Christine Colfer, RDH
Christine Colfer, RDH, is a practicing clinician in Paoli, Pennsylvania. She is passionate about improving the oral health of all her patients through education and personalized care built on long-term relationships. Christine believes in treating patients as a whole by taking into consideration their overall health both physically and psychologically.
When not in the operatory, Christine enjoys spending as much time as possible with her husband and daughter. Among other things she loves reading, cooking, trips to Disney World and trivia games.
When not in the operatory, Christine enjoys spending as much time as possible with her husband and daughter. Among other things she loves reading, cooking, trips to Disney World and trivia games.
Beating the Dental Hygiene Blahs
I can still remember how it felt in those first few months out of hygiene school. The anxiety over finding a job, the thrill...
Cutting through the Premedication Confusion
To premedicate or not to premedicate, that is the question, and it has become an increasingly difficult question to answer. New clinical research and...
Meeting the Dental Hygiene Needs of Geriatric Patients
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What is CRISPR and How Could it Change Dentistry?
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Is Teeth Whitening Really Safe?
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How Appropriate is Botox in the Dental Office?
There is a new treatment option making its way into dental offices around the country. It’s a little bit controversial but enormously innovative. The...
The Anti-Fluoride Revival
There are few breakthroughs in dental medicine that can compare to the effectiveness and poetically simple discovery of fluoride for the use of caries...
5 Patients That Drive Dental Hygienists Crazy
All dental hygienists can appreciate that sometimes there are those patients who can make clinical life a little more difficult. The following is a...
The Action for Dental Health Act: New Federal Funding for Dental Health Needs
It is no secret our nation has some controversial and serious concerns regarding healthcare, and oral healthcare is no exception. In fact, oral health...
Local Anesthesia Without the Needles?
If there’s one thing dental patients hate more than fillings and root canals, it’s needles. The anxiety associated with receiving a shot at their...
Dental Hygienists and the Business of Dentistry
As dental hygienists we see ourselves as clinicians, educators, patient advocates, sometimes we might even feel like therapists, but there is one aspect of...