The Dental Therapy Education Program at Skagit Valley College (SVC) in Mount Vernon, Washington, received accreditation from the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA), the first such program to receive CODA accreditation in the lower 48…

Ensuring that children have a dental home is an important step to promoting a lifetime of good oral health. However, this task is daunting for those with limited resources. As a result, DentaQuest, a United States-based company that…

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene announces the addition of Anna Matthews, RDH, MS, to its prestigious Editorial Advisory Board. A professor in the Dental Hygiene Program at New York City College of Technology (City Tech), she was named…

In a study appearing in Molecular Cancer Research, scientists from Boston University’s Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine have identified a protein that stimulates the growth of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) tumors. They…

With COVID-19 still prevalent globally, how will the global pandemic end? Some researchers suggest a universal vaccine that is effective against all mutations of the novel coronavirus may be the answer and they believe this is…

When Lorene G. Kent, RDH, BA, envisioned the ideal journal for her fellow dental hygienists, one of the most important factors was beauty. She wanted to provide readers with high-level, peer-reviewed content within a visually appealing…

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene’s Editor in Chief Jill Rethman, RDH, BA, was elected president elect of the International Federation of Dental Hygienists (IFDH) on August 9 at the House of Delegates meeting in Dublin, Ireland. The new board…

I grew up visiting my Aunt Mary in a nursing home, and too soon after that, I found myself visiting my Grandma Louise in another long-term care facility. Seeing my wheelchair-bound grandma in that facility was one of the hardest things…

Expanding its outreach within the community, the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine has an­nounced a partnership with Woods Services to provide dental treatment for Woods’ patients and residents. Woods is a Pennsylvania-…

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene has always been on the cutting edge, posting every issue on its website since 2002 and jumping into social media. Once Dimensions’ founder Lorene G. Kent, RDH, BA, hired Kimberly Farrell  to lead the journal’s…