American Academy of Pediatrics Backs CDC's Recommendation of HPV Vaccination Series for Boys As Dimensions of Dental Hygiene reported in November's Hygiene Connection, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…

FDA Investigating Sale of Illegal Handheld Dental X Ray Units The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising dental professionals to be wary of purchasing handheld dental X ray units through e commerce channels, citing an…

New Oral Bacterium Linked to Systemic Health Problems Researchers at Switzerland's Institute of Medical Microbiology of the University of Zurich have identified a new oral bacterium—Streptococcus tigurinus. The discovery is significant…

Study Explores Link Between Early Anesthesia Exposure and ADHD Children exposed to anesthesia two or more times before their second birthday may be more at risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than children…

Pneumonia Linked Death Demonstrates the Importance of Maintaining Dental Unit Waterlines The dental community is on alert after an 82 year old woman died in February due to complications related to Legionnaires' disease—a life threatening…

Survey Reports That Just Over 10 Percent of American Adults Regularly Practice Healthy Habits Lack of Time is a Culprit DALLAS, March 5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Are you one of the many Americans not practicing healthy habits? A recent…

Dental Hygiene Care Old Dominion University School of Dental Hygiene Receives Health Care Heroes Award from INSIDE BUSINESS, The Hampton Roads Business Journal    An international pioneer, Old Dominion University's dental hygiene school…

ORAL HEALTH AMERICA’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTS NEW OFFICERS Chicago, IL— Oral Health America’s Board of Directors recently elected two new members, each to serve two year terms beginning February 2012.  They are  Dr. Linda C.…

ORAL HEALTH AMERICA IMPACTS THE NATION’S SMILES THROUGH GALA & BENEFIT    February 29, 2012, CHICAGO, IL Oral Health America (OHA), a national non profit organization founded in 1955 and headquartered in Chicago, raised over $500,000 at…

ADHA Applauds Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Access to Oral Health Care Issues   Chicago, February 29, 2012 – The American Dental Hygienists’ Association commends the SenateSubcommitteeon Primary Health and Aging for continuing to…