ODHA News
FOCUS 2025 January issue released
We’re excited to share the 2025 January issue of FOCUS, your exclusive member publication filled with valuable updates, research insights, and professional development opportunities.
What’s inside this issue?
President’s message – A look back at ODHA’s growth, advocacy, and collaboration in 2024, including efforts…
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Oral Health
Systemic factors affecting periodontitis and periodontal therapy
Key messages:
Oral health practitioners should be aware of the systemic factors that impact periodontitis and its treatment.
Taking a comprehensive client medical and dental history, including current and past medications, is essential to determine the prognosis and outcomes of periodontal…
Periodontal instrumentation
Introduction
Effectively treating and managing periodontal disease is essential for successful treatment planning. The European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) published a clinical practice guideline containing evidence-based recommendations for treating stages I-III of periodontitis. Nonsurgical instrumentation is a critical aspect of successfully implementing these…
Stage I-III periodontitis clinical practice guideline
Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease resulting from a dysregulated host inflammatory response to dysbiotic dental plaque biofilm. It is characterized by progressive destruction of the periodontium, with the primary features of clinical attachment loss (CAL), radiographically assessed alveolar bone loss, periodontal…
Severe odontogenic infections in clients with mental health disorders
Key messages:
Oral health professionals will encounter clients with mental health disorders due to the increasing prevalence.
Early identification and effective treatment of odontogenic infections are essential for individuals with mental health disorders.
Increasing knowledge of mental health disorders can…
Eating Disorders – The role of dental hygienists
Eating disorders are serious, life-threatening mental illnesses, predominately affecting females and often emerging during early adolescence. The etiology of eating disorders is complex, involving biological, psychological, and social issues, genetic predispositions, and, in some cases, a consequence of childhood sexual abuse.
In Canada,…
Oral lichen planus and lichenoid lesions
Key messages:
Clients may exhibit both intraoral and extraoral manifestations of lichen planus. Those with multisite involvement require multidisciplinary management.
Refer any suspected cases of oral lichen planus or oral lichenoid lesion to a specialist unless competent to manage the condition…
Comparing water flosser and dental floss effectiveness
Key messages:
Water flossers may be more effective in plaque removal than dental floss, especially from inaccessible interproximal areas.
Clients with dental prostheses, undergoing orthodontic treatment, or with limited manual dexterity may find water flossers helpful.
Deterrents to water flosser…
Diseases
Oral lichen planus and lichenoid lesions
Key messages:
Clients may exhibit both intraoral and extraoral manifestations of lichen planus. Those with…
Biological aging mediates the association between periodontitis and cardiovascular disease
Key Messages:
Periodontitis is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and aging plays a mediating…
