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Dental Hygiene

SPC Dental Hygiene Program offers local anesthesia training for dental hygienists

Dental hygienist administering local anesthesia
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Anyone who has visited a dental office can appreciate the need to manage pain for certain procedures. Since 1971, dental hygienists in some states were allowed to administer local anesthesia (LA) to aid in pain control of dental procedures including scaling and root planing. Over the years many states followed suit and changed their practice acts … Continue reading SPC Dental Hygiene Program offers local anesthesia training for dental hygienists →

SPC graduate authors article on Alzheimer’s disease relating to diabetes

Healthy brain and brain with severe AD
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The author of this article is a proud graduate of St. Petersburg College’s Bachelor of Applied Science in Dental Hygiene (BASDH) program, Barbara Hammaker, CRDH, BASDH, MHS. After graduating from our program, Barbara pursued further studies and attained her Master of Health Science degree from Nova Southeastern University. She has over 34 years of private practice experience … Continue reading SPC graduate authors article on Alzheimer’s disease relating to diabetes →