KITCHENER, Ontario - A Canadian man who worked as a dental hygienist said his license was revoked for five years and he was labeled a “sexual abuser” after cleaning the teeth of a client — who is his ...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

Before the modern luxury of toothpaste could be squeezed from convenient plastic tubes, our ancestors used various unique methods to maintain dental hygiene. Historical societies valued clean teeth, ...

Before dental hygienist Kristi Johnson moved to Rifle, she spent her weeks working in Snowmass. “I would drive to Snowmass every day from Silt,” she said. Johnson grew up in Craig on a dairy farm and ...

Dental hygiene has come a long way since the days of wine-soaked toothpicks and the urine mouthwash once thought to disinfect mouths and whiten teeth. Ancient Chinese and Egyptian texts advised ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lucy Stock reminds us that whether your teeth are crowned, crowded, or “too tight,” every gap needs cleaning if you want your ...