Genetic testing may provide oral health professionals with a new avenue to customize patient care and improve preventive treatments and outcomes.

Self Care

This comprehensive guide lists the products used most by dental hygienists with the companies that make each product listed under the category.

Organized alphabetically, this index lists contact information for all of the companies included in the Purchasing Guide Product Index.

Dimensions' Board members receive awards at adha meeting   Two members of Dimensions of Dental Hygiene’s Editorial Advisory Board—Anne Gwozdek, RDH, BA, MA, and Marion Manski, RDH, MS, received awards at the American Dental Hygienists’…

So it’s that time of year again when we enjoy the outdoors and soak up the sun. For me and other melanoma survivors, it’s a time to remember how fortunate we are to have detected and successfully treated our skin cancer.

In order to protect the health of patients and Oral health professionals, compliance with infection control guidelines and requirements must be a top priority.

As the number of patients interested in complementary and alternative medicine grows, clinicians should be aware of this modality.

Careful assessment of these common oral conditions is critical to ensure early detection of any malignant ulcerations.

Oral health professionals need to be able to recognize the sometimes subtle signs of victimization in order to effectively assist this vulnerable population.