M Suann Gaydos, R Constance Wiener, Susan Morgan, Elizabeth S Puette
{"title":"Motivational Interviewing and Case-Based Learning Approach Toward Tobacco Cessation Behavior Changes.","authors":"M Suann Gaydos, R Constance Wiener, Susan Morgan, Elizabeth S Puette","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health care professionals and health care students need effective skills to address the public health issue of tobacco use disorder. An accredited tobacco treatment specialist (TTS) program that includes case-based motivational interviewing (MI) instruction and role-playing with case-based tobacco scenarios, provides an opportunity to obtain or improve tobacco cessation skills. It is important for health care students to develop competency in MI as part of the evidence-based strategies used to assist individuals with tobacco cessation. The purpose of this short report was to evaluate the effectiveness of case-based teaching of MI concepts and assess health care students' ability to apply these techniques during tobacco cessation scenarios. Ten percent of the TTS program's certification examination consisted of case-based questions in MI skills developed by a team of experts. A total of 156 West Virginia University Health Sciences Center students (including dental and dental hygiene students) were examined. The mean overall correct response for MI case-based questions score was 89.0% (SD, 0.29). With an 80% competency score, this assessment of tobacco cessation case-based learning questions displayed proficient application of MI and case-based learning was considered a valuable method to teach a complex skill.</p>","PeriodicalId":52471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists'' Association","volume":"99 3","pages":"59-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144295374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Power of Human Interactions.","authors":"Catherine K Draper","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists'' Association","volume":"99 3","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144295287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Denise C McKinney, Melissa L Sullivan, Futun Alkhalifah
{"title":"The Use of Motivational Interviewing in Preventing Dental Caries Among Young Children.","authors":"Denise C McKinney, Melissa L Sullivan, Futun Alkhalifah","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dental caries is a complex, preventable disease that remains a global health burden. The burden of this disease has been shown to impact young children before the age of 6 years. Discussing dental caries prevention with the mother/caregiver(s) prior to childbirth is an ideal time to influence positive oral health behaviors. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a person-centered, goal-oriented, collaborative communication style that has been used to help individuals modify behaviors. The interrelated principles of partnership, acceptance, compassion, and evocation underpin the MI approach while utilizing communication skills such as asking open-ended questions, affirmation, reflective listening, and summarizing (OARS) to engage with the individual. Motivational interviewing is an evidence-based communication approach used to assist individuals in modifying behaviors related to health, mental health, nutrition, substance use, and oral health. The integration of MI has shown promise when communicating with mothers/caregiver(s) about dental caries prevention among young children. The purpose of this short report is to describe the MI approach and its use in dental caries prevention for young children.</p>","PeriodicalId":52471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists'' Association","volume":"99 3","pages":"65-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144295288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heather Anderson, Danielle Rulli, Julie D Sutton, Nicole Theis-Mahon, Michelle C Arnett
{"title":"A Narrative Review of the Utilization of Motivational Interviewing for Nutritional Counseling in Dentistry.","authors":"Heather Anderson, Danielle Rulli, Julie D Sutton, Nicole Theis-Mahon, Michelle C Arnett","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose</b> The purpose of this narrative review was to explore how motivational interviewing (MI) and brief MI are utilized for nutritional counseling in oral health care to support patient-centered dietary behavior change.<b>Methods</b> This narrative review followed PRISMA format. A search strategy was designed using MeSH terms and keywords with inclusion and exclusion categories dictating the search. Searches were conducted in Ovid Medline<sup>®</sup> ALL, CINAHL, Scopus, and Web of Science. Studies were screened in Rayyan by two independent reviewers. Eligible studies were categorized into two domains: MI utilization by provider type or setting and MI application for a population or a condition.<b>Results</b> The search yielded 122 articles. After title and abstract screening, 113 articles were excluded. Following full-text review, three more were removed, resulting in six (n=6) studies for inclusion. Four studies examined the utilization of MI by provider type or setting. These studies demonstrated MI training improved provider confidence and interest in delivering nutritional counseling, with brief MI interventions showing effectiveness in dietary behavior change. Two studies focused on the application of MI for a population or condition.<b>Conclusion</b> Motivational interviewing and brief MI can be utilized for nutritional counseling in oral health care settings by dental hygienists to enhance their confidence, promote patient behavior change, and contribute to improved dietary habits for improved oral and systemic health. The Nutritional Risk Assessment and Counseling Tool (NRACT) can be used as a risk assessment and guide to facilitate brief MI in a dental setting for nutritional counseling.</p>","PeriodicalId":52471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists'' Association","volume":"99 3","pages":"38-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144295372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michelle C Arnett, Danna R Paulson, Michael D Evans, Yvette G Reibel
