024 Your Dental Top 5 with Amanda Hill

This week on your Dental Top 5 Podcast your host Amanda Hill talks with Tiffany Harrison, RDH about the Top 5 reasons we should be taking blood pressure readings in our office! 

 

Episode Highlights

 

• Standard of Practice 
• Local Anesthesia 
• Anxiety
• Gold Key - Periodontal Disease and the link to Cardiovascular Disease
• We can save lives

Quotes

 

“There are so many opportunities in the dental office to stop a disease that is taking over”

 

“With high blood pressure there isn’t any warning signs until you have an event, and then it’s too late” 

 

“If a patient is asking for sedation, changes are they have anxiety” 

 

“Patients who have white coat syndrome are at a higher risk of developing white coat syndrome” 

 

“Our golden key is that Periodontal Disease is linked to Cardiovascular Disease”

 

“If you save someone's life…that huge... if you save someones tooth… that’s great” 

 

“You are here for your preventative appointment, not your cleaning” 

 

“If it’s just a cleaning you can do it, because I don’t feel comfortable” 

 

“The patient came back, shook my hand, and thanked me for saving his life… he told me he want to the doctor after his appointment, and had 6 stints placed” 

Links

Tiffany’s Email: tiffanyharrisonrdh@gmail.com 

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/

The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429

Amanda’s email:

amandahillrdh@gmail.com

Resources 

• American Heart Association: Heart.ORG 
• • Clinician Resources 
  • Patient Resources 
  • Dashboard for patients to keep track of their BP 
  • • http://www.professional.heart.org/idc/groups/ahamah-public/@wcm/@sop/@smd/documents/downloadable/ucm_497446.pdf
• ADHA.ORG 
• • Standards for Clinical Dental Hygiene Practice revised in 2016
  • https://www.adha.org/resources-docs/2016-Revised-Standards-for-Clinical-Dental-Hygiene-Practice.pdf
• ADA.ORG 
• • http://www.ada.org/~/media/ADA/Advocacy/Files/anesthesia_use_guidelines.pdf?la=en
• American Society of anesthesiologists 
• • https://www.asahq.org/standards-and-guidelines/asa-physical-status-classification-system
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease 
• • https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/kidney-disease/high-blood-pressure
• Innovative Myo Therapy- Chris Zombek, BSDH, COM 
• • https://www.innovativemyo.com/
• Facial Function Orafacial Myofunction – Cheryl Shafer, RDH, BS, COM  
• • http://facialfunction.com/54-2/