This article is a follow-up to my previous discussion on bleeding gums, implant bone loss, dysbiosis, and the biology beneath the biofilm. The...
What we’ve been taught, what we’ve accepted, and why it may be time to take a deeper look at fluoride through a biological lens A Familiar...
A Biological Dental Hygiene Perspective on Xylitol and the Oral Microbiome Rebalancing the Biofilm Starts Here As I prepare to spend the weekend...
Reclaiming the Word “Diagnosis” For too long, dental hygienists have been conditioned to soften our language or hesitate when it comes to the...
A Profession Ready to Evolve Dental hygiene has existed as a profession since 1917, when the state of Connecticut awarded Irene Newman the first...
It’s Not “Just a Cleaning” — It’s Preventive Medicine It’s common for patients to ask if they can skip the examination or yearly X-rays when...
