This term for my community externship I was situated at Broadway Pental Coastal Lodge long term care facility. This facility is a Christian based lodge and has three different floors of elderly living there. When I first started my rotations at the lodge I was extremely nervous and did not enjoy working with the residents. […]

I recently have been providing dental hygiene treatment to a client who has severe hypersensitivity. She also has a phobia of the dental office, especially of needles, but she is motivated to improve her oral health. This posed a huge problem for me because I couldn’t even probe her dentition without local anaesthetic. I thought […]

During our community rotations at The Orchard I found it apparent that the target population expressed anxiety towards dental care, even dental hygiene treatment. They also exhibited lack of knowledge of oral disease and the link between oral and systemic health. Building rapport with this population not only facilitated change with their perceptions of dental […]

I recently completed assessments on a client in the community that had a liver transplant seven years prior. I was unsure if this client needed antibiotic prophylaxis prior to invasive dental hygiene treatment. I therefore took the initiative to contact his family physician. After several phone calls back and forth with the receptionist I finally […]

I have been providing treatment to a client for two semesters, who we will refer to as Mr. Smith that has controlled hypertension. His readings are consistently between 130-150 for systolic pressure and 80-90 for diastolic pressure. I spoke with his family physician and she assured me that Mr. Smith sees her on a regular […]