Debbi Viger, RDH, BHS
Debra Viger, RDH, BHS, has 30 years of clinical dental hygiene, dental office management, and treatment coordination experience. Embracing a complete approach to efficient dental office operations, she successfully encourages offices to work at peak performance levels with a renewed sense of purpose and enthusiasm. She is past president of McHenry County Dental Hygiene Society and past chair of continuing education. She has published in both RDH and Access Magazine.
Debra is currently a Director of Outreach, teaching daily home care techniques, nutrition for dental health, and desensitization for the developmentally delayed and autistic community. Through her program, she has demonstrated that all patients are special and need unique treatment options. This programming is easily shared including the video training. Reach out for further information to nviger8 [at] aol.com.
Debra is currently a Director of Outreach, teaching daily home care techniques, nutrition for dental health, and desensitization for the developmentally delayed and autistic community. Through her program, she has demonstrated that all patients are special and need unique treatment options. This programming is easily shared including the video training. Reach out for further information to nviger8 [at] aol.com.
Hygienists’ Opinions Sought: Consider Applying for Colgate’s Advisory Board
Have you thought about applying for a position on the Colgate Oral Health Advisory Board (COHAB) for 2020? I sincerely hope everyone knows about...
Tips for When Patients Question or Refuse Radiographs
Note: This is Part 1 of Debbi Viger's series, Special Needs: Everyone Has Special Needs
All of us are special in some way and require...
A Patient’s Story of Tori Removal
NOTE: This story and associated photos are all used with express, written permission from the patient.
Who among us has had a patient that taking...
Environmentally-friendly Dental Home Care Options for Flossing
Hey, all you floss-loving, pick-loving, tooth-brushing enthusiasts, we have a problem here! How often are you in a parking lot and see a discarded...
Dental Botox Case Study: Long-term Relief for TMJ Patient Continues
A year ago, I began the Botox journey with my ridiculously overachieving masseters! Unwilling to wear a nightguard and clenching by day as well...
Colgate’s Anywhere Anytime: Offer Immediate Relief for Sensitivity During Dental Treatment
Have you started using the miracle in a tube? Every day we treat patients with dentinal hypersensitivity that makes the appointment uncomfortable or fearful....
4 Tips to Using Dental Lasers in the Hygiene Operatory
Does your state allow hygienists to use laser as an adjunct to dental treatment? If yes, are you laser certified? If you have access...
What Hygienists Need to Know About Basal Cell Carcinoma
When greeting your patients, do you look them in the eye and evaluate their face overall? It is important as you walk with them...
Oral Care Training for Assisted Living Staff: Toothbrush Storage
This is Part 2 of the Oral Care Training for Assisted Living Staff. Part one explored the steps of creating a program to educate...
Oral Care Training for Assisted Living Staff
Ever think about assisted living patient care? These patients oral health is often overlooked as the staff is incredibly busy meeting daily needs, and often...
Finding the Perfect Office: It Begins with the Interview
What kind of office are you in? There is the kind where it is a utopian bliss, and the team truly is a team...
Pet Oral Health: A Dental Hygienist at a Veterinary Conference
Pet oral health has become a huge topic lately with so many hygienists being animal lovers, as well as oral health experts. We know...
Veterinary Dental Hygiene: Every Hygienists’ Dream Prophylaxis
It seems in every blog, Facebook group, or gathering of hygienists, someone brings up pet dental. While the end result of clean teeth and...
Our Own Special Dental Hygienist Needs: Finding Career Happiness
Our own special dental hygienist needs must be met to keep the motivation for our career alive. So many of us have been there;...
How to Create a Stress-Free Appointment for Patients by Utilizing Desensitization
We all have those patients who simply hate what it is that we do. Whether it’s updating health history, laying back in the chair,...
The Very Special Education Process of Medical History Disclosure
Note: This is Part 5 of Debbi Viger’s series, Special Needs: Everyone Has Special Needs. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4...
The Great Fluoride Debate: Patients Who Refuse Fluoride
Note: This is Part 4 of Debbi Viger’s series, Special Needs: Everyone Has Special Needs. Read Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3...
The Education Process of Prophylaxis vs. Scaling and Root Planing
Note: This is Part 3 of Debbi Viger’s series, Special Needs: Everyone Has Special Needs. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
Why do some...
The Happy Visit: How to Treat a Child at Their First Dental Appointment
Note: This is Part 2 of Debbi Viger’s series, Special Needs: Everyone Has Special Needs. Read Part 1 here.
If every patient is to be treated...