Fluoride Treatment Strategies
By Meghan A. McGuinness, RDH, BS, MA, EdD In the early 1900s, Frederick McKay, DDS, observed unique brown staining of teeth in his Colorado dental…
By Savitha Deepthi Yannam, BDS, MDS, MSD and Dhiraj Mallela, BDS Molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) is a developmental and qualitative enamel defect caused by reduced…
A Closer Look at Clear Aligner Therapy
By Stacey McKinney, RDH, MSEd, Kelli D. Whittington, PhD, RN, CNE and Sandra Collins, MBA, PhD The specialty of orthodontics has greatly evolved from the…
Detecting and Managing Supernumerary and Ectopic Teeth
By Becca Taylor, AS, Leciel Bono, RDH-ER, MS and JoAnn Gurenlian, RDH, MS, PhD, AFAAOM Supernumerary teeth (ST), or hyperdontia, are a developmental anomaly defined…
Remembering Your Roots
By Donna Smith, BSDH, MSEd, RDHAP Scaling and root planing poses many challenges to even the most talented clinicians. One significant stumbling block is the…
6 Tips for Surviving Stab Lab
Tina Clarke, RDH, MEd, a clinical dental hygienist for 20 years and an educator for 14, offers some tips on how dental hygiene students can confidentl…
Am I Ready to Join the Corporate World?
In this second installment, Danette Ocegueda, RDH, MS, Western Region manager of Professional Education for Philips Oral Healthcare, offers guidance o…
Occlusal Trauma and Periodontal Diseases
By Isis Marsh, RDH, BSDH, Rosalie Forrester, RDH, MS, Allison Fody, RDH, MPH According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly half of…
Strategies to Address Periodontally Involved Furcations
By Andrew Brodsky, DMD, MSD, Paul A. Fugazzotto, DDS, PC Addressing a periodontally involved furcation presents unique challenges, including the difficulty, if not impossibility, of achieving…