Individualized care provided with patience, compassion, and empathy is necessary to safely and effectively treat this patient population.

Dental hygienists can help patients with chronic anxiety and depression improve their oral health and reduce the risk of serious dental disease.

What the updated American Dental Association recommendations say about patient selection in dental radiography.

Orthodontics can be used to address problems associated with tipped and ectopically positioned permanent molars.

By promoting healthy behaviors and encouraging prevention, dental hygienists can make a difference in both the oral and systemic health of this patient population.

Many treatment options are available for patients who want to improve the esthetics of their smile while reducing excess gingival display.

Dental hygienists play an important role in recognizing the signs of antiresorptive agent-induced osteonecrosis of the jaw.

Head and neck cancers associated with human papillomavirus affect many patients who don’t present with the traditional risk factors for oral cancer.

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.

Dental hygienists play an important role in helping partially edentulous patients maintain their oral health.