Category: Sunstar Ebrief

In Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD), where more than 50,000 students attend class each day, a bold new model is closing the gap between…

Registered dental hygienists in alternative practice (RDHAPs) are licensed dental providers uniquely trained to deliver preventive and therapeutic dental hygiene care independently, without dentist supervision,…

A new study published in Diabetes Spectrum provides compelling evidence that interdental cleaning is associated with measurably better glucose control among adults with type 2 diabetes.1 The findings…

Shavonne R. Healy, MSDH, RDH, has spent her career transforming how the dental hygiene profession is perceived and how dental hygienists view themselves. What began…

Imagine a future where tooth loss is treated not only with dentures or implants, but with the growth of entirely new teeth. That possibility is…

After more than 30 years perfecting smiles as a dental hygienist, Krista Mellina, RDH, is now perfecting something far sweeter: marshmallows. Once known around Goffstown,…

The Fell Sulcular Sweep (FSS) is an interdental cleaning technique designed to more effectively disrupt and remove biofilm in the sulcus and interproximal spaces, areas…

In a quiet corner of Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem, a transformation is taking place, not just in oral health, but in hearts, minds,…

Because the oral cavity is the gateway to the rest of the body, it is also a primary avenue for pathogenic entry. In fact, research…