The best time to start a lifetime of good oral health care habits is when a child is young.
The loss of a tooth is an important milestone of childhood. Parents and children are very aware of when a new tooth comes in, and when a tooth is lost.
New Legislation Permits Hygienists to Self-Initiate Scaling
Under previous legislation hygienists were permitted to perform scaling or root planing on dental patients only if a dentist issued an order for the procedure to be performed. New legislation that came into effect on September 1, 2007, now allows hygienists to perform scaling or root planing if a dentist issues an order to do so or on the hygienist?s own initiative but in this case only if there are no contraindications present (see the list below).
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