This technique may help patients implement behavior change to improve both their oral and systemic health.

The use of nonsurgical periodontal therapy to treat chronic periodontitis is standard in oral health care, and new developments may improve its efficacy in the future.

As our knowledge of the matricellular events that shift the path from periodontal health to disease grows, treatments that can be implemented before symptoms ever appear may become possible.

Recent controversy over the relationship between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease has created confusion among both patients and health professionals.

A key element in periodontal risk assessment, bleeding on probing is most accurate when used in conjunction with other disease indicators.

These prominent dental hygienists exemplify different facets of the profession—academia, industry, clinical practice, “mover and shaker,” public health, and research. Their stories are moving, and we hope you are inspired to create your own…

Special CE Insert Sponsored by Colgate and in Partnership with the American Academy of Periodontology.

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene features six outstanding dental hygienists in different career paths—academia, industry, clinical practice, "mover and shaker," public health, and research—to provide a fresh perspective on what dental hygiene…

Michael P. Rethman, DDS, MS, a member of the task force that created the Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Periodontal Diseases, discusses how they relate to the dental hygiene practitioner.

An Introduction to the Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Periodontal Diseases