Dental students may be better at scaling and root planing than their hygiene counterparts, according to the findings of a new study. Dental students in Switzerland more effectively scaled a maxillary ...

Training for rewarding careers in high-demand health care fields is closer to home than ever for residents of Erie, Huron and Ottawa counties, according to a news release. The partnership between ...

The University of New Haven’s dental hygiene program has been recognized as one of the finest in the country. When she was a dental hygiene student at the University of New Haven, Victoria White ’14 A ...

We've all heard the clichés about dental hygienists. "They're all self-absorbed prima donnas." "Hygienists won't work with others on the dental team." "If they think they know as much as doctors, why ...

When you go to the dentist, you usually spend most of the visit with the dental hygienist, whose role has expanded in recent years. So, too, has the need for dental hygienists. “The demand for dental ...

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College’s planned start of its dental hygiene program has been pushed back to fall 2024 due to an accreditation process that has turned out to be far longer and more complex ...

Dental students are getting real experience in a new virtual reality lab in preparation to treat patients. For first-year dental hygiene student Malique May-Holzman and her classmates, learning is ...

HPV causes thousands of cases of throat and neck cancer every year. Dentists can get involved in the effort to prevent them.

Dental hygienists in New York will be able to practice without direct supervision of a dentist by mid-2027, opening the door to a new semi-independent business model within the sector. Gov. Kathy ...