From xerostomia and enamel erosion to aspiration concerns and emerging oral health benefits, GLP-1 therapy presents oral health professionals with new considerations for patient care.

Learn how to distinguish recurrent aphthous stomatitis, oral lichen planus, mucous membrane pemphigoid, and pemphigus vulgaris and why an accurate diagnosis matters.

The Missouri Dental Hygienists’ Association is challenging a proposed rule that would allow permitted dental assistants to perform supragingival scaling and periodontal charting, arguing that the Dental Board exceeded its authority.

A new documentary revisits the extreme transformations of 'The Swan' and reveals how aggressive cosmetic dentistry left some contestants with lasting oral health problems.

The new recommendations emphasize the role of dental visits as the key to reducing oral cancer deaths, which number more than 8,300 every year in the United States.

Who doesn’t love a giveaway? Sunstar GUM will gift one lucky dental hygienist with these fun prizes: adorable embroidered, personalized dental-themed quarter zip, fun sparkly tooth earrings, Dimensions of Dental Hygiene notebook, and…

Elmer E. González, MBA, PhD, RDH, CDA, earned the Sunstar World Dental Hygienist Award in Academia for empowering students through community-based service-learning initiatives.

Scheduling a dental appointment during a prenatal visit may be a simple, no-cost strategy for increasing dental care among pregnant patients.

The Respecting Fluoride for Kids Act would require insurers, including Medi-Cal, to cover fluoride varnish for children and young adults through age 21 without a copay.

After three decades in private practice, Rostyslav Stepanenko, DMD, is returning to Ukraine to volunteer his dental skills caring for the nation’s military veterans.