Dental hygienists are key to personalized, evidence-based caries prevention, which involves a thorough and comprehensive assessment of individual risk indicators and factors, detection and diagnosis of carious lesions, and acknowledgement…

With applications ranging from soft tissue surgery to sealant and caries preparations, dental lasers represent a viable treatment modality for this patient population.

To reduce caries prevalence, oral health professionals need to not only use the traditional interventions but also consider adjunctive therapies, behavior modification approaches, and legislative advocacy to improve the oral health of…

Hard tissue and soft tissue hypersensitivity may be experienced by patients undergoing different types of orthodontic treatment.

Following are strategies to help improve treatment outcomes in this patient population.

With the advent of presurgical infant orthopedics, the role of oral health professionals in caring for this population continues to grow.

This complex neural tube defect causes a variety of impairments that can impact the delivery of dental treatment.

Providing oral health care to patients with these disorders requires an understanding of their special needs.