While two annual cleanings at the dentist is a standard practice, the preventative practice is not a one-size-fits-all rule of thumb.

Vanessa Salinas has opened Hollister's first dental hygienist practice, Vibrant Smiles, offering affordable and personalized dental care.

Dental hygiene, long the domain of dentistry, has been delegated to a growing group of assistants, the office hygienists. Initially, dental hygienists focused on plaque and tartar removal, an ...

KITCHENER, Ontario - A Canadian man who worked as a dental hygienist said his license was revoked for five years and he was labeled a “sexual abuser” after cleaning the teeth of a client — who is his ...

Dental hygienist Jeannette Diaz’s patients sometimes cry. Lately, she’s been crying with them. It’s not just because so many people refrained from getting dental work during much of the COVID-19 ...

When Judith Shimamoto left eight years ago for Kwajalein, one of five islands and 29 atolls that comprise the Marshall Islands, the dental hygienist thought she'd return after her first two-year ...