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Dental Hygiene: Welcome

This guide is created to support the programs at Loma Linda University, School of Dentistry, Department of Dental Hygiene.

Welcome to the Dental Hygiene Resource Guide! Use this guide to help you navigate library resources and services. Questions or suggestions? Please contact the Research & Instruction Department.

Included in this guide you will find the following resources:

DENTAL HYGIENE - resources specific to Dental Hygiene, including recommended books, journals, and websites. Including resources developed to support specific courses, including handouts and links.

RESEARCH - information on getting started on your literature search, literature review, and clinical case study.

EVIDENCE-BASED - evidence based practice resources, reviews, guidelines, and summaries.
DATABASES - subscription databases for finding articles and other resources on your topic.

TOPIC & COURSE GUIDES - resources developed to support specific courses, including lecture handouts and links.

Use the tabs above (some tabs have drop-down boxes--hover your mouse on the down arrow), or click on the links.

Dental Hygiene Journals

Selected journal titles for this specialty. For a complete listing see the "JOURNAL PORTAL"

International journal of dental hygiene
ISBN: 1601-5037 1601-5029 z
ELEC RESOURCE | Blackwell Pub. | 2003-

Access electronic version via Wiley Online Library: May 2003-. (Latest 12 months not available).

Access electronic version via EBSCOhost: May 2003-.(Latest 12 months not available).
Journal of dental hygiene : JDH
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ISBN: 1043-254X 0091-3979
PRINT&ELEC | The Association | [c1988-
Available at Webb Serials/Stacks

Access electronic version via HighWire (ADHA): v.78:3- Jun 2004-.
Access electronic version via EBSCOhost: v.75 2001-.
Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene
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ISBN: 1712-171X
ELEC RESOURCE | Canadian Dental Hygienists Association |
Access electronic version via EBSCOhost: v.42 Jan/Feb 2008-.

JDH: Journal of Dental Hygiene

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International Journal of Dental Hygiene

Professional Organizations

American Dental Hygienists Association
American Dental Hygienists Association: Student page
California Dental Hygienists' Association
Sigma Phi Alpha
National Dental Hygiene Honor Society

Additional Resources in Dental Hygiene

Includes selected links to current, high-quality resources in oral health care topics for Dental Hygiene students and practitioners.

Oral Health for Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women Knowledge Path
Oral Health for Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women Knowledge Path, The Maternal & Child Health Library at Georgetown University

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selection of current, high-quality resources that analyze data, describe effective programs, and report on policy and research aimed at improving access to oral health care and quality of oral health for infants, children, adolescents, and pregnant women. A separate section lists resources for consumers. The final part of the knowledge path presents resources on specific aspects of oral health: child care and Head Start, dental caries, dental sealants, fluoride varnish, K–12 education, pregnancy, school-based and school-linked care, and special health care needs. This knowledge path is designed for health professionals, program administrators, educators, policymakers, and consumers, and it will be updated annually.

Textbooks

Selected titles from the Dental Hygiene Textbook List.
Check the CATALOG for current holdings information!

Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist by Esther M. Wilkins; Charlotte J. Wyche; Linda D. Boyd
Call Number: WU 90 W684c 2017
ISBN: 9781451193114
PRINTED MATL | Wolters Kluwer | 2017 | Twelfth edition.
Available at Webb Reserve (WU 90 W684c 2017)
Fundamentals of Periodontal Instrumentation and Advanced Root Instrumentation by Gehrig; Jill S. Gehrig; Darlene Saccuzzo; Rebecca Sroda
Call Number: WU 113 N667f 2017
ISBN: 9781496320209
PRINTED MATL | Wolters Kluwer | 2017 | Eighth edition.
Available at Webb Reserve (WU 113 N667f 2017)
Patient Assessment Tutorials by Jill S. Gehrig
Call Number: WU 18.2 G311p 2018
ISBN: 9781496335005
PRINTED MATL | Wolters Kluwer | 2018 | Fourth edition.
Available at Webb Reserve (WU 18.2 G311p 2018)
Woelfels Dental Anatomy by Gabriela Weiss; Rickne C. Scheid
Call Number: WU 18.2 W843 2017
ISBN: 9781496320223
PRINTED MATL | Wolters Kluwer | 2017 | Ninth edition.
Available at Webb Reserve (WU 18.2 W843 2017)
Dental Radiography by Joen Iannucci; Laura Jansen Howerton
Call Number: WN 230 H281d 2017
ISBN: 9780323297424
PRINTED MATL | Elsevier/Saunders | 2017 | 5th edition.
Available at Webb Reserve (WN 230 H281d 2017)
Foundations of Periodontics for the Dental Hygienist by Jill S. Gehrig; Donald E. Willmann
Call Number: WU 240 F771 2016
ISBN: 9781451194159
PRINTED MATL | Wolters Kluwer | 2016 | Fourth edition.
Available at Webb Reserve (WU 240 F771 2016)

Reference Books

Dental Public Health: Contemporary Practice for the Dental Hygienist - 2nd Ed. (2005) by Nathe, Christine Nielsen
Call Number: WU 90 N275d 2005
ISBN: 0131134442
Ethics and Law in Dental Hygiene by Phyllis L. Beemsterboer
Call Number: WU 50 B414e 2010
ISBN: 9781416062356
Ethics, Jurisprudence, & Practice Management in Dental Hygiene - 2nd Ed. (2007) by Kimbrough, Vickie J.
Call Number: WU 77 K49e 2007
ISBN: 0131708228
PRINTED MATL | Pearson Prentice Hall | c2007. | 2nd ed.
Available at Webb Circulating (WU 77 K49e 2007)
Primary Preventive Dentistry by Norman O. Harris; Franklin Garcia-Godoy; Christine Nielsen Nathe
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ISBN: 9780132845700
Available at Webb Reserve (WU 113 P952 2014)
Access eBook via Stat!Ref (licensed for 1 concurrent users)
The Dental Hygienist's Guide to Nutritional Care by Cynthia A. Stegeman; Judi Ratliff Davis
ISBN: 9781416063988
PRINTED MATL | Saunders/Elsevier | c2010. | 3rd ed.
PREVIOUS EDITION Available at Webb Circulating (WU 113 D262d 2010)
Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck by Margaret J. Fehrenbach; Susan W. Herring; Pat Thomas (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781416034032
PRINTED MATL | Saunders Elsevier | c2007. | 3rd ed.
PREVIOUS EDITION Available at Webb Circulating (WE 700 F296i 2007)
Diet and Nutrition in Oral Health by Carole Palmer; Linda D. Boyd
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Call Number: WU 113.7 P173d 2016
ISBN: 9780134296722
PRINT&ELEC | Pearson Prentice Hall | 2016 | Third edition.
Available at Webb Circulating (WU 113.7 P173d 2016)
Access eBook via STAT!Ref

Medical Dictionary

Medical dictionary of your choice, search the following resources:

Dictionary of Medical Syndromes by Sabina I. Magalini; Sergio C. Magalini
Call Number: WB 15 M188d
ISBN: 0397584180
It may be helpful to include other names for a disorder, if applicable.
Dorland's Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations by Dorland
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ISBN: 9780323340205
PRINT&ELEC | Elsevier | 2016 | 7th edition.
Available at Webb Reference Desk (W 13 J13d 2016)
Access eBook via ClinicalKey
Access eBook via Stat!Ref (licensed for 1 concurrent user)
Stedman's medical dictionary for the health professions and nursing
ISBN: 9780781776189
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Thumb-Indexed Version) by Donald Venes; Clarence Wilbur Taber
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Call Number: W 13 T113c
ISBN: 9780803629776
Access eBook via Stat!Ref (licensed for 1 concurrent user)

LLU Libraries

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