Dental hygiene is a double-edged sword. Your oral hygiene starts at home, you are your own personal hygienist, but then there is an elevated professional who will clean your teeth, manage your oral health and instruct you at each dental hygiene appointment at what could be better. Dental hygiene is a double-edged sword. Your oral hygiene starts at home, you …
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The importance of oral care during cancer treatment
I participated in a medical/dental mission trip in the remote mountain village of Jean Rabel, Haiti, in 2012. Before we left, the organizers requested that each member of the team read the book, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor … and Yourself, by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert. The premise of the book focuses on …
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