Dental practices must follow best management practices to ensure the safe handling and disposal of amalgam waste.

Oral health professionals need to remain up to date on this viral epidemic so they can best protect themselves and their patients.

Early detection and treatment of this oral condition can help maintain the functionality of the tooth.

Clinicians have a wide range of prophy pastes and air polishing powders at their fingertips, making personalized care both accessible and simple.

This guide offers important details about many of the toothbrushes—both manual and power— on the market.

This type of periodontitis can be devastating to patients and difficult to treat for clinicians.

Dental hygienists must be prepared to achieve positive outcomes in periodontal maintenance patients.

Dental hygienists can help patients improve their oral health by identifying dietary contributors to oral disease, assessing patients for nutrition-related risks, and providing dietary counseling.

New strategies are needed to ensure vulnerable children receive preventive and routine oral health care services.

Early diagnosis, effective treatment, and patient compliance are integral to successfully managing this rapidly advancing disease.