Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dental hygienists know a thing or two about keeping teeth healthy. After all, they spend most of their days looking into people’s ...

Paula Quinn, RDH, has spent the last three decades in the dental industry, starting as a dental assistant, moving on to become a hygienist, and now as an owner of a dental practice. In her spare time, ...

In the vast majority of states, hygienists cannot legally diagnose dental disease. Even in the few states that are the exception, diagnosis is limited to the scope of care delivered by hygienists and ...

In dental offices across the country, dental hygienists serve as periodontal disease management experts, working in partnership with dentists to educate patients about the Mouth-Body Connection ® — ...

Becoming an oral hygienist is a rewarding career that offers the opportunity to promote oral health and work in a professional healthcare environment. Oral hygienists play a key role in preventing and ...