Diana Macri

A summary of the effects of socioeconomic status, showing all health care professionals the daunting task they have in tackling poverty.

The media's unsubstantiated coverage of medical and scientific issues could be dangerous to the general public's health.

Diana Macri, RDH, has sifted through a 44-page summary from the CDC to give you a handy checklist of what you should and shouldn't be doing in your dental practice

For a variety of reasons (including lack of motivation, dexterity and/or resources) many patients struggle with maintaining proper mechanical plaque removal regimens. To remedy these shortcomings, the American Dental Association (ADA) recommends that oral rinses be incorporated into daily oral hygiene practices.

Antimicrobial resistance is compromising our ability to treat infectious diseases, and fostering the rise of superbugs, bacteria that have become resistant to all known therapies. Antibiotic resistance refers specifically to bacteria’s resistance to antibiotics.

“The current generation of women dentists will be a bridge generation that deals with the many challenges of being pioneers in the way women practice dentistry.”

I recently co-authored a manuscript on patient compliance, discussing the different theories/methods that dental hygienists may use in order to motivate their patients to improve their oral hygiene behaviors. The first step to writing such a thing is to do a thorough review of the literature (articles written by experts) and get as much good, solid information from good, solid researchers who have devoted themselves to getting to the bottom of things.

In 2013, investigators on a routine inspection of an oral surgery practice in Tulsa, Okla., discovered numerous violations of health and safety laws and major violations of the state dental act.