Tobacco Free! CD

Thanks to our program director, we just received a copy of a CD entilted "Tobacco Free! Curriculum." From Southern Illinois University, this CD provides dental/dental hygiene educators with a ready made, comprehensive tobacco control curriculum.

You can find it on our Multimedia table under the call number RC 657 .D18 2007

For more information, click here.

International Journal of Dental Hygiene - Novemeber 2007

Volume 5, Issue 4 of the International Journal of Dental Hygiene has been published. The librarian can download and print any of its articles for you. This issue contains articles on:

• Stress and periodontal disease
• The comparison of the effects of three types of piezoelectric ultrasonic tips and air polishing system on the filling materials: an in vitro study
• Effectiveness of periodontal therapies on the treatment of different aetiological factors induced gingival overgrowth in puberty
• Biofilm inhibition and antimicrobial activity of a dentifrice containing salivary substitutes
• The adjunctive use of a controlled-release chlorhexidine chip following treatment with a new ultrasonic device in supportive periodontal therapy: a prospective, controlled clinical study
• Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans adhesion to buccal epithelial cells by an aqueous extract of Thymus vulgaris
• Assessing the oral health of school-age children and the current school-based dental screening programme in Freiburg (Germany)
• Clinical efficacy of two toothbrushes with different bristles
• Oral and oropharyngeal cancer

Website for Dental resources when treating Disabled patients

The Southern Association for Institution Dentists is a website serving dental professionals in the southeastern United States. It has developed some very good content about how to care for patients who are mentally or physically disabled. They have set up a modules section, which has 14 guides that can be downloaded as PDF files. Topics include reviews of mental retardation, Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy, Clinical Concerns in the Provisions of Dental Care for Clients with Mental Retardation, Oral Manifestations in Genetic Syndromes with Mental Retardation, and Preventive Dentistry for Persons with Severe Disabilities.

They also have a Literature Review section that posts articles from academic sources. There are about 30 articles here, all on PDF, many of which would be very useful for your courses.

Resume Building Websites

Our 4th Semester Dental Hygiene class is working on resumes. Go to this website from the Pickering Public Library for several links to good information and tips about resumes.

Another website to check out is Microsoft Office Online, which provides free templates of resumes that you can download and then input your information, which will give it a nice, professional look.

The Library Survival Guide podcast

Here is a great new resource - the Library Survival Guide. From Emory University, this looks as if it is going to be a useful way to learn about how to find and use resources.

The first podcast is a discussion of peer-reviewed journals: what are they, how do you find them, why do you care? The second deals with Google Scholar: what it’s good for and what it’s not. Hopefully more episodes are on the way.

Fluoride Intake for Infants and Young Children

The American Dental Association has put out a statement about how much water with fluoride should be drunk by infants and young children. It says, in part:

Recent studies cited in the report of the National Research Council (NRC), “Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA’s Standards,” have raised the possibility that infants could receive a greater than optimal amount of fluoride through liquid concentrate or powdered baby formula that has been mixed with water containing fluoride during a time that their developing teeth may be susceptible to enamel fluorosis. The appropriate amount of fluoride is essential to prevent tooth decay. But fluoride intake above optimal amounts can create a risk for enamel fluorosis in teeth during their development before eruption through the gums.

To read the full statement, click here.

Health Canada and the Canadian Dental Association are not as concerned about this issue. For more information, here are two Globe and Mail articles from last month:

Health Canada downplays fluoride fears in infants

Critics raise red flag over fluoride in tap water