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Abuse: Identifying & Reporting Governmental Dental Resources
Bisphosphonate-Associated  Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Grants
Book Dealers   Health Literacy NEW
Careers in Dentistry Images Databases
Copyright Law Infection Control
Dental Assisting Libraries
Dental Care for Medically Compromised or Disabled Patients Louisiana
Louisiana Oral Health
Dental Education LSUHSC Resources
Dental Hygiene LSU Governing Boards, Rules, & Regulations
Dental Laboratory Technology Miscellaneous
Dental Materials, Products & Equipment Online Journals
Dental Organizations in Louisiana Patient Information
Dental Organizations Pediatric Dentistry
Directories Publishers
Drug Information Research and Publishing
Educational DVD Sources  
Faculty Development Statistical Information
Forensic Dentistry Student Resources 
General Information Weather

Abuse: Identifying & Reporting  
 
Louisiana State Legislature
 ADA Principles of Ethics & Code of Professional Conduct (Section 3.E)
 
Report of the Council on Ethics, Bylaws and Judicial Affairs on Advisory Opinion 3.E.1.
              Reporting Abuse and Neglect 

 PANDA Coalition (Prevent Abuse & Neglect through Dental Awareness)

           Child Abuse:  
           
Louisiana law mandates reporting by dentists & dental hygienists.
           
The Louisiana Children's Code (CHC), established in 1992, provides definitions of abuse and neglect and contains laws
                  pertaining to reports and investigations of child abuse and neglect.
           
Louisiana Law: CHC 603CHC 609CHC 610 (reporting procedure), CHC 611RS 14:403
          
Louisiana Department of Social Services, Office of Community Services reporting child abuse and neglect
           Report form for mandated reporters of child abuse/neglect
           American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry: Clinical Guideline on Oral and Dental Aspects of Child Abuse and Neglect
           Child Welfare Information Gateway
           Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana:
                      KIDLINE: 1-800-CHILDREN (244-5373) for support and resources

 Spouse & Domestic Abuse:  
 
No law in Louisiana mandates reporting.
 Louisiana Law: RS 14:35.3
 Louisiana Family Violence Programs

 
Louisiana Protective Order Registry  Louisiana Supreme Court
 Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence 

 
Aardvarc  abuse, rape, and domestic violence aid & resource collection
 Family Violence Prevention Fund
 Maternal and Child Health Library Knowledge Path

 Elder Abuse:  Age 60 and over
 
Louisiana law mandates reporting by dentists & dental hygienists.
 
Lousiana Law: RS 14:35.2RS 14:403.2
 National Center on Elder Abuse
 Elder Rights Protection  U.S. Administration on Aging
 Angels in Blue, Elderly Abuse   links & information by state                        

 Disabled Abuse:  Age 18-59 with mental and/or physical disability
 Louisiana law mandates reporting by dentists & dental hygienists.
 
Louisiana Law:  RS 14:35.2,  RS 14:403.2
 
Louisiana Bureau of Protective Services
 (Department of Health & Hospitals)  

 Statistics on Abuse
 Child Maltreatment 2008 U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families
 Understanding Child Maltreatment--Factsheet from the CDC
 State and national data from the U.S. Administration for Children & Families, Children's Bureau 
 Child Welfare Information Gateway Statistics 
 Current Trends in Child Abuse Prevention & Fatalities: The 2000 Fifty State Survey  National Center on
          Child Abuse Prevention Research
 Impact of Domestic Violence on the Workplace  Louisiana Attorney General's Office   
 Domestic violence statistics  Aardvarc
 Statistics at a Glance  National Center on Elder Abuse
 Louisiana Bureau of Protective Services statistics

 Bisphosphonate-Associated Osteonecrosis of the Jaws
  American Dental Association Oral Health Topics 

Book Dealers
AddALL  searches booksellers for new & used books
Alibris  searches booksellers for new & used books
Amazon  new & used books 
Barnes & Noble
Bookfinder  used, rare, & out-of-print books
Borders
Majors  distributor of medical & dental books to bookstores, individuals, & libraries
Powell's
  independent seller of new & used books 
Rare Book Cellar  retailer of new, used, out-of-print and rare books

Careers in Dentistry:
American Dental Association - Careers in Dentistry
American Dental Education Association, Academic Careers Network

University of North Carolina  career options, application information
Occupational Outlook Handbook
  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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Copyright Law:
LSU System Permanent Memoranda PM-15  Copyright Guidelines Regarding Electronic Learning
LSU System Permanent Memoranda PM-17  Fair Use of Copyrighted Material

