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…
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…
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This information is from the article Clinical Insights: Proceed With Caution by Stephen K. Harrel, DDS. To read the article, click here.
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The use of systemic corticosteroids may significantly decrease mortality among those critically ill with COVID-19, according to a meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on September 2. The study found…
September Marks Dental Infection Control Awareness Month
Oral health professionals can help spread the word about the importance of The Safest Dental Visit during Dental Infection Control Awareness Month (DICAM).
Using Plaque-Disclosing Agents
Bacterial plaque is a soft, sticky, almost invisible biofilm containing millions of organisms that adhere to tooth surfaces, dental appliances, restorations, and oral mucosa. More specifically, oral biofilm is “a dense, transparent,…
MouthWatch Teledentistry Platform TeleDent™ Named a Cellerant 2020 Best of Class Technology Award…
MouthWatch LLC, a leader in innovative teledentistry solutions, digital case presentation tools and intraoral imaging devices, was recently awarded a 2020 Cellerant Best of Class Award for its professional-grade teledentistry platform,…
Bouncing Back During COVID-19
In these first-person accounts, three dentists—at varying points in their professional careers—share their successes, failures, and hopes for the future as they navigate the “new normal” of practicing dentistry in the age of COVID-19.
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Patent-pending sticker accessories make each Invisalign aligner as unique as the patient wearing them.
Helping Patients Manage Dentinal Hypersensitivity
This information is from the article Dentinal Hypersensitivity Diagnosis by Elizabeth C. Kornegay, CDA, RDH, MS. To read the article, click here.
Additional Evidence Demonstrates COVID-19’s Airborne Spread
Two recent studies—one in China and the other in the Netherlands—show the ability of COVID-19 to quickly spread via aerosols, and the role of poor ventilation in exacerbating the virus’ transmission. Chinese researchers tested breath…
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