{"title":"Longitudinal Impact of Brief Motivational Interviewing on Periodontal Clinical Outcomes and Patient Perceptions: A 3-year follow-up study.","authors":"Michelle C Arnett, Danna R Paulson, Michael D Evans, Yvette G Reibel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose</b> The purpose of this study was to determine the longitudinal impact of multiple brief motivational interviewing (MI) sessions on behaviors as measured by clinical indicators of periodontitis and patient perceptions of importance, interest, and self-efficacy for oral hygiene behaviors.<b>Methods</b> Fifty-eight patients in the periodontal maintenance phase of therapy who had completed all study visits from a 1-year single-masked, examiner randomized clinical trial were invited to participate in this 3-year follow-up study with no intervention. Clinical outcomes of O'Leary plaque score, bleeding on probing (BOP), gingival index (GI) and patients' perceived interest, importance, and self-efficacy for oral hygiene behaviors were collected. Results were reported using means with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Analyses were performed using statistical software (R version 4.3.2).<b>Results</b> A total of 41 patients participated for a 72% retention rate. The brief MI group yielded a statistically significant reduction in BOP from baseline to 3-years (0.02) and significance in the reduction of GI scores from baseline to 3-years (<i>p</i><0.0001). Perceived self-efficacy in maintaining a change long-term was sustained from baseline (4.19) to 3-year follow-up (4.14) for the brief MI group as compared to the traditional OHI group (baseline 4.23; 3-year follow-up 4.04). Time of interaction between traditional oral hygiene instruction (OHI) and brief MI groups did not achieve statistical significance for plaque score from baseline to 3-years (0.12).<b>Conclusion</b> A brief MI intervention achieved longitudinal reductions in clinical indicators of periodontitis and enhanced patient's perception of self-efficacy for oral hygiene behaviors at a 3-year follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":52471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists'' Association","volume":"99 3","pages":"12-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144295373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mentor Like Minnesota: Outcomes of an undergraduate research mentorship program.","authors":"Yvette Reibel, Ziou Jiang, Michelle C Arnett","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Commission on Dental Accreditation Standards require that dental hygiene students are competent in evaluation of scientific literature. A current problem is the lack of faculty mentorship to develop allied oral health student researchers. The goal the University of Minnesota (UMN) undergraduate research program was to utilize an existing writing curriculum thread and mentor students interested in research through the development of research question(s), study design, conducting research, and the manuscript development process to achieve a publication.The UMN dental hygiene program assessed the writing within the program, created standardized rubrics for research and reflective writing, and calibrated dental hygiene faculty on their use. Additionally, a writing orientation workshop was established to increase student success in writing. Students were also encouraged to apply for a dental hygiene writing award as this was used to select students for the research mentorship program. Writing outcomes were assessed and improvement was demonstrated in several key writing standards defined by the program. A total of nine (n=9) students have participated in the faculty research mentorship program from 2019 to 2023 and eight students completed the program assessment questionnaire (n=8, 87.5%). All participants reported strong agreement that they felt supported in all aspects of the research process and expressed confidence that they could complete research in the future. Six students had publications and one student was under review. The development of a writing enriched curriculum and a writing orientation workshop has improved student writing outcomes and student engagement in research and publication at UMN. Faculty mentorship resulted in students' experience with manuscript development and the peer-review process to obtain a publication. More faculty mentorship in undergraduate allied oral health education is needed to engage students in the research process.</p>","PeriodicalId":52471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists'' Association","volume":"99 2","pages":"48-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analgesic hydrogel patches formed by glutamic acid derivative for the treatment of oral mucosal wound","authors":"Xiaodan Zhao, En Xu, Wenbo Li, Yuxuan Yang, Chunhui Zhu, Yilong Cheng","doi":"10.1016/j.tdr.2025.100022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tdr.2025.100022","url":null,"abstract":"Oral mucosal ulcerative diseases are one of the most prevalent oral diseases, which often interfere with the eating and speech of the patient and severely reduce the life quality. Currently, the main treatment is to remove the irritation and apply local symptomatic treatments, thereby achieving pain relief, accelerated healing, and prolonged intervals. Commercially available products such as sprays, dispersions, patches, films, and other dosage forms have limitations such as weak adhesion, short duration of drug action, poor taste, and low aesthetics. In the present work, an advanced hydrogel patch formed by free radical polymerization of N-acryloylglutamic acid (AGA) loading lidocaine (LID) with a transparent appearance is reported and the properties were systematically evaluated. The prepared poly(N-acryloylglutamic acid) (PAGA) hydrogels with 5% LID (PAGA-LID hydrogel) exhibit favorable macroscopic properties and provide analgesic effects for the rats after the establishment of buccal mucosal ulcers. The rats grimace scale (RGS) is 2.25 ± 0.25 after the PAGA-LID hydrogel application, while 5.50 ± 0.50 and 7.13 ± 0.38 in the group using the commercially available products Kamistad® Gel and untreated control group, respectively. Given the fact that the patches mainly consisted of amino acid derivatives, excellent biocompatibility is shown. Moreover, the hydrogel patches also present excellent dimensional stability, mechanical properties, and dynamic wet adhesion ability and