“By looking at someone’s teeth, you can tell if they don’t floss just by examining your gums,” said Brittany Glauz, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice. “Common signs include ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The American Dental Association is reporting a shortage of nearly 7,000 dental workers nationwide. It’s being felt in Nebraska, too.

Pless also emphasized the range of responsibilities dental hygienists handle during each patient visit. “It is not just the scraping of teeth. That is one small piece of what they do ...

Rhode Island has a shortage of dentists; The shortage has left hundreds of children in need of urgent dental care; But help is coming from an unexpected place after the attorney g ...

Rhode Island does train dental hygienists, who do preventative care and play an important role in dental practices. But the workforce shortage has raised concerns over accessibility to dental care.

Half of adults are cutting corners in their oral hygiene routine, new research found, including one fifth who opt for ...

Erin Haley-Hitz didn’t set out to become the face of a national profession. She just wanted to help keep people’s teeth ...

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Then the hygienist brings the dentist in to do a thorough exam, checking each tooth and looking for pockets or gaps between your teeth and gums. A tool called a periodontal probe, which could be ...

The appointment marked Octavio Vega Saenz’s first time in a dental exam chair in a very long time. How long? “Since I’ve been Octavio,” he joked in an interview in Spanish. A painful molar had brought ...

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