Children’s graphic novel by Kate Reed Petty and illustrated by Andrea Bell. First Second: New York, 2021. It all started with a disconcerting visit to the dentist. Even though 12-year-old Ruth Keller had been taking good care of her teeth, she had a cavity and a few other concerning areas that could also go […]
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Autobiography by Maya Angelou. New York: Random House, 1969. (2015 Random House Trade Paperback Edition) Angelou’s memoir deftly recounts her early life starting with her time in a small town in Arkansas where she and her older brother were raised by their paternal grandmother, a brief period living with her mother in St. Louis,
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Picture book written and illustrated by Katie Kawa. Gareth Stevens Publishing: New York, 2012. Part of the “My First Adventures” series. In simple text and colorful pictures, a young girl describes what happens when you visit the dentist for a check-up. The book depicts a male dental hygienist and a female dentist, unlike many
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First chapter book written and illustrated by Diane Kredensor. Aladdin: New York, 2015. Buck the beaver has one really large tooth. It is not like anyone else’s in his family, except for his uncle Henry. The annual Beaverton talent festival was coming up, and Buck was finally old enough to participate. The only problem:
Essay by Sarah Smarsh, Aeon. October 23, 2014. https://aeon.co/essays/there-is-no-shame-worse-than-poor-teeth-in-a-rich-world
Dental/dental hygiene trainees discus bias and dental training/education. (2023) I feel like refreshers over time, every once in a while, a refresher course of, like, “Hey, remind yourself to try and get out of your mental bias.” I feel like that’s something throughout your whole career that you just have to keep reminding yourself. I
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Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss bias, managing patient expectations, trust, and race. (2023) The thing is is, like, well, I don’t know how they’re treating their patients. I don’t know what they’re doing to their patients. But the thing is, is patients that can sense… You know what I mean? It’s that intangible feeling of, like,
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Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss bias, race, and racism. (2023) It’s really tough because I know, colloquially, how some people feel about minorities or about especially. . .There’s been a lot of discussion about different LGBT groups, and especially trans folks. I’ve heard some negative comments from peers before.
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Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss social determinants of health, treatment costs, and bias. (2023) There’s this article on the American Dental Association [website], just I think dental students did it. It was about how in the U.S. here, if someone is on Medicaid or something, in a minority group, why would they feel reluctant to go
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Dental/dental hygiene trainees discuss managing patient expectations, and bias. (2023) When you rotate through admissions, and I even found myself starting to almost become more biased toward extraction by the end because your first couple of days, you’re like, “Okay. If you want to save this tooth that’s hurting: root, root canal, crown, whatever,” and
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