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Strategies for Success in the Dental Hygiene Program
A new semester began at CADH in October. It is thrilling to see the new students who are both excited and yet feel a little overwhelmed. This is no surprise. When we take on new challenges, it is easy to feel this way until you develop a sense of familiarity with the new surroundings and schedule. I tell students that others before them have been successful, all it requires it dedication and hard work. As
Operation Shoebox Mississauga-Round 3!
As CADH delves deeper into community efforts, for the third year in a row, the faculty, staff and students of CADH are launching wholeheartedly into ?Operation Shoebox mode? beginning in early November and what an ?operation? it is!! Weeks of collecting everything from mittens to socks to toiletries to chocolates culminates in the accumulation of enough lovely little things to fill numerous beautifully wrapped shoe boxes (73 last year!) all distributed throughout Mississauga area women’s
The Types of Tooth Fillings Every Dental Assistant Should Know
Most people are unaware of the wide range of dental filling options available when they visit the dentist. In fact, different types of fillings are better for different dental conditions. This is why dental professionals do not simply hand over a a�?filling menua�� and ask patients to take their pick. Dental assistants are responsible for mixing together the various materials needed to create fillings. Fillings are required to repair chips, cracks, and cavities in teeth.
Understanding the Meaning of School Spirit in Dental Hygiene Education
Here is a topic that cheers everyone up! SCHOOL SPIRIT!! Taken fromhttp://www.ehow.com/about_5050088_school-spirit.html, school spirit is an element in the everyday atmosphere of a school. It is something that can be of high or low energy, depending on multiple factors, guided by administration and faculty. School spirit also assists in strengthening the community bond within a community, like a school. The spirit at CADH has been recently charged up by the stellar national board examination results
Detecting Oral Cancer in its Early Stages: The Dental Assistant Guide
By the end of 2015, an estimated total of nearly 5,000 Canadian men and women will be diagnosed with oral cancer, and of those, approximately 1,200 cases will be fatal. Luckily, early detection is possible and likely for patients who visit the dentist’s office on a regular basis. While updating or obtaining new medical and dental histories, or by just chatting with patients while waiting for the dentist in the treatment room, dental assistants can
CADH Earns Top Scores on the National Dental Hygiene Board Exams…Again!
The Canadian Academy of Dental Health & Community Sciences (CADH) is very proud to announce the most recent results of the National Dental Hygiene Certification Board (NDHCB) exams. Announced today, CADH is proud to report an impressive91%success rate! The senior management of CADH could not be more proud of it’s students, exceptional directors, faculty, support staff and administration! The continual dedication of the employees of CADH keep this educational institution at the very “top tier”
Beating Bad Breath: 4 Major Causes and Treatments for Halitosis
Everyone worries about the freshness of their breath. And whether it is caused by morning breath, eating takeout food or drinking coffee and soda, it’s estimated that bad breath (or halitosis) affects one in every four people. One of the benefits of studying to become a dental hygienist is that you learn all the secrets to perfect oral health, including how to keep your breath smelling fresh all the time! If you are planning to
A Dental Assistant’s Guide to Helping Patients Overcome Dentist Anxiety
If youa��re considering a career as a certified dental assistant, you understand the importance of keeping smiles healthy. And caring for teeth is a lifelong process, involving both home care and dentist visits. However, booking regular appointments can inspire fear and worry in some people, even long after theya��ve lost their baby teeth. New research shows that about 50 per cent of Canadian adults suffer some degree of dental fear, with about 5 per cent
A Look at Academic Integrity During Dental Hygiene Training
I came across an interesting article ?Promoting Academic Integrity: Are We Doing Enough In it, the article provides perspectives on atopic that continually pervades and negatively impacts the academic world: plagiarism. The CADH student handbook describes plagiarism as ?using another individual’s work, in any form, and presenting it as one’s own without acknowledging the author of the original thought, idea, data, language, etc.? (CADH 2015, p. 22). As an educator and administrator for over 10
Dealing with Stress in School
As we near the end of the academic level, students are working towards meeting the requirements for the session. It is therefore not surprising that students may be experiencing some anxiety within these last few weeks. This anxiety can manifest as a physiological (sweating, inability to breathe), cognitive (lack of focus) and/or emotional (agitation, frustration) manner (Bledsoe and Baskin 2015). To help students deal with stress, Bledsoe and Baskin recommend the following (A�4): Educate yourself
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