Dental hygienist wages climbed again in 2025, with national averages nearing $49 per hour and top markets pushing well above $65.
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Why Dental Teams Must Screen for Mental Health and Substance Use Risk
As evidence links oral health with mental illness and substance use disorders, oral health professionals are uniquely positioned to…
Scope Shift or Staffing Solution? California’s AB 1952 Ignites Debate
California’s AB 1952 would allow internationally trained dentists to become licensed dental hygienists without completing a…
IHS Says Goodbye to Amalgam Fillings
The Indian Health Service will phase out mercury-containing dental amalgam fillings by 2027, accelerating a shift already underway…
20 Years of Protecting Children’s Smiles
A National Children’s Dental Health Month call to strengthen access to care for underserved children.
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Study Finds Nearly 30% of Those Recovered From COVID-19 Experience Enduring Symptoms
In a Danish study of more than 150,000 people who have recovered from COVID-19, 29.6% reported still experiencing at least one symptom 6 months to 12 months after the infection was cleared. None of the study sample required hospitalization…
COVID-19’s Effect on the Economy Is Easing, Experts Suggest
In February 2022, the United States posted big gains in employment growth with the addition of 678,000 jobs. Unemployment dropped to 3.8% from 4% in January 2022, and economists suggest that the pandemic’s negative hold on the economy may…
CDA Says Dental Practices Need to Continue Masking and COVID-19 Screening
In light of the easing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the California Dental Association (CDA) asserts that dental team members must remain vigilant. The organization…
Study Sheds Light on How to Improve the Safety of Indoor Spaces
An Oregon-based study has found that ventilation, filtration, and humidification interventions reduce the level of SARS-CoV-2 circulating in the air. The study involved 11 subjects all with diagnosed cases of COVID-19 who performed various…
Some Americans Ready to Move On, While Others Worry About Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions
A Kaiser Family Foundation poll demonstrates that half of respondents believe that returning to pre-pandemic habits will be safe by the end of spring, while 26% will wait an additional year before resuming normal life. One in five will…
Poll Reveals Contributors to Below-Capacity Operation of Dental Practices
A poll of more than 1,150 dentists conducted by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute revealed that the most common reason why some practices are not operating at full capacity is patient cancellations (85.4%). Other…
Help Us Raise Awareness this March for National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
The DTA Foundation has created a Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month social media campaign encouraging people to raise awareness about the unmet oral health care need for the disabled community. To help spread the word, we're asking…
Most Americans Are No Longer Afraid of the COVID-19 Pandemic
According to a poll conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, most Americans are no longer afraid of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the number of new infections has dropped drastically, only 24% of Americans…
Moderna Creates New Iterations of Its COVID-19 Booster Shot
Scientists at Moderna have been hard at work on a COVID-19 booster redesigned to provide protection against at least two SARS-CoV-2 variants in addition to creating a vaccine that could be combined with a flu shot. The company is currently…
The Big Easy Distributes Rapid COVID-19 Tests Befor Fat Tuesday
In 2020, New Orleans let the good times roll and paid the price. The city hosted its traditional Mardi Gras celebration, which was followed by a bad hangover—a precipitous rise in COVID-19 cases. After becoming a Southern hot spot of…
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