CRIME She pulled teeth, provided fillings, but wasn’t a dentist and is headed to prison Cherie R. Dillon, 62, will spend five years in prison for completing dental procedures that legally could only be performed by a dentist. Dillon drilled and pulled teeth, provided patients at her Payette office with fillings and dentures, and offered […]
Putrid breath lands man in ER, doc discovers stone under tongue
The Toronto-area man had been experiencing mouth pain for about a week before the smell began. After arriving at his local emergency room, nurses suspected he had some kind of oral abscess and asked ER physician Dr. Raj Waghmare to take a look. Waghmare asked to look under the man’s tongue and noticed what looked […]
Best states to be a dental hygienist
We should explain how we came up with the rankings. But this is the boring part. Feel free to skip down to the rankings. We would, if we didn’t have to write the following explanation. Ease in rendering preventive care his is not referring to operatory equipment or commitment of employers (although that would be […]
Yoga is a dental hygiene lifestyle you can take to work
By Dorothy Garlough, RDH, MPA Yoga has been a regular practice in my life for 40 years. In the early days, there were no studios, classes, or retreats. It hadn’t become popular yet, and some of my colleagues considered me “way out there.” Why would I want to contort my body, focus on my breath, […]
10 signs you desperately need a vacation from work
We’re all terrible at taking vacations. A recent Glassdoor report found that, on average, Americans don’t use half of their vacation time or paid time off. And once we’re actually on vacation, we have trouble kicking back and relaxing. According to the same Glassdoor report, 66% of Americans say that they work during their vacations […]