Educating patients about their health care and how they are instrumental to the final outcome is difficult. Creating…
At MEND Poverty Clinic, I was surprised by how many patients do not realize that their bad habits can cause a permanent condition like periodontal disease. Lack of awareness of oral health has affected the health of my people in this community. After treating many unfortunate patients, such as a seventeen-year-old patient that needed extractions and only had few teeth left, an implant program was implemented which I am in charge with Dr. Robert Hale in order to improve the life of many…
As a dental hygienist, Jenny performs oral health care assessments, removes plaque and calculus buildups, and educates patients on preventative care to ensure healthy teeth and strong gums. When asked what she enjoys most about working at Dental Clinic of Onalaska, Jenny says it's the "camaraderie and teamwork amongst the staff". She also mentions that learning about her…
SDAB represents the UMD Chapter for the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation’s (NCOHF) Students United for America’s Toothfairy program. Through this organization, I visit elementary and middle schools in the College Park and Washington D.C. area and teach young children the proper way to brush their teeth and how important oral hygiene is to their health. Just recently, I organized a drive to collect dental supplies for the Boys and Girls Club of PG County as part of the NCOHF’s Smile Drive campaign. As a leader of this organization, I’ve served as a mentor to other pre-dental students and created innovative projects and initiatives to foster participation in activities. Just this year alone, my co-president and I increased the member count from 15 to over…
improve the quality of care. Patient education is to alter and improve behavior and health…
In spite of exceptional improvements in the oral health of the people in the United States, not everyone in the nation has benefitted equally. Grant funds provide opportunities and resources that can be used to support studies that provide a better understanding of health disparities, it can also be used to develop interventions targeted to underserved and explore approaches that can make a change in the existing oral health disparity. A successful grant application occurs in stages and involves the coordination of several activities. Planning the strategy, preparing the elements of the grant application, identifying the potential partners to work are the major steps in a grant application process. Identifying the approach for the grant application…
“The Glass Castle” by Jeanette Walls is an extremely intriguing novel that really kept my attention throughout the whole story. The Walls family is definitely one that is unlike any I’ve ever come across, and the lessons that the children learned were ones that helped shaped their lives and made them who they are today. Jeanette obviously learned so much from her experience that she wrote a whole book about it, managing to hold the reader’s attention through all 281 pages. Jeanette Walls goes through many descriptions of situations that she faced that people normally should not face. For most of her childhood, she was traveling from place to place because her parents always thought that they would hit it big and never finding a steady job.…
Redman, B. (2007). The practice of patient education: A case study approach (10th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier.…
Exceptional dental hygiene care practice can assure that my patients are able to preserve their smile for their lifetime. This is a commitment that involves both the health care provider and the patient. As the dental hygienist, my personal commitment should be to strive for excellent patient care and commitment to continuing education which allows professionals to expand their foundations of knowledge and stay au courant on new developments in this rapidly changing field. My first job was at the age of 18 where I worked part-time as a dental assistant while attending college. At that time, I had recently moved to this country from Brazil and my academic and career objectives were very unsettled.…
Last week in class we read the Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. The book showed what's it’s like to overcome adversity at anytime even when times are bad Jeannette Walls overcame her father's alcoholism and her mother's psychoness. The family was also going through a financial crisis so with the weight of everything on her she had to get over so much for her to be able to succeed in her later life. Jeanette was a very strong and determined person and she didn’t allow herself to use the homelessness or her father’s alcohol problems but more as opportunities. She felt as if the hardships were making her who she was and it allowed her to become such a strong and humble person. I have had much adversity but this was the hardest for me. A couple…
Redman, B. K. (2007). The practice of patient education: A case study approach (10th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier.…
Other kinds of help are available, too. Dr. David Tesini, a dentist in Sudbury, Mass., recently released a new DVD of his D-termined program that teaches professionals how to familiarize an uncooperative child with a dental cleaning. The first DVD has long been used in some pediatric dental practices — including Dr. Luedemann-Lazar’s. Dr. Tesini said he developed the program, in part, because “very often, parents believe that their child is not ready to go to the dentist and has behavioral problems that the dental team won’t be able to manage.”…
Rankin, S.H., Stallings, K.D., & London, F. (2005). Patient education in health and illness (5th ed.).…
Collins,S.M. An Overview of health behavioural change theories and models: Interventions for the dental hygienist to improve client motivation and compliance. Can J Dent Hygiene 45 (2): 109-115. 3. To prepare…
The purpose of the study was to evaluate and validate the application of health promotion within the workplace. The following pages will focus on health and social care workers in promoting the oral health of individuals in their care. The study will also address policies relating to health promotion and public health.…