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Dental Assisting:
Commission on Dental Accreditation.  Accreditation standards for dental assisting education programs
Dental Assisting National Board
Occupational Outlook Handbook
  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Dental Care for Medically Compromised or Disabled Patients:
Delta Region AIDS Education and Training Center
Developmental Disabilities and Oral Health  National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
HIV Clinical Resource  New York State Department of Health
HIV Dent  oral manifestations of HIV infection
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) database and catalog of human genes and genetic disorders
Special Care: An Oral Health Professional's Guide to Serving Young Children with Special Health Care Needs  National Maternal & Child Oral Health Resource Center

Dental Education:
ADA Accreditation standards for dental education 
Dental Schools  links to U.S. dental schools
American Dental Education Association
: scholarships, awards, and fellowships for students and educators
Postdoctoral Application Support Service (PASS)
  from ADEA

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Dental Hygiene:
American Dental Hygienists' Association
Occupational Outlook Handbook  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Dental Laboratory Technology:
Journal of Dental Technology
National Association of Dental Laboratories
Occupational Outlook Handbook  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Dental Materials, Products & Equipment:
AZoM
  The A to Z of Materials
Adept Institute
American Dental Association standards
MSDS Xchange  extensive collection of material safety data sheets
Restorative materials comparison from the ADA, chart and brochure for patient information
Gordon J. Christensen Clinicians Report

U.S. Air Force Dental Evaluation and Consultation Service

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Dental Organizations in Louisiana:
Louisiana Academy of General Dentistry
Louisiana Dental Association

Louisiana Dental  Assistants Association
Louisiana Dental Hygienists' Association

Louisiana State Board of Dentistry
  has the Louisiana Dental Practice Act, a searchable list of dentists in the state, and the annual Bulletin

New Orleans Dental Association

New Orleans Dental Hygiene Association

Dental Organizations   click here for a list of global dental organizations

Academy of Dental Materials American Association of Orthodontists 
      Orthodontic Glossary
Academy of Dentistry International American Association of Public Health Dentistry
Academy of General Dentistry American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Academy of Operative Dentistry American College of Dentists
Alpha Omegan International Dental Fraternity American College of Prosthodontists
American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry American Dental Association
American Academy of Implant Dentistry American Dental Education Association
American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology American Dental Hygienists' Association
American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology
American Academy of Oral Medicine American Student Dental Association
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry  British Dental Association
American Academy of Periodontology International Association for Dental Research 
American Association for Dental Research National Dental Association
American Association of Dental Examiners Omicron Kappa Upsilon
American Association of Endodontists  Pierre Fauchard Academy
American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons  Special Care Dentistry

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Directories:
American Dental Association
  
"Find a Dentist"
AMA Physician Select  basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States and its possessions.
American Academy of Periodontology  "Find a Periodontist"

Drug Information:
About Herbs, Botanicals, & Other Products  unbiased monographs from Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Aetna InteliHealth Drug Resource Center

CenterWatch (Clinical Trials Listing Service)  new drugs approved by the FDA
Lexicomp Online for Dentistry 
Lexicomp Online for Dentistry (on-campus link)      Off-campus link--LSUHSC login   required

Herbmed  scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health, evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and general public.
Material Safety Data Sheets  
MEDLINEplus
  consumer drug information from the National Library of Medicine
RxList.com
  searchable database of drugs, plus list of Top 200 drugs.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Drug Information
 Center for Drug Evaluation & Research

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Educational DVD Sources  NEW
Gordon J. Christensen Practical Clinical Courses
Spear Education
Global Institute for Dental Education

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Evidence-Based Dentistry
ADA Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry  systematic reviews on clinical topics, ADA clinical recommendations, and links to additional resources

Faculty Development:
ADEA Curriculum Resource Center  portal for timely research and the latest dental educational resources
LSUHSC curriculum vitae format
MedEdPORTAL  resource for online teaching tools
Tech Learning  the resource for education technology leaders

Forensic Dentistry:
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
  (Journal of Forensic Sciences)
American
Board of Forensic Odontology
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)
American Society of Forensic Odontology
Bureau of Legal Dentistry  University of British Columbia
Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology
Planecrashinfo.com

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General Information:

American Heritage Dictionary

Bartleby
  collection of classic reference works in literature, verse and more

Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE

Brainyquote
 
over 35,000 quotes by authors from Aristotle to Zappa. Browse by topic
FedStats
  gateway to statistics from over 100 government agenices

FirstGov  consumer-oriented information portal for the federal government
GPO Access  documents from the U.S. Government Printing Office
Internal Revenue Service   federal tax forms

Internet Public Library
 
Merriam-Webster online
  free dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary  access limited to LSUHSC students, staff and faculty.  Off-campus access requires login.
Science.gov  gateway to science & technology information from 10 federal government organizations

U.S. Census Bureau 
U.S. Patent Office
 
U.S. Postal Service
  find zip codes and postage rates
Webgrammar  online writing guide
White Pages

World Factbook
  annual publication from the U.S. CIA.
Credo Reference  collection of standard reference works with a British slant.

