The Perio Hygienist Podcast

Discussing the 2/22/2022 letter to the CDC by eight Industrial Hygienists.  The 27 page letter.

I'm glad to see things opening up and I am ready to get out and visit many of you. In this episode I talk about A Tooth Has Four Parts origins and other tidbits about my career. 

I've started a new project. https://thestillpoint.substack.com/about

Infection control has not been the issue for a long time now. It's time for healthcare professionals to lead in this area.

Dr. Young talks about ways to remain calm in the storm of insults and anger from others, especially in the work environment.  

Under all of your academic and clinical training there is something else, something deeper I am calling your philosophy. Are you in touch with it? How might this affect patient care?

The title says it pretty well.

What is the message behind wearing masks in public, especially if you are a healthcare worker?

This is the best technical explanation of how this virus works as well as how vaccinations work. I have produced this in order to enable people to listen to the explanation rather than attempt to read it if they are not familiar with the scientific jargon.  Important information. I hope you listen and pass it on, especially to those you know in healthcare.  https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/damn-...

I just learned through an email notification by the American Dental Association that the U.S. Congress has advanced a budget resolution which includes a provision to expand the Medicare program to include dental benefits.  https://www.ada.org/~/media/ADA/Advocacy/Files/FAQ_medicare_dentalbenefit.pdf https://www.ada.org/en/advocacy/get involved/legislative - action - center      

There are two types of leaders just as there are two types of healthcare systems.  Does wearing face masks stop or reduce the spread of viral infections -- and what does this have to do with leadership?

My eight tips cover the following topics. 1. How to remove hard calculus. 2. How sharp do hand instruments need to be. 3. How many hand instruments do you need to perform scaling and root planing. 4. Lip and cheek retraction. 5. Local anesthesia. 6. Suturing. 7. Marketing. 8. Conflict management and recovery.

There is a lot of bad news out there. We are swimming in it. And if you just step back a little and study it, I think you will agree with me that some of it is gaslighting. Three famous psychology studies: https://www.verywellmind.com/the-asch-conformity-experiments-2794996 https://www.verywellmind.com/the-milgram-obedience-experiment-2795243 https://www.verywellmind.com/the-stanford-prison-experi...

In the July edition of the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) there is an article of the same title.  My interest in discussing this article has to do with whether or not we should be doing rapid COVID-19 testing in our dental offices. If so, what should we expect will be the benefit to our patients?  Here are the links to two articles discussed. Both are written by the same three a...

So now, for the next few minutes, permit me to give you my take on what interdisciplinary treatment planning is – and why it is critical for dentists, especially the newly graduated. It is my biggest tool to tackling complexity in dentistry and reducing risk.

Recently, a patient came to me referred by an excellent comprehensive dentist friend to evaluate a problem with a loose crown/abutment over a dental implant. The implant was placed 7-10 years ago by another dentist entirely. According to the patient, about two years ago or so, the crown became loose... Let's talk about three general ways dental implants can fail. 

Thoughts and opinions of one periodontist. Soft tooth brush recommendation. Current concerns about the military culture discussed and a reading of Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. 

If I can help you provide the supportive periodontal care within the patient's home dental office, then many of them can stop the alternating process between the two offices – which enables me to do more of what I have been trained to do – active therapy procedures. This enables me to be to the referring office like an endodontist – who performs specific procedures and then sends the patient back.

Everyone in dentistry should be well acquainted with how fear operates because we see it in the eyes and actions of patient's everyday. We should also understand fear at a more personal level. People who say they are not ever afraid are simply in denial. So, what can we do to help us manage fear – both in ourselves and then in others? I'm glad you asked.

Thoughts of one periodontist.

An important commentary has just been published in the Journal of Periodontology by authors Cobb and Sottosanti that discussed how scaling and root planing effects root structure, calculus and periodontal disease. If you perform this procedure this is a very good article to read -- and here, I read it to you -- with a few comments along the way. 

Thoughts of one periodontist. Take what you like and leave the rest.

The thoughts of one periodontist. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/sociopathy

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Just checking in and sharing a few thoughts about things important to us all at the moment.