The addition of a videoscope to this technique provides benefits for both clinicians and patients.

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

Risk assessment analysis, monitoring risk factor modification, and managing risk factors in patients with periodontal diseases, or those at high risk, are essential to successful treatment.

Following are simple strategies to help patients with this autoimmune disorder maintain their oral health.

As the number of adults living with this genetic disorder increases, dental hygienists should be prepared to provide individualized attention to this patient population.

Redefining diagnostic skills and refreshing their knowledge of anatomy will help dental hygienists recognize the most common variations in normal radiographs, as well as the most frequently encountered incidental findings.

In order to effectively address this type of gingival overgrowth, clinicians must be up to date on which drugs increase its risk.

New evidence suggests that breastfeeding may have long term positive effects on children's oral health.

The implementation of a place based dental home is essential to improving and maintaining the oral health of this vulnerable patient population.

Dental hygienists should be prepared to provide sound, evidence based information on good nutrition in order to help patients achieve optimal health.