Expanding the number of settings in which dental hygienists can practice is the goal behind a bill in the Wisconsin legislature.

Newly appointed Dean of Georgia Highlands College (GHC) Division of Health Sciences, Michelle Boyce, RDH, AASDH, BSDH, MHS, already has big plans for the department.

Tyler Junior College (TJC) in Tyler, Texas, recently expanded its course offerings to include a Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene program, and will soon graduate its first student.

For Dolores and Chuck Kelly, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor was not only where they earned their degrees, it was where they fell in love.

Georgia is one of the few states in the country where dental hygienists can practice only under the direct supervision of a dentist.

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene announced the honorees for the ninth annual "Six Dental Hygienists You Want to Know" in its December 2016 issue.

Courtney H. Chinn, DDS, MPH—director of the post-graduate program in pediatric dentistry at New York University College of Dentistry—is the recipient of a 5-year, $1.3 million award from the United States Health Resources and Services …

The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) recently released a white paper that underscores the ability of dental hygienists to perform dental hygiene diagnosis—or "the identification of an individual's health behaviors, attitudes,…

Pamela Zarkowski, BSDH, MPH, JD, is the recipient of the 2017 Gies Award for Achievement—Dental Educator.

The potential negative effects of mercury released from amalgam dental restorative materials and bisphenol A (BPA) leaked from composite resin dental materials have been long debated.