A well-designed appliance, regular maintenance visits, and meticulous home care are key to ensuring long-term periodontal health in patients with removable partial dentures.

Effectively counseling patients about low/noncalorie sweeteners.

The effective use of ultrasonic instrumentation depends on dental hygienists using sound technique and avoiding these familiar mistakes.

An individualized approach to decreasing the incidence of caries and reversing the breakdown of tooth structure.

Dental professionals must deal with ethical dilemmas from time to time. Here’s how to resolve them with a cool head and professional demeanor.

Thorough intra- and extraoral examinations depend upon a clinical understanding of the presentations of HPV in the oral cavity.

By understanding the causes of dentin hypersensitivity, clinicians are better able to help treat and even prevent this painful condition.

Treatment strategies combining the use of mechanical therapies and adjunctive chemotherapeutics enable clinicians to better manage periodontal diseases.

Dimensions catches up with Michele L. Darby, BSDH, MS, chairman of the Gene W. Hirschfeld School of Dental Hygiene at Old Dominion University, about her experiences as a Fulbright Scholar teaching in the Middle East.

New information suggests that systemic and oral health may be related. Studying current trends in risk assessment can enhance your patient treatment plans.