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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While the United States struggles to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, dentistry continues its recovery, according to a new poll by the American Dental Association Health Policy Institute. Taken during the week of June 15, the poll shows that…
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Pulpdent Corporation has launched a mobile-friendly new website for dentists, dental hygienists and other members of the dental industry.
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June 2020 Product Spotlights
EverSmile
The ADA recommends a pre-treatment patient rinse with at least 1.5% hydrogen peroxide. EverSmile has developed a 30-second rinse called PreOp, which cleans, disinfects, and debrides the oral cavity, leaving the area ready…
Shingles Prevention
Shingles is a viral infection caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (VZV). Approximately 1 million cases of shingles are diagnosed each year in the United States, and these numbers continue to rise.
Functional Breathing in the Era of the N95
Terri Patrick, RDH, MS, CHES—an orofacial myofunctional therapist—is blogging for Dimensions of Dental Hygiene about COVID-19.
Returning to clinical practice has left many oral health professionals wondering if they can get…
Extraoral Aerosol Scavenger by OCTOdent
The OCTOdent extraoral aerosol scavenger is designed specifically to remove and filter viruses, bacteria, and potentially toxic vapors away from the immediate area of the dentist, assistant, and patient.
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