The full scope of dental hygiene practice requires a link between the assessment data and the dental hygiene care plan.

The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) recently released a white paper that underscores the ability of dental hygienists to perform dental hygiene diagnosis—or "the identification of an individual's health behaviors, attitudes,…

Early detection and treatment of this oral condition can help maintain the functionality of the tooth.

Early diagnosis, effective treatment, and patient compliance are integral to successfully managing this rapidly advancing disease.

Digital imaging offers significant benefits to practices, clinicians, and patients.

While a large radiopaque mass of the maxilla could represent a variety of oral health problems, a differential diagnosis is the key to pinpointing the cause.

I have more than 30 years of experience as a clinical dental hygienist in Massachusetts. I thought that diagnosis and treatment planning were outside of dental hygienists' scope of practice and that these duties were the purview of dentists…

Sunstar Spotlight looks at the role of gender in facial pain.