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ADA Announces a Collaboration on Dental Hygiene Licensure
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Enter to Win Our Sunstar eBrief Giveaway!
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…
Taking Dental Hygiene Beyond the Classroom
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.
A Simple Step Toward Healthier Pregnancies
Scheduling a dental appointment during a prenatal visit may be a simple, no-cost strategy for increasing dental care among pregnant patients.
California Expands Access to Fluoride Varnish
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.
A Dentist’s Next Chapter Takes Him Home
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.
A New Push to Preserve the Dental Pulp
A nearly $2 million NIH grant aims to help dentists bring vital pulp therapy into everyday practice through hands-on training, case-based learning, and evidence-based treatment guidelines.
AI Enters the Dental Operatory
From periodontal charting and radiographic analysis to practice management and surgical planning, artificial intelligence is emerging as a powerful clinical aid while leaving the final judgment in the clinician’s hands.
13 Weeks to a New Career: AIDA’s Fast-Track Dental Assistant Program for Working Adults
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For working adults balancing jobs, family and the dream of a stable healthcare career, going back to school can seem out of reach. The American Institute of Dental Assisting…
New Director of NIDCR Is Announced
Jonathan E. Burke, DMD, a New Jersey oral and maxillofacial surgeon, will oversee the nation’s leading dental research institute and its $520 million research portfolio.
Susan Gorman, MEd, RDH, Wins the August Sunstar eBrief Giveaway!
Congratulations to Susan Gorman, MEd, RDH, the August winner of the Sunstar Ebrief Giveaway. The clinical programs coordinator with the University of Florida College of Dentistry, Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science…
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