How Dentists Can Save Lives Through Dental Sleep & Airway Education, Emphasizing Oral Systemic Health
Dental CE: Children’s Science Hands-On Learning Lab

Learn about the dental ce for patients in Dr. Maple’s office and how it has changed her practice.
Clearing up confusion about HPV

By Angie Gribble Hedlund, DMD @AngieHedlund I went to a great OSHA training seminar today. That sounds like a funny thing to say about an OSHA seminar, but the presenter was more like a stand-up comedian than a lecturer and made the material really interesting and entertaining. During the discussion of infectious pathogens, she devoted […]
Facts & Benefits of Salivary Diagnostics
Salivary diagnostics may aid in saving lives from oral cancer and help better determine the most effective form of treatment for periodontal disease. It is beneficial for us to know the facts and key benefits of salivary diagnostics when speaking with ours patients. In this whitepaper you will find information about periodontal disease and oral […]
Online Dental Education: Nutrition Advocacy

Michigan, where I practice, is the poster child for the economic challenges currently facing our country. Our state also ranks eighth in the listing of fattest U.S. states, according to US Centers for Disease Control. Combine these two factors and it’s clear that there’s an opportunity to educate children about sound nutrition before the onset […]
New Dental CE Curriculum for Emerging Health Services

Learn about how to provide additional health services in your dental practice through this new dental ce curriculum.
Oral Cancer Cause Aims to Improve Quality of Life

Introducing Oral Cancer Cause
[Webinar] The More Complete ‘Complete Dentist’

You can really get involved in the broader spectrum of dentistry, taking the concepts that we’ve learned at The Dawson Academy and expanding those into the whole body. Today we have so many great things happening in the medical field. As you look here at the titles of books being written, you’ll notice each one […]
The Importance of the Periodontal-Systemic Connection

The emerging body of knowledge within oral-systemic science and the changing nature of the healthcare environment are having a dramatic impact on the practice of dentistry. In the coming years (or even months) dental professionals will be required to play a larger role in collaborative healthcare management teams, as community practice continues its transition to […]
How to Educate Patients: A Dentist’s Role in Treating Sleep Apnea
As our understanding of Dentistry’s role in whole health advances, we have increasingly meaningful conversations with our patients and community. One of my patients is a wonderful physical therapist, who is strongly committed to educating her patients about whole health subjects, including oral health. She has asked me to write several articles for her practice […]
Dawson Quick Tip: Evaluating Patients for Sleep Disorders

In this Dawson Quick Tip Dr. Angie Gribble Hedlund talks about how she screens her dental patients for sleep disorders.
Diabetes: Chronic preventable disease but still 1 of the top 5 killers

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is now increasing health and financial burdens in the United States and worldwide. DM and its precursor, prediabetes, together affect 103 million people, one-third of the U.S. population. But about 28 percent of patients with diabetes and 93 percent of those with prediabetes don’t know it.