The United States Coast Guard has partnered with the University of Minnesota to integrate dental therapists into its healthcare delivery model. The 5-year initiative aims to address provider shortages, strengthen operational readiness, and redefine…
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What Dental Hygienists Earned in 2025
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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As evidence links oral health with mental illness and substance use disorders, oral health professionals are uniquely positioned to…
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California’s AB 1952 would allow internationally trained dentists to become licensed dental hygienists without completing a…
IHS Says Goodbye to Amalgam Fillings
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US-Based Data Show AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Is Effective
Results recently culled from a large clinical trial conducted in the United States show that the COVID-19 vaccine created in partnership by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford is 79% effective at preventing COVID-19 illness, and no …
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Ensuring Breastfed Infants Have Enough Vitamin D
This information is from the article Supporting Oral Health Among Breastfed Infants By Lindsey Bieligk, RDH, MS, Denise M. Claiborne, PhD, RDH and Diana Cartagena, PhD, RN, CPNP. To read the article, click here.
Health Literacy Essay Winners Announced
Casandra Barnes, a dental student at the University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston, has been named the winner of the American Dental Association’s (ADA) 2020 Health Literacy Dental School Essay contest.
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