Highlights of this Issue
* FAQs for COVID-19 Return to Work Guidelines for Dental Hygienists
* CRDHA Launches Facebook Page and Private Group
* Dental Hygiene Students Adapt Presentations to Socially-Distanced Reality
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FAQs
for COVID-19 Return to Work Guidelines for Dental Hygienists
Released by CRDHA effective May 19, 2020
The CRDHA has received a high volume of emails and phone calls over the past week regarding the
Return to Work Guidelines for Dental Hygienists
. If you contacted the CRDHA recently, we thank you for your patience as the volume has slowed our ability to respond.
We noticed that certain topics regarding how to implement these guidelines into clinical practice appeared more frequently. To address these concerns on a larger scale, the CRDHA created an FAQ document, with references, for registrants to refer to.
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CRDHA Launches Facebook Page and a Private Group
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The CRDHA will still provide important information regarding regulatory and legislative issues by email, digital newsletter and on our website, so your participation is strictly voluntary. You will not miss any communication from the CRDHA if you choose not to participate.
Regrettably, we are not able to answer comments or questions on Facebook. Please continue to call or email us directly with your questions.
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CRDHA Facebook Page
We invite you to “Like” and “Follow” this
page
.
This page will be integrated with our new website, which will be launched in the weeks to come. Watch for details about our new website in your inbox as we get closer to launch.
Content posted on this page will be suitable for the general public and will also be shareable.
Click on the images to link to the CRDHA Facebook Page and/or the CRDHA Private Group
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Facebook Private Group
This CRDHA moderated
group
is for registrants on the general register.
Prior to group admittance, you are asked to read and agree to the
group rules,
answer the questions, and provide your registration number.
If your application is/was declined, it may be due to not answering all the questions and agreeing to the rules. If so, please submit another application.
The CRDHA created this group in order to provide accurate and credible information for discussion purposes among registrants.
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Dental Hygiene Students Adapt Presentations
to Socially-Distanced Reality
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Fourth-year U of A Dental Hygiene students persevere with oral health awareness campaigns despite last-minute changes due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Early in the term, fourth-year dental hygiene student groups brainstormed ways to reach out to the community in preparation for National Dental Hygienists Week (NDHW) — an event celebrated annually across Canada in early April as part of Oral Health Month. Students contacted a variety of community organizations, including long-term care facilities, schools, and the Cross Cancer Institute. They wanted to help raise awareness about oral health and increase access to dental-hygiene education activities.
However, the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to adjust their plans at the last minute. This adjustment to the delivery allowed for connection and oral health education despite the COVID-19 crisis. At a time when preventive oral health services are not available to the general population, prevention is crucial.
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Can you guess what this is?
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This image, credited to Steven Wilbert and Gary Borisy, The Forsyth Institute, used multiplexed fluorescence spectral imaging to investigate the organization of the tongue microbiome.
In the image, each color represents a different type of bacterium. Human tongue tissue (gray) forms a central core from which the microbial community grows outward, as indicated by the clusters and stripes.
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Of the bacterial types shown to be prevalent on the human tongue, three of note—Actinomyces (red), Rothia (cyan), and Streptococcus (green)—were present in all 21 participants in the study. The prominence of these three groups suggests they may be important to maintaining oral and overall health. For example, Actinomyces and Rothia on the tongue are thought to help convert naturally occurring chemical compounds found in certain foods—called nitrates—into forms the body can use for basic functions.
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Please stay safe and be kind to each other
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