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Governmental Dental Resources:
Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Resource Center 
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

National Maternal & Child Oral Health Resource Center

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Grants:
Grants.gov  federal grants
National Science Foundation

Health Literacy (and Easy to Read Patient Materials)  
Health Literacy Overview
MedlinePlus Interactive tutorials, Easy to read materials, Tips for writing easy to read materials
NIHSeniorHealth “Senior-friendly” features such as larger text size, contrast, short segments of information, speech capabilities
Medical Library Association health literacy guide
Ask Me 3 Partnership for Clear Health Communication and the National Patient Safety Foundation
Newest Vital Sign  
AMA Health Literacy Program
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion – Health Literacy Activities
Healthy People 2010 – Health Communication Chapter
National Assessment of Adult Literacy – Health literacy component
Plain English / Plain Language
Simply Put  the CDC’s guide to plain language

Images Databases:
Anatomy-Histology tutorials  Internet Pathology Laboratoryfor Medical Education; includes images from the Visible Human Project
Bones of the Skull  interactive tutorial with 3D models of the human skull
Oral Pathology Image Database   University of Iowa College of Dentistry
Visible Human Project  National Library of Medicine

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Infection Control:
Infection control guidelines for healthcare associated infections, from the CDC

Libraries:
Jefferson Parish Library
Library of Congress  catalogs, collections, & services 
LOUIS: Louisiana Library Network
 
consortium of academic and public libraries

Louisiana Library Connection  use your public library card to access various databases
Louisiana State University Libraries 

Loyola University New Orleans Monroe Library
National Library of Medicine  MEDLINE, MEDLINEplus, Locatorplus
New Orleans Public Library 
Texas Health Science Libraries Consortium  search the online catalog of 6 Texas libraries
Tulane Medical Library
 
University of New Orleans

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Louisiana:
Best of New Orleans  restaurants, entertainment, shopping, etc. from Gambit Weekly
Delta Region AIDS Education and Training Center 
Louisiana.gov  official web site of the state of Louisiana
Louisiana Economic Development  resources for small businesses
Louisiana Health Finder  compare the quality of the state's hospitals, nursing homes & health plans & find prices for 100 top drugs.
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Louisiana State Legislature
  bill search, legislators, newspapers from around Louisiana
Louisiana State University System
  Board of Supervisors, financial information, bylaws, permanent memoranda, policy statements
LaTrac, Louisiana Transparency & Accountability data from the state Financial Accounting System

NOLA.com  news, weather, and visitor information from the Times Picayune
State Interim Population Projections by Age and Sex: 2004 - 2030 (U.S. Census Bureau)
State Health Facts Online  from the Kaiser Family Foundation
State & County QuickFacts from the U.S. Census Bureau: Louisiana

WDSU Channel 6

Louisiana Oral Health
Dentists in Louisiana, data from Kaiser Permanente State Health Facts, 2008
Louisiana health workforce: highlights from the Health Workforce Profile
Louisiana Oral Health Summit, 2002
Louisiana Oral Health Profile
  from CDC National Oral Health Surveillance System
Oral Health of Children: a Portrait of States and the Nation, 2005
Oral Health Resources, Synopses of State and Territorial Dental Public Health Programs  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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LSUHSC Resources:
LSU Health Sciences Center
LSUHSC Foundation

Human Resource Management 

Facilities Services
Auxiliary Enterprises - Cafeteria

Auxiliary Enterprises - Duplicating and Printing

Office of Research Services
Payroll
Campus Federal Credit Union

LSU Governing Boards, Rules, & Regulations:
Bylaws and Regulations of the Board of Supervisors
LSU System Permanent Memoranda

Chancellor's Memoranda
LSU Health Sciences Center Faculty Handbook

LSU Health Sciences Center Catalog

Louisiana Board of Regents

Louisiana State University System

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Miscellaneous:
Emblem/insignia of dentistry

Heart Sounds and Murmurs  University of Washington School of Medicine
HIPAA Privacy Policies of LSUHSC New Orleans
National Museum of Dentistry
Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures
Preventing bacterial endocarditis
, American Heart Association guidelines, April 2007
Health history forms  multilanguage forms from the the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry

