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10 Tips for Improving Your Operatory to Make Your Life Easier
There are many needed materials and supplies involved in dental hygiene, and most of them lie within our operatories. You have oral hygiene/education instruction...
5 Things to Know about HIPAA When Patients Request Dental Records
Over the past month, I have frequently seen posts on social media about patients being denied access to their records and radiographs. This is...
DENTISTS: Why You Should Give Your Hygienist 60 Minute Appointments
I’ve been practicing for seven years now as a dental hygienist as well as many years prior as an assistant. I’ve seen all types...
Research Looks into the Unnecessary Prescribing of Antibiotics Among Dentists
As a prophylactic or treatment measure, antibiotics are prescribed in dental practices. However, a lack of knowledge regarding the choice of antibiotics or the...
Oral Malignant Melanoma: A Rare Neoplasm Dental Hygienists Should Monitor
The vast majority of dental hygienists are familiar with melanoma and how devastating it can be to the skin and various other organs, but...
Seasonality of Immune Response: Could Gingival Inflammation Have a Seasonal Component?
The immune response is very complex as it can vary between individuals, and the response can be affected by environmental factors, among other things....
Lessons for Hygiene Rookies: “Lifelong” Learning Starts with Other Staff Members
Dental hygiene schools equip future clinicians with the knowledge to navigate through the daily trials of patient treatment. We are taught anatomical structures, clinical...
Simple Tips for Improving the Dental Patient Experience
Let’s face it, a dental visit for some patients can be rather stress-inducing. For fearful and anxious patients, a dental appointment is not their...
Lichen Planus: Dental Professionals Should Diligently Monitor Lesion Development during Care
Several of my female patients have recently presented with the same pathological condition of lichen planus. They were treated in the same way with...
You Missed a Spot: 11 OSHA and Infection Control Details Dental Professionals Don’t Want...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we all know that OSHA and infection control are crucial pillars of what we do each and every day in dentistry....
Gingival Recession: When Surgical Options Should be Considered Instead of Patient Education
Gingival recession is something most of us see in our patients’ on a daily basis. It is defined as the apical migration of gingiva,...
Cold, Flu, and Sinus Infections: Dental Care while Sick with Viruses
It's that time of year when patients and dental professionals are more vulnerable to getting sick from the seasonal flu or common cold. Many...
A Dental Hygienist’s Overview of Amyloidosis and Its Oral Implications
Amyloidosis refers to a group of diseases that cause an increase of the amyloid proteins to build up in various organs. With this disease,...
Workplace Conflict: 5 Steps Facilitate Difficult Conversations between Dental Professionals
"I can't keep it to myself any longer! I have stress ulcers. I am losing sleep! My partner and I are endlessly fighting! Today...
Organ Transplants: Dental Hygiene Care Should Reflect Extreme Caution
According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), 34,893 organ transplants were completed in the United States between January and September 2023, including...
Is Community Water Fluoridation Necessary?
There are few other terms in dentistry that can provoke a debate the way the word “fluoride” does. Despite the CDC deeming community water...
Bruxism: Warning Signs Dental Hygienists Can Observe
In today’s society, many Americans are anxious or stressed. We live busy, on-the-go lifestyles and are constantly worrying while having less downtime to relax...
Persistent Gingival Bleeding Despite Excellent Home Care? What Dental Hygienists Should Know about Macrothrombocytopenia
As dental hygienists, we encounter bleeding and inflamed gingiva daily. Most of the time, it is due to poor oral hygiene and a lack...
Can You Identify the Signs of Diabetes, Hormone Disturbances, or Cancer?
As dental hygienists, we have the opportunity to spend an estimated 45 to 60 minutes with our patients at each appointment. Performing intraoral and...
Taboo Topics: How Periodontal Health Impacts Sexual Health
Hygienists understand how important it is for patients to make the connection between their oral and systemic health. Those "other" health conditions can sometimes...
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