If a passion for achieving excellence in oral health care defines a good hygienist, then having a strong team behind you is the icing on the cake. Robiha Nazir reveals her recipe for success. A good hygienist is defined by the oral health his or her clientele receive. We are all excellent clinicians – thriving to do our best – but the crème de la crème are those dental professionals who carry this passion throughout the day, every day, in their approach to achieving their end goals for patients. However, without my team, I’d find it very hard to deliver the high standard of care I provide and, therefore, co-ordination and teamwork is top of the list in helping this happen. Positive encouragement Since the introduction
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Loss of Chewing Ability May Be Linked to Dementia
Researchers from the Department of Dental Medicine and the Aging Research Center (ARC) at Karolinska Institutet and from Karlstad University in Sweden suggest that the loss of chewing ability may be linked to cognitive decline and a higher risk of dementia.Dementia is a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging. It is not considered a single disease, but rather a set of signs and symptoms, in which affected areas of cognition may be memory, attention, language, and problem solving.The study randomly selected a nationwide sample of 577 participants aged 77 or older to investigate tooth loss, chewing ability and cognitive function. Results showed that individuals that experienced more difficulty chewing hard foods were more at