by Nicole Bolinger | Feb 20, 2024 | Community, Diabetes, Direct Access Dental Hygienist, Member Spotlight, Nutrition, Older Persons, Oral Health, Oral Systemic Link
One of the perks of being a member of RDHAP Connect is being featured in a member spotlight on our website and social media pages. Today we’re spotlighting Ruth Reich Chandler, RDHAP. My name is Ruth and have been a proud hygienist for nearly 42 years. I graduated...
by Nicole Bolinger | Oct 27, 2023 | Children, Community, Direct Access Dental Hygienist, Marketing your Practice, Oral Systemic Link, Schools
One of the perks of being a member of RDHAP Connect is being featured in a member spotlight on our website and social media pages. Today we’re spotlighting Colette Fontaine, RDHAP. Below is an interview with herself and Elly Franciso, creator of RDHAP Connect. Listen...
by Nicole Bolinger | Oct 2, 2023 | Community, Hospital care, Oral Systemic Link
Why does California need a Rural Health Association? Fun fact: more than 60% of the land in California is rural. Amazingly, although approximately 87% of Californians live in urban areas, still over 3 million people live in rural areas.* Why should this affect us?...
by Nicole Bolinger | Jun 26, 2023 | Diabetes, General wellbeing, Older Persons, Oral Health, Oral Systemic Link
Recent research has found a relationship between bacteria in patients with uncontrolled gum disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Interestingly, both Oral Health Month and National Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month are in June. June is National Oral Health Month. Oral...
by Nicole Bolinger | May 4, 2023 | General wellbeing, Oral Systemic Link
Self-care does not always have to be time-consuming or require a lot of resources. It can be about the small ways you tune in and listen to your body. The idea is to incorporate self-care where it fits instead of forcing it and making it another task. Any small...
by Nicole Bolinger | Feb 6, 2023 | Community, Oral Systemic Link
I just read an article in a dental journal about taking accurate blood pressure. Students have been learning how to take blood pressure in dental and dental hygiene programs for years now. The article I read discusses the inaccuracies in the way we screen for blood...