can release LID in vitro for up to 24 h. The PAGA-LID hydrogel could reside on the mucosa surface in vivo for over 6 h and provide optimal analgesic efficacy to rats. The patches can alleviate the local inflammatory reaction and promote the expression of cytokeratin 5, cytokeratin 13, and Ki67 (the proliferation marker for epithelial cells) in the oral mucosa tissue, and thus facilitate oral mucosal wound healing. The PAGA-LID hydrogel exhibited favorable aesthetics, analgesic effect, biocompatibility and dimensional stability and could adhere to the oral mucosa to promote ulcer wound healing. The present work has great potential in the treatment of oral mucosal ulcerative diseases and may offer a safe and comfortable therapeutic solution for oral mucosal wounds. • PAGA-LID hydrogel patch could improve patient comfort due to its transparent appearance, low swelling behavior, and analgesic effects. • PAGA-LID hydrogel patch presented improved wet mucoadhesion both in vitro and in vivo and exhibited good biocompatibility and biosafety. • PAGA-LID hydrogel patch improved the healing efficacy of oral ulcerative mucosal wounds for in vivo applications.","PeriodicalId":52471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists'' Association","volume":"1 2","pages":"100022-100022"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147922905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of different intracanal medications on the push-out bond strength of a bioceramic sealer to radicular dentin","authors":"Walaa Mohammed Ghoneim","doi":"10.21608/edj.2025.359859.3380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21608/edj.2025.359859.3380","url":null,"abstract":"Aim Appraise the impact of three intracanal medications on the push-out bond strength of a bioceramic sealer to radicular dentin. Methodology Forty maxillary cental incisors were collected, decoronated, and chemo-mechanical preparation was carried out using ProTaper Next files. According to the intracanal medications, teeth were equally separated into four groups ; Group 1: bioceramic intracanal medicament (Bio-C Temp), Group 2: Glycyrrhizin, Group 3: Calcium hydroxide (CH), and Group 4: without use of intracanal medications (control). Intracanal medicaments were eliminated after one week and all samples were filled using gutta-percha lateral compaction technique and a Bioceramic sealer (Bio-C). After one week of incubation, push-out bond strength was measured at three root levels. The collected data were statistically analyzed and compared using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey test (P ≤ 0.05). Results at all root levels, group 3 using CH medication showed statistically significant lower results than all other tested groups. Control group showed higher values followed by bioceramic and Glycyrrhizin intracanal medicaments groups without statistical significant differences . In all groups, coronal root levels recorded higher values than other levels with statistical significant difference with apical level only.Conclusions push-out bond strength of Bio-C bioceramic sealer to radicular dentin was negatively affected by prior application of CH. However, bioceramic (Bio-C Temp) and Glycyrrhizin intracanal medications did not have negative impact. Keywords bioceramic intracanal medicament, bioceramic sealer, Calcium hydroxide, Glycyrrhizin.","PeriodicalId":52471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists'' Association","volume":"71 2","pages":"1883-1891"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147904026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rina A Nowka, Dianne L Sefo, Raj Sheth, Andrea L Beall
{"title":"Dental Hygiene Student and Faculty Perspectives on Disposable vs. Traditional Local Anesthetic Syringes: A pilot study.","authors":"Rina A Nowka, Dianne L Sefo, Raj Sheth, Andrea L Beall","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose</b> The popularity of disposable safety syringes has grown because of their established safety record. Previous studies on local anesthetic syringes have mainly concentrated on safety features and the prevention of needlestick injuries, often neglecting the preferences of practitioners. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the preferences of dental hygiene students and faculty for traditional metal syringes compared to disposable safety syringes.<b>Methods</b> An 11-item questionnaire was distributed to a convenience sample of 61 dental hygiene students and 3 faculty members in a pain management course. The questionnaires were administered after the participants' first exposure to local anesthetic administration on a mannequin and after their final exposure on a live patient to assess any changes in preferences. The post-questionnaire included the same 11 questions, along with an open-ended question inviting participants to share their final thoughts. Data were collected and entered into an Excel spreadsheet for descriptive statistics and inductive content analysis<b>Results</b> The response rate was 93.44% (n=57) for the initial questionnaire and 90.16% (n=55) for the final questionnaire administered to the dental hygiene students. All of the faculty members (n=3) completed both questionnaires. Participants preferred the traditional syringe over the disposable safety syringe for ease of use/comfort and control of the apparatus during set up, aspiration, and injection. However, preferences for disposable safety syringes were indicated in the responses related to syringe break down and clean-up.<b>Conclusion</b> This study assessed the preferences of dental hygiene students and faculty for traditional metal versus disposable safety syringes, revealing a clear preference for the former despite some limitations. Understanding how syringe design affects user comfort and safety could enhance disposable syringe technology and its adoption.</p>","PeriodicalId":52471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists'' Association","volume":"99 2","pages":"26-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advances, Challenges and Opportunities in Cancer Care.","authors":"Kentaro Ikeda","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52471,"journal":{"name":"Journal of dental hygiene : JDH / American Dental Hygienists'' Association","volume":"99 2","pages":"4-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}