During my first semester in the Dental Hygiene Program at NYCCT, I was given a topic in my Histology & Embryology class, in which I had to research and present to the class. My topic was Lymphadenopathy and this was the PowerPoint I made and presented.
Lymphadenopathy Zoar Hai
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During my second semester in the Seminar portion of my DEN 1200 class, we were taught how to recognize evidence-based information and assess the reliability/validity of various products, methods & techniques being tested.
As part of the research project, we had to find a peer-reviewed research paper and based on how the study was constructed (the number of subjects, biased and/or unbiased information, etc.), we would analyze the experiments conducted and determine whether or not the information provided was evidence-based information! The research paper I critiqued was called ‘Effectiveness of Three Oral Hygiene Regimens on Oral Malodor Reduction: A Randomized Clinical Trial’
This helped developed my skill into making better recommendations for my patients in regards to products on the market or different methods/techniques used so that I can make a recommendation based on something proven to work and have therapeutic benefit.
This was the article published:
https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-015-0549-9
My response & article critique:
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During my second semester, we also made a table clinic on a topic my colleagues and I had chosen and presented to our faculty members and head of the department. Our topic was ‘Halitosis’ or ‘Bad Breath’
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Pediatric Role-play
During my final semester, a few of my colleagues and I were given scenario’s that involved how to appropriately manage pediatric patients. We researched information for this project video in order to provide the best possible information to the caregiver/parent of the child in the scenario’s given. We were later given excellent feedback and were told we were ‘experts’ in treating pediatric patients!
