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This Month’s Features
Fact vs Fiction in Licensure Portability
The Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact is designed to provide the greatest level of professional mobility for oral health professionals.
In-Office Treatments That Deliver Sensitivity Relief
A variety of options are available to manage dentinal hypersensitivity and restore patient comfort.
While it offers detailed imaging, CBCT’s routine use remains controversial due to increased radiation exposure.
Continuing Education
What oral health professionals need to know about the signs, symptoms, and public health implications of this preventable but highly contagious disease.
How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Patient Care
AI is making its way into dental hygiene, offering new opportunities to enhance diagnostics, streamline workflows, and improve patient outcomes.
Creating Autism-Friendly Dental Spaces
By understanding sensory sensitivities and communication challenges, dental professionals can implement a supportive environment that improves oral health outcomes for autistic individuals.
The Role of Mouthrinses in Biofilm Control
Oral health professionals can enhance biofilm management and improve oral health outcomes by recommending therapeutic mouthrinses tailored to individual patient needs.
Departments
Editor’s Note
Have you wondered what it would be like to work outside a dental operatory and integrate your skills and knowledge with those in the larger healthcare community? I see several groups on social media for dental hygienists who have taken that step. Why haven’t more colleagues done so? When we consider what we have to [...]
Ask the Expert
Choosing the Best Mask for the Task
To best protect myself and my patients, what is the most appropriate protocol for choosing the best mask to wear during different clinical appointments?
Products and Services
While dental caries remains a widespread yet largely preventable condition, oral health professionals have tools to help protect children’s oral health.
How AntiSplatr flex slim enhances comfort, control, and infection prevention.
You Are Going to Love How Much You Learn
Dimensions’ Discovery EXPO is happening August 22-23, 2025, in Anaheim, California, offering unparalleled education, inspiration, and FUN!
The Hygienist’s Role in Tackling Oral Malodor
Help patients combat bad breath with TheraBreath Oral Rinse, a clinically proven solution to neutralize volatile sulfur compounds and provide long-lasting freshness.
Newsline + Industry Info
The American Academy of Dental Hygiene is honoring a dental hygienist who fosters fellowship, creates a supportive environment, and shares his or her wisdom with colleagues with its new Winnie Furnari Mentor of the Year Award.
