Expanding Possibilities for the Next Generation of Dental Hygienists
Mary Lou Nicoletti, CDA, RDH, MS, shares how the Dental Hygiene Program at Eastern International College responded to student needs by pivoting to a b…
Help for Dental Inflammation and Bone Loss May Soon Be at Hand
Discoveries may serve as a launch pad for new treatments.
How to Deal With the Post-Halloween Sugar Stockpile
Trick-or-treating and candy harvesting are all part of the traditional fun of Halloween but what can parents do when that pile of candy starts to riva…
Medical Considerations for Safe Anesthesia Administration
By Crystal Kanderis Lane, RDH, BS, MS, Melissa Ray, RDH, BS, MS and Michaela Chandler, BSDH, RDH Selecting the safest and most effective anesthetic agents…
Strategies for Reducing Staining After Silver Diamine Fluoride Treatment
By Egle Stanceviciene, DMD and Renata Miskeviciute-Austin, RDH, MBA The increased prevalence of dental caries among adults over the past few decades has led to…
Innovations in Dental Implants Could Be Game-Changers
For many, dental implants have become the next best thing to real teeth. But there’s still room for improvement, and a researcher at Penn Dental Med…
Emphasizing the Importance of Oral Health
At Georgia State University (GSU) in Atlanta, the school’s dental hygiene students have fabricated custom mouthguards to protect the dentitions of the Panthers football players,…
Study Sheds New Light on Caries Development
New research is pinpointing just how dental caries works.
Enhancing Mandibular Block Anesthesia
By William R. Bachand, DDS Block anesthesia can be achieved in both the maxillary and mandibular divisions, although mandibular blocks tend to be used more…