Dimensions of Dental Hygiene, with premier sponsor Colgate and supporting sponsors Patterson Dental and PDT Inc, is pleased to announce Olga A.C. Ibsen, RDH, MS, FAADH, as the 2017 recipient of The Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award.

The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) awarded the first Sunstar Innovation Grant to Yvonne Kapila, DDS, PhD.

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

In support of New York City’s Children’s Aid Society, Henry Schein has donated more than $80,000 in medical and dental supplies and equipment.

The onset of a sharp and painful response to external stimuli, or dentinal hypersensitivity, is common among patients who have undergone periodontal therapy.

Starting in July, Heraeus Kulzer will operate under the new name Kulzer.

Sunstar Americas Inc sponsored the UNC Perio Expo, May 4-6, at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill.

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.

Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals is the premier sponsor and Patterson Dental and PDT Inc are supporting sponsors of its eighth annual The Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award.

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.