World Health Organization, Oral health
             World Oral Health Report 2003 

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Online Journals: (check library catalog for additional titles)

Directory of Open Access & Hybrid Journals in Dentistry
BMC Oral Health  peer-reviewed, open access journal in BioMed Central 
Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences 
began in April/June 2002
Dental History Magazine, 2007-  (History of Dentistry Research Group)
Dental World  (Pierre Fauchard Academy--online only, 2004--)
Dentaltown

Dentistry On-line

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene
   peer-reviewed, began in Feb/Mar 2003
History of Dentistry Research Group Newsletter, 2000-2007
International Poster Journal of Dentistry and Oral Medicine  quarterly publication of prize-winning and peer-reviewed scientific posters in the field of Dentistry and Oral Medicine presented at international exhibitions; published by Quintessenz.
Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry  free online access through 2011, peer-reviewed, encourages submissions from Asia Pacific
Open Dentistry Journal open access online journal, peer-reviewed
Orthodontic CYBERJournal 

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Patient Information
American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology information on oral diseases
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
  contains 24 “Parent Education Brochures” designed to help the communication between parents and their child’s dentist
American Academy of Periodontology  information on finding a periodontist, signs and symptoms of periodontal disease, and explanations of periodontal procedures for patients
American Academy of Craniofacial Pain  information about TMD and TMJ
American Association of Endodontists  frequently asked questions about root canal treatment & "Find an Endodontist"
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons   patient information on conditions & symptoms; treatment & procedures
American College of Prosthodontists  information on the restoration and replacement of teeth
American Dental Association  oral health topics
American Dental Hygiene Association  information on oral health including tips on brushing and flossing along with fluoride facts 
Cleft Palate Foundation  provides basic information on all aspects of cleft lip and cleft palate and its treatment
Familydoctor.org  sponsored by the American Academy of Family Physicians, includes drug information from Micromedex.
Finding low cost dental care  National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
healthfinder  good site for searching dental questions as well as health topics
Louisiana Health Finder  compare the quality of the state's hospitals, nursing homes & health plans & find prices for 100 top drugs.
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MedlinePlus  links to evaluated health information; from National Library of Medicine

National Cancer Institute--Oral Complications of Chemotherapy and Radiation
             Prevention and Treatment of Oral Complications Before Chemotherapy and/or Radiation Therapy Begins
             Management of Oral Complications During and After Chemotherapy and/or Radiation Therapy

             Management of Oral Complications of High-Dose Chemotherapy and/or Stem Cell Transplant
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
OralLongevity Initiative designed to increase awareness about oral health needs of older Americans
Simple Steps to Better Dental Health  consumer information from Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
TMJ Association for education, support, research
WebMD  meta-site with sections for health professionals & consumers
Your Dental Health
  from University of Connecticut Health Center Library, lists books & websites

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 Pediatric Dentistry
Dental Trauma Guide by Dr. J.O. Andreasen, a non-profit website dedicated to optimising worldwide treatment of dental trauma
Knowledge Path: Oral Health and Pregnant Women, Infants, Children, and Adolescents Maternal and Child Health Library

National Maternal & Child Oral Health Resource Center
A Health Professional's Guide to Pediatric Oral Health Management from the National Maternal & Child Oral Health Resource Center
Oral Health of Children: a Portrait of States and the Nation, 2005

Special Needs Fact Sheets for Providers and Caregivers  University of Washington School of Dentistry

Publishers

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Research and Publishing
National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy requires scientists to submit final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication.
LSUHSC Institutional Review Board 

Statistical Information
County Health Rankings 
ranks the overall health of every county in all 50 states
Fastats A-Z  oral health statistics from the CDC
FedStats  links to federal agencies with statistical information
Dental Use, Expenses, Dental Coverage, and Changes, 1996 and 2004.  Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Chartbook no.17
NIDCR/CDC Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Data Resource Center  interactive data query system for oral health data from national health survey databases.
National Oral Health Surveillance System 
state & national oral health data, developed by the CDC & Association of State & Territorial Dental Directors
State-Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco Use Among Adults --- United States, 2009
University of Michigan Document Center links to statistical resources in health, tourism, science, business, education, etc
WHO Oral Health Country/Area Profile Programme

Student Resources:
Dental Decks  order Dental Decks, part 1 & 2, and Dental Hygiene Decks, for preparation for national boards and other exams
Martindale's "Virtual" Dental Center  dental cases and teaching files
US Air Force Careers
US Army Opportunities

US Navy Scholarships

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Weather:
AccuWeather
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration 
Weather Channel 
Weather Underground



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