Have we been wrong for so many years in recommending that patients floss?

Summer is in full swing with its hot days and myriad activities.

Dental hygiene professionals have long understood the association between oral and overall health.

On May 5, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will regulate e cigarettes along with all tobacco products, including hookah, tobacco, cigars and pipe tobacco.

In my April Editor's Note, I wrote about renewal and how we need to embrace the changes taking place in dental hygiene.

Spring has arrived, which always evokes thoughts of renewal and rebirth.

Dental hygienists are well known as the prevention experts on the oral health care team.

While February is noted for Valentine's Day and Presidents Day celebrations, the oral health care community knows it as National Children's Dental Health Month.

As the calendar turns another page, there is much to celebrate within the profession of dental hygiene, as well as ongoing challenges to face in the coming year.

This time of year always evokes memories of family and good times spent in celebration.