Dental hygienists are key to ensuring positive outcomes following periodontal implant therapies.

This essential part of oral health care ensures that patients receive an effective evaluation and personalized treatment plan.

Addressing the barriers many patients face when accessing dental care may help reduce the number of broken appointments.

When administering anesthesia to patients with anatomical variations, the Gow-Gates and Vazirani-Akinosi mandibular blocks may provide the best opportunity for successful pain control.

While hookah smoking is often seen as a safe alternative to other forms of tobacco use, the research says otherwise.

Determining the cause of these lesions is essential to successful treatment and esthetic improvement.

The advent of interprofessional education involving a variety of health-care disciplines has the potential to change the scope of practice for dental hygienists.

Early diagnosis of these morphological variations may help improve esthetic and functional treatment outcomes.

Oral health professionals who remain up-to date on immunization recommendations and disease etiology and pathogenesis will be well prepared to educate patients on this critical component of public health.

While the presence of space between teeth is common among children, pathologic tooth migration in adults may be indicative of oral disease.