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Amanda Ellis is the dental intern with Advanstar’s Dental Products Report. She is a pre-dental student studying biochemistry at John Carroll University. She is president of John Carroll’s Pre-Dental Society, a member of the American Student Dental Association, and is involved with the Jefferson J. Jones, DMD, Health Legacy of Cleveland Pre-Dental Mentoring Program. She can be reached by email at aellis@advanstar.com.

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 DPR sat down with Dr. Jan Bellows, a board certified veterinary dentist and president of the American Veterinary Dental College, to discuss veterinary dentistry, and what that can mean for man's best friend.

Oral health in man's best friend

 Sixty-three percent of Hispanic adults in the United States has periodontitis, an advanced form of periodontal disease. This finding comes from an updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study published in the Journal of Periodontology.

New study finds periodontal disease most prevalent among ethnic minorities

  The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) will host its annual spring conference at the Hilton Chicago on May 2-3, 2015. 

American Academy of Periodontology to host spring conference in Chicago

Patti DiGangi, RDH, BS, believes dentistry is no longer just about fixing teeth. Dentistry is oral medÂ­icine. Her work helps dental professionals embrace the opportunities and understand the metrics that accurate insurance coding provides. The ADA recognized her expertise by inviting her to write a chapter in its CDT 2017 Companion book and again for its CDT 2018 Companion. She is the author of the DentalCodeology series of easy-to-read, bite-size books. Her latest book, "Teledentistry: Pathway to Pathology" was co-written with Cindy Purdy, RDH, BS. She can be reached at patti@dentalcodeology.com.

 Millennials are more conscious than ever of how food affects their health.

What Modern Millennial Hygienists need to know about allergies

For the last several years, I have been fortunate to work with many of the top dental practices in the country. As I review their vital statistics and study procedures done, I am often alarmed at how often we struggle to provide periodontal services.

3 Steps to Increasing Acceptance for Periodontal Services

 Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland have found a critical reason to treat periodontal disease as soon as possible.

Researchers find byproducts of bacteria in gum disease activate HIV in dormant T-cells

 Southland Benefit Solutions has announced coverage, effectively immediately, for a periodontal medicament carrier, an innovative tool used to deliver medication below the gums. Southland is the first carrier to announce the coverage decision. 

Southland Benefit Solutions announces coverage for D5994

"The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage" - Mark Russell

Thoughts from Anastasia Turchetta: The other side of the fierce debate on perio charting

While coaching dental hygiene teams across the country, one of the biggest opportunities we see is with the use of D4342. Here are a few tips for using this code in your practice, and how it relates to D4341. 1. Set your fee for D4342 at 75% of the full quad fee. It's not unusual to see practices set their D4342 fee at 40-50% of the D4341 fee.

3 things to consider about dental codes D4341 and D4342

Millennials balk at doing things the way we’ve always done it because they want freedom of choice in everything. They may not balk at the assignment itself but instead may challenge the methodology. A Modern Millennial Hygienist questions the same old way of charting and diagnosing periodontal disease. A Modern Millennial Hygienist knows that symptoms-disease-dysfunction does not make sense with science.

Periodontics