Purpose: Dental hygienists report a lack of confidence in initiating Tobacco Dependence
Counseling (TDC) with their patients who smoke. The purpose of this study was to determine if …

Effects of Standardized Patient Training on Dental Hygiene Students' Confidence in Delivering
Tobacco Cessation Counseling Effects of Standardized Patient Training on Dental Hygiene …

The study objective was to compare levels of gingival crevicular fluid (GCF), MCP-1 and
RANTES in peri-partum women with periodontal disease to healthy controls. This is secondary …

The objectives of this study are to:(1) identify Medicaid programs with initiatives in which non-dental
primary care health clinicians provide preventive dental services for children; and (2) …

A grand total of degrees conferred during the 2001-2002 academic year is a record-breaking
2689. A total of 1451 stu dents (1045 undergraduate and 406 graduate and professional) …

Notice: All election information in this issue refers to individuals who have applied to run for
office. Nominations have not taken place, therefore, their candidacyhas not been confirmed …

A New York Times Notable Book that “casts a searing eye on the labyrinth that is the American
foster care system”(NPR’s On Point). Who are the children of foster care? What, as a …

This Piece proposes a rather unremarkable concept: that juvenile court judges can safely
reduce the number of children entering foster care by faithfully and rigorously applying the law. …

Continued from page 1 white students in the House of Delegates or in any of the branches
of government.” Mary Morgan, director of communi-cations for the TBR, said the chancellor's …

The Journal of Dental Hygiene is the refereed, scientific publication of the American Dental
Hygienists’ Association. It promotes the publication of original research related to the …