Clinicians need to take preventive action in order to preserve their hand health.

Oral health professionals should be prepared to educate both patients and medical colleagues about the link between a healthy diet and oral health.

Differences in the way chronic craniofacial-oral-dental pain presents in men and women may affect diagnosis, management, and treatment.

Consumers who are knowledgeable about oral health and disease are more likely to accept treatment, adhere to therapy guidelines, and experience successful outcomes.

Dental professionals should be well-versed in the relationship between periodontal diseases and diabetes so they can better serve patients with this common metabolic condition.

Dental hygienists are key care providers for these vulnerable populations.

Oral health professionals can help noncompliant patients improve their dental health by using the interdisciplinary system of behavioral modification.

By improving the ergonomics of clinical practice, dental hygienists can reduce the risk of career-ending injuries.

In the third installment of a four-part series on implementing a team approach to improve periodontal outcomes, Maria Emanuel Ryan, DDS, PhD, provides an update on the intricate association between periodontal diseases and diabetes.

The dental hygienist plays an important role in the prevention, detection, and clinical management of peri-implant diseases.