Underserved patients in Maine have reason to smile.

Maya Angelou said, "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

As dental hygienists, we've tried many ways to motivate patients to maintain their periodontal health. And you can see from this Purchasing Guide issue, there are myriad products to help us provide the best patient care.

Research shows that patients who receive hemodialysis due to end-stage kidney disease are at increased risk of oral disease, and they often have limited access to professional oral health services.

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene Editorial Advisory Board member Cynthia C. Gadbury-Amyot, MSDH, EdD, received the Alfred C. Fones Award at the American Dental Hygienists' Association Annual Session in June in Las Vegas.

More comfortable injections enhance dental care.

Jill Rethman, RDH, BA—editor in chief of Dimensions, internationally known speaker and author, and past president of the Hawaii Dental Hygienists' Association— is the new president elect of the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA)

Supplement focuses on importance of skin integrity.

Carmen Hui, a May graduate of New York University (NYU) College of Dentistry's Associate in Applied Science Degree Program in Dental Hygiene, is the recipient of the fourth annual Alla J. Wheeler Ethics and Professionalism Award.

I recently attended the California Dental Hygienists' Association's spring meeting in Anaheim.