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Providing Advanced Degrees in Dental Hygiene via Computer Mediated Distance Learning: A Model Program
Kimberly S. Krust Bray, RDH, MS; Cynthia C. Gadbury-Amyot, BSDH, EdD;
Tanya Villalpando Mitchell, RDH, MS

Distance education has the potential for expanding student access, providing individualized instruction, and promoting active learning among geographically separated members of learning groups. This article presents the issues associated with this teaching method as experienced by participating faculty in a Dental Hygiene program at an American dental school.


Primary Tuberculosis Clinically Presenting as Gingival Enlargement: A Case Report
C. G. Dileep Sharma, MDS; A. R. Pradeep, MDS; B. V. Karthikeyan, MDS

This is a report of a case of primary tuberculosis presenting as a localized diffuse gingival enlargement in an 11-year-old Indian female patient.



AAOMP Case Challenge: A Unilocular Radiolucency of the Anterior Maxilla
Brad W. Neville, DDS; Angela C. Chi, DMD; James W. Sikes, Jr., DMD, MD

A 1x1 cm radiolucency was discovered between the roots of maxillary right canine and lateral incisor of an 18-year-old male. The adjacent teeth were vital and the lesion was asymptomatic. See if you can make the diagnosis.