Dental hygienists across California are receiving training to treat cavities without a dentist on site after a law went into effect this year expanding their scope of practice, the Los Angeles Times ...

The St David's clinic has 12 chairs, with each teaching session typically including nine dental student operators – each assisted by a qualified dental nurse – and three DCP students (usually dental ...

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 ...

Dental students may be better at scaling and root planing than their hygiene counterparts, according to the findings of a new study. Dental students in Switzerland more effectively scaled a maxillary ...

If you ask most hygienists why they entered the profession, the answers are pretty consistent: “I wanted to help people.” “It offered flexibility and great pay.” “I knew it was a secure career with ...

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College’s planned start of its dental hygiene program has been pushed back to fall 2024 due to an accreditation process that has turned out to be far longer and more complex ...

Pikes Peak State College's dental clinic offers students hands-on training while providing low-cost care to patients who may ...