Reconnecting Practicing Hygienists with the Nation's Leading Educators and Researchers.

The Effects of Joint Hypermobility

...Credit: nito100/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS Instrument Handle Diameter Large diameter instrument handles allow practitioners with JH to increase finger contact for comfort and control. A clinician with JH has a tendency...

Aloe Vera’s Impact on Oral Health

...aloe vera is one of the most popular medicinal plants. Due to the naturally occurring chemical compounds, it has been shown to demonstrate beneficial inhibitory effects on gram-positive and gram-negative...

The Inflammatory Response

...attachment loss, and apical migration of the junctional epithelium. Periodontal diseases result from dysbiosis: an imbalance between different organisms present in the natural microbiota of the subgingival microenvironment. Periodontal…

Supporting the Transgender Community

...venous thrombosis and seizures compared to nonusers.17 Side effects to antiandrogen therapy are sexual dysfunction, infertility, and osteoporosis. Although breast cancer rates in transwomen are comparable to the general population,...

The New Generation of Stannous Fluoride

...2019;150 (4Suppl):s5–s13. White DJ. A “return” to stannous fluoride dentifrices. J Clin Dent. 1995;6(Spec No):29–36. Haraszthy VI, Raylae CC, Sreenivasan PK. Antimicrobial effects of a stannous fluoride toothpaste…

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