The ODHA 2024 ProvinciaLINK September Update video, featuring important news and highlights about your provincial association, is now available.
In this edition, ODHA President Rozina Bhimji, RRDH, and Chief Executive Officer Marg Harrington, MHS, MHE, discuss a range of important topics, including:
Recent…
Adolescence is the period of rapid biological growth, changes, and social role transitions between childhood and adulthood. Accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date medical, dental, and social histories are necessary for proper diagnosis and effective treatment planning. The age and stage of adolescence (early,…
Gingivitis occurs in half of the population by age four or five and almost 100% at puberty. Periodontal examinations and risk assessments are important elements of comprehensive and periodic oral examinations of pediatric clients. Differentiating between normal physiological changes during growth and…
Background
Tongue thrust is a swallowing pattern in which an individual pushes their tongue against or between their teeth. Tongue thrust is the persistence of an infantile swallow pattern into late childhood, which may lead to breathing and speech difficulties, open bite, and protruded…