Change is Constant
April 1, 2023
Volume 0, Issue 0, April 2023
Page(s): p. 2
Healthcare as a whole is always evolving. Technology, science, economics, and more continue to change the way patients are treated, and dental hygiene is no exception. The profession looks different today than it did 20 years ago, and it will look different 20 years from now. How many dental hygienists were practicing laser bacterial reduction around the turn of the century? How many were monitoring links between diabetes and periodontal disease?
On that note, April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month, so we encourage you to browse both insidedentalhygiene.com and idh.cdeworld.com for recently published articles about screening and prevention from IDH and our sister publications, including our May 2020 cover story, "Screening for Oral Cancer," and our June 2022 CE article, "Diagnosing and Surviving Oral Cancer." We pledge to continue bringing you the most up-to-date information as the technology and science involved with oral cancer screening and prevention continues to advance.
As always, we thank you for your dedication to dental hygiene and for trusting IDH as the complete information resource for the profession, supporting dental hygienists' commitment to optimal care, continuing education, regulatory compliance, positive career choices, and a healthy lifestyle.
India R. Chance,BSDH, RDH, CDIPC
Maria L. Geisinger, DDS
Lory Laughter, RDH, MS
Ashley Leavitt, RDH
Sherri Lukes, RDH, MS, FAADH
Jill Meyer-Lippert, RDH
Tricia Osuna, RDH, BSDH, FAADH
Stephanie Pajot, RDH
Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH
Joy D. Void-Holmes, RDH, BSDH, DHSC
