Dental hygienists know a thing or two about keeping teeth healthy. After all, they spend most of their days looking into people’s mouths and seeing the damage that certain habits can do. Indeed, many ...

Dental Hygienists are trained to evaluate a patient’s dental health. Their duties include taking x-rays, cleaning teeth, and applying fluorides and sealants to teeth. Dental hygienists are responsible ...

New research shows garlic mouthwash may fight bacteria as well as chlorhexidine, offering a natural alternative for dental ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Until recently, registered dental hygienists (RDHs) have had to obtain individual state licensure for each state they would like to practice in. For many RDHs, this requirement was super frustrating ...

Front Range Community College is opening a low-cost Community Dental Clinic in Fort Collins. The clinic will provide ...