Author Mary Otto shares her insight on the status of oral health care delivery in the United States and the radical change it needs to better serve disadvantaged populations.

Dental hygienists with additional education can use this powerful tool in caries stabilization.

As more states strengthen and modernize their oral health delivery systems via dental therapy, schools now have an important resource to develop high-quality training programs to educate this emerging workforce.

The leader of a nonprofit public health organization shares her experience on the impact of dental therapists in Minnesota.

Dental hygiene scope of practice regulation significantly impacts oral health outcomes in state populations.

The journey was arduous but worth it for dental hygienists who gained the ability to provide direct access care and administer anesthesia.

The future looks bright, due to the efforts of clinicians, educators, policy makers, public health advocates, and even journalists. We hope you think so, too.

Doctoral-level education is necessary to prepare dental hygienists to be health care providers who will challenge prevailing thinking, test theories, lead interprofessional teams, and develop policies to improve oral health.

The efforts required to develop a new curriculum and ready it for the extensive evaluation process are significant.

Efforts to reduce restrictions on dental hygiene practice and expand the midlevel practitioner model are helping to improve access to care.