Modern Hygienist

W&H’s Lexa sterilizer ensures efficiency while maintaining safety.

Compelling video uses real dental healthcare personnel to educate and to illustrate common dental infection control and safety flaws.

Join host Lisa Newburger, LISW-S, as she along with John Flucke, DDS, Jamie Collins, BS, RDH-EA, Taneika Duhaney, RDH, Chad Duplantis, DDS, Jean Ocasio, Jeff Rohde, DDS, and Kelly Tanner, PhD, RDH, as the latest trends upcoming for dental in 2023. [40 minutes]

This non-profit has created a task force to investigate just why staffing shortages as well as recruitment and retention issues are happening in the dental industry.

OrthoNu® tools produce oral self-care solution designed to address common orthodontic emergencies in between visits.

New lightweight loupe camera and light system allows dental professionals to record and livestream while they work.

Collection kits will be shipped directly to patients, dental professionals, and others in response to increased evidence of harmful oral-systemic connections.

Since Dentsply Sirona and Smile Train teamed up in 2021, the partnership has raised over $1 million dollars for children around the world in need of cleft care.

It is more important than ever to understand that the methods you use to fill vacancies on your team can make or break your business.

Sonendo has rebranded with a new logo and website to further affirm its commitment to educating clinicians on the GentleWave endo system.

Work/life balance is anything but easy in today's labor shortage climate.

The new sterilizer is a pre-vacuum, Class B sterilizer featuring a large capacity chamber and an advanced traceability system.

The Aspen Group’s Oral Care Center for Excellence has begun serving its first patients, providing free care to underserved patients in Illinois.

The Sanders Sisters jump into 2023 with a discussion of the many conditions that display some of their earliest symptoms in the oral environment, and all the ways this can connect to systemic issues that can become serious health challenges for patients.

Dental company to return money to patients; will be subject to new advertising restrictions after claims of deceptive advertising.

Unit’s design makes it much quieter than ultrasonic cleaners with similar size and power.

Join host Lisa Newburger, LISW-S, as she along with John Flucke, DDS, Rick Adelstein, DDS, Jeff Rohde, DDS, Kelly Tanner, PhD, RDH, and Susie Tschetter, CDA, discuss the act of mission dental work & how to help communities in need. [31 minutes]

The commitment dental professionals have to their patients is refreshing and it is part of what makes the field such a fulfilling career.

Over 100 years after the field was created, dental hygienists remain on the front lines of disease prevention as they create more direct access opportunities for patients.

A look at the newest product releases in the dental industry.

This new system allows practitioners to test patient saliva in just 5 minutes and catch issues before they become too serious.

New product designed especially for children earns excellent reviews.

Learn a bit about the 12 conditions of concern discussed by the Sanders Sisters in the latest episode of the Floss & Flip Flops podcast with this slideshow.

Dental hygienists have more responsibilities than we did 20 years ago, but where do we draw the line?

With 2023 fast approaching, now is a great time to look back at what has happened and think about how it can affect the year to come.

Marty Jablow, DMD explains why he made the transition to Orascoptic's new Dragonfly Surgical Loupes during the 2022 Greater New York Dental Meeting.

ProSomnus’s EVO Sleep and Snore Device will now qualify for Medicare reimbursement, allowing beneficiaries to use this device to manage obstructive sleep apnea.

These are said to be the first and only 100% non-plastic toothpaste tubes packaged in sustainable aluminum with a recyclable metal cap.

The device can assist dental professionals in interpreting intraoral and extraoral 2D x-ray images by detecting and numbering teeth and missing teeth.

The latest edition of the Journal of Laser Dentistry is available now to members of the Academy of Laser Dentistry and contains valuable insight on laser dentistry.