Tija Hunter, CDA, EFDA, CDIA, FADAA

I’d love to introduce you to The Orbiter®! It is the first curing light eyeshield of its kind and stands apart from the rest for some amazing reasons! It rotates freely 360 degrees, which allows the clinician to adjust the filter into position "on the fly" while curing. It is also self-uprights, which brings the filter into your line of sight for most positions. These unique features make the curing process very efficient and saves time during the day.

Are you using SonicFill from Kerr Dental in your practice? Dental assistant extraordinaire Tija Hunter has some advice for you...

Being a professional and acting as such is timeless. The way we talk, how we speak, what we wear, how we conduct our social media pages… it’s all about looking and acting professional.

Being a professional and acting as such is timeless. The way we talk, how we speak, what we wear, how we conduct our social media pages… it’s all about looking and acting professional.

The author says a dental assistant needs to ask if this is something truly that needs to be addressed. If so, then it’s his or her duty to see it through.

Dental assistants not only need more education, but often need to pass that education on to other team members who simply don't get the right way to do things.

Dental assistants not only need more education, but often need to pass that education on to other team members who simply don't get the right way to do things.

Dear Doctor, We are dental assistants, and we thought you’d want to know who we are.

One DPR Editorial Advisory Board member shares some highlights from the recent CEREC 30, including the launch of new Sirona treatment centers

Nitrous oxide has been used in the dental setting for well more than 100 years, and it is commonplace in the dental office of today. States differ on what involvement the dental assistant will have in utilizing nitrous oxide.

With CAD/CAM growing more and more each day, there is a shortage of trained dental assistants that can image, design, stain, glaze and take care of this very expensive machinery.

The festivities opened with some of Sirona’s big chiefs and top educators. The company announced the new clinical director of Sirona Dental will be Dr. Mike DiTolla.

This profession is all about building great relationships … the relationship between the patient and the doctor, the patient and the front desk team, the hygiene team, and the assisting team …

I am a social media stalker. I love to keep up with friends and colleagues on Facebook, visit different group pages, and see what dental assistants are talking about. What is it that makes us tick? What are the issues that concern us most?

Whether or not to use Glutaraldehyde has been a hot debate on many message boards recently. And, I must admit, I thought OSHA and the CDC outlawed Glutaraldehyde, but the truth is they have only (highly) recommended that we no longer use it. Will it be “outlawed” sometime in the future? I truly believe so and here’s why:

When I became a dental assistant over 33 years ago, I never imagined that one day I would love teaching as much as I do.