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From DA to DH ๐Ÿ˜

by Amberlee Nolet

My name is Amberlee Nolet (@hygienistjourney on Instagram), I am twenty-two years old and a recent graduate of the Durham College Dental Hygiene program in Oshawa Ontario, Canada. ๐Ÿ˜ In 2019, I also graduated from the Dental Assisting program at...

Practice, Patience, and Discipline

by Mark Sanders

Greetings! Iโ€™m Mark Sanders Jr I attended Pikes Peak Community College for my dental hygienist credentials. I am currently a dental hygiene graduate and a retired military veteran. I was fortunate to secure certification as a dental assistant before...

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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“ - be there and go for the win! Two free courses!!! One on Dec 13, and another on Dec 20!!! But if you want all 10 courses, recordings of recently-concluded sessions, worksheets, and answer sheets, >>> ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐•๐ˆ๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ค๐š๐ ๐ž!!! ๐Ÿ˜Ž Link in Bio
๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค โ€œ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ ๐ˆ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ?!โ€ Many times when students are preparing for the boards the biggest struggle they face is to take their knowledge from various subjects and apply it to each case study. There is so much information to review and understand and so little time, you might start to panic. We totally get it and donโ€™t want that to be you๐Ÿ˜ฑ, so donโ€™t worry! ๐Ÿ˜Ž This is exactly why weโ€™ve organized this FREE Online Course: ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ & ๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ โ— When? 12/13/22 at 4pm PST, 5pm MST, 6pm CST, 7pm EST โ— Where? Online via Zoom We are here to help you make sense of case studies and their questions so that you can crush your exam and become the RDH you deserve to be. ๐ŸŽ‰ There are ๐‹๐ˆ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐’๐๐Ž๐“๐’, so donโ€™t miss out! ๐‹๐ˆ๐๐Š ๐ˆ๐ ๐๐ˆ๐Ž @๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ก ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง: โ— How to read a case and analyze the information โ— How to pick apart details that often go unnoticed โ— How to read questions to determine what theyโ€™re asking for โ— How to look at answer choices and determine the BEST answer โ— How to pace yourself during case studies โ— Test strategies to employ during the case portion of the exam โ— Live Q&A session Are you ready? ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐€๐๐“: Remember that you donโ€™t need to have any StudentRDH course or package to attend this course. ๐‘๐„๐†๐ˆ๐’๐“๐„๐‘ ๐๐Ž๐–! ๐‹๐ˆ๐๐Š ๐ˆ๐ ๐๐ˆ๐Ž @๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ก And if you want to access ALL review sessions, donโ€™t wait any longer and join the VIP Package today! ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐‘๐ƒ๐‡ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘? The moment you sign up you get immediate ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฒ. ๐Ÿ‘ Want to pass the boards? Donโ€™t wait any longer, at ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐‘๐ƒ๐‡ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—% ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž, and weโ€™re here to support you until you PASS.
Do you tend to rush eating breakfast, or having breakfast while driving or commuting to school or work? Do you feel like you are always โ€œbehindโ€ and you rarely have time to breathe? ๐Ÿƒ ๐Ÿƒ ๐Ÿƒ If you said YES, you might benefit from trying a morning routine. Learn more about creating a morning routine, link in bio! #StudentRDH #SuccessAndNothingLess #DentalHygiene #DentalHygieneStudents #DentalHygieneSchool #DentalHygieneStars #DentalHygienist #DentalHygienistInTheMaking #FutureDentalHygienist #AlmostAnRDH #FutureRDH #RDHtobe #DentalCrygieneSchool
Wednesday Review Is here! ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿง Pharmacology| For the NBDHE + NDHCE Dental Hygiene Board Exams ๐Ÿ˜‡ Q: Which medication can cause gingival overgrowth? (A). Cyclosporine (B). Diuretic (C). Insulin (D). Metronidazole ๐Ÿง The image shows gingiva that has grown excessively. This is called gingival hyperplasia or gingival overgrowth. It is generally related to three types of drugs: โ€ข Cyclosporine (anti-organ rejection, e.g., Sandimmune) โ€ข Calcium channel blocker (anti-hypertension, e.g., nifedipine - Procardia) โ€ข Phenytoin (anti-seizure, e.g., Dilantin) ๐Ÿ˜Ž Among the answer choices, cyclosporine is on the list of medications that can cause gingival hyperplasia. Insulin does NOT necessarily affect the oral cavity, but patients who are diabetic may show delayed wound healing and are more susceptible to periodontal diseases. Metronidazole can cause black hairy tongue and a metallic taste. ๐Ÿง  Answer: (A). Cyclosporine ๐Ÿฆท ๐Ÿง The National Dental Hygiene Board Exams (NBDHE, NDHCE, and CSCE) love asking about pharmacology and common oral side effects of various medications. To add a bit more information to todayโ€™s lesson, letโ€™s quickly review drugs related to xerostomia: โœ… Anti-histamine drugs (e.g., Benadryl) โœ… Anti-depressant drugs (e.g., fluoxetine - Prozac) โœ… Anti-psychotic drugs (e.g., clozapine - Clozaril) โœ… Anti-anxiety drugs (e.g., diazepam - Valium) โœ… Anti-emetic drugs (e.g., AlkaSeltzer) โœ… Anti-Parkinsonโ€™s drugs (e.g., Levodopa) โœ… Anti-allergic drugs (e.g., loratadine - Claritin) โœ… Diuretic anti-hypertensive drugs (e.g., hydrochlorothiazide - HCTZ) ๐Ÿ˜Ž When it comes to the Dental Hygiene Board Exams (NBDHE, NDHCE, CSCE) and drugs that cause xerostomia, I imagine them creating some sort of โ€œcalmingโ€ effect to the body to make it โ€œnormalโ€ again. ๐Ÿง  Look at the list again โ€“ Benadryl (yes, it calms allergies), Prozac (yes, it calms the body to become more normal and not depressed), anti-psychotic (yes, they calm craziness), etc. I think you understand the concept here. ๐Ÿ™ #dentalhygieneschool #dentalhygienestudent #dentalhygienestudentlife
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