beliefs and Attitudes
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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#77: Dental Insurance 101 - The Basics
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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#76: The Histology of Enamel Formation
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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#75: Are you ready for your Midterm exams? Helpful tips to get you prepared.
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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#74: Core Principles of the Modified Pen Grasp
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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#73: Active Eruption and Passive Eruption
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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#72: Mindset Shift: The Choice of Positive Self Talk
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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#71: "Helpisode" Clinical Excellence: The road is bumpy - Part 2
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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#70: "Helpisode" Clinical Excellence: Communicating with Compassion Part 1
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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#69: HIPAA - The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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#68: How does Fluoride work?
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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#67: The History of Fluoride - How did we get here?
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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#66: Special Needs Population: Pregnancy
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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#65: Providing Culturally Competent Care
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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#64: OPEN - The Oral Health Progress and Equity Network.
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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#63: IPC / IPE Inter-Professional Collaboration - Inter-Professional Experience
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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#62: ADPIED: The Handy Acronym for healthcare
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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#61: Ergonomics for the Dental Professional
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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#60: Infection Control Basics
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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#59: Motivational Interviewing for the Dental Hygienist
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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#58: Patient Assessment and Local Anesthesia Use
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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#57: Pain Management: The Basic Principles
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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#56: Host Response and Oral Disease
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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#55: Oral Health - Public health and delivery systems in the US
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May 26, 2022 |
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#54: Dental Biofilm and Microbiology
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May 19, 2022 |
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#53:Student Interview with Me - Billie Lunt
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May 05, 2022 |
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#52: Lymphatic System of the Head and neck region
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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#51: Cranial Nerve VII, IX and XII. The Facial, Glossopharyngeal, and Hypoglossal nerves
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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#50: Cranial Nerve V- The Trigeminal nerve
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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#48: TMJ Anatomy and Function
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#47: Interview and Resume Process
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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#46: Arterial Blood Supply to the Head and Neck
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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#45: Medical Emergencies for the Dental Hygienist with Lisa Centrella RDH MPH
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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#44: Manikin Exam (MTCE) compared to Live Patient Exam (PTCE) Clinical component of (ADEX)
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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#43: Osteology - Cranial and Facial Bones
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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#42: Pharmacology - The Clinical Basics Reviewed.
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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#41: Muscles of the Face and Neck Part 2
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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#40 Muscles of Facial Expression and Mastication
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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#39: Ethical Theory and The Code of Ethics for the RDH
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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#38: Xerostomia: Information you need to know about dry mouth
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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#36: Prenatal Development of the Face
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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#35: Three Periods of Prenatal Development
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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#34: Time Management for the RDH
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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#33:Tooth Brushing Instruction and Patient Education
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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#32: End of Semester Recharge and Reboot
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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#31: Oral Pathology - Documentation
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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#30: Occlusion- Documentation
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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#29: Tooth Morphology Whole Dentition Review
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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#28: The Primary Dentition
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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#27: Dental Anomalies
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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#26: Occlusion and Malocclusion
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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#25: Tooth Morphology Mandibular Molars
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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#24: Tooth Morphology Maxillary Molars
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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#23: Charting Dentitions Primary, Mixed, and Permanent
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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#22: Oral health Promotion
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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#21: Extra/Intraoral Examination
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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#20 Tooth Morphology Premolars
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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#19 Class Traits Premolars
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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#18 Introduction of the Medical history
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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#17 Tooth Morphology - Canines
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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#16 Probe versus Ultrasonic Tip
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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#15: Patient/Operator Positioning
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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#14: Eruption Dates
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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#13: PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for the RDH
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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#12: Instrument Design Basic
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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#11: Dental Terminology
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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#10: Tooth Development and Eruption Process
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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#9: Tooth Morphology - Incisors
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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#8: Gingival Assessment
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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#7: The Periodontium
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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#6: Orofacial Structures
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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#5: Dentition Form and Function
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Jul 17, 2021 |
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#4: Tooth Designation Systems Universal, ISO, and Palmer
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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#3: You are on your way ~ The first weeks of Dental Hygiene School
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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#2: Getting Started in the Dental Hygiene Program
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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#1: Introduction - So, you want to be a Registered Dental Hygienist?
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Trailer: All things Dental Hygiene Students
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Jun 25, 2021 |