Volume 32, Issue 2

Several years ago, I had a client with multiple sclerosis who was being treated by an ayurvedic doctor. I had no idea what that was ...

Do you like to gamble? Would you risk losing your retirement savings to bring your vision to life? Many of us have been impacted by the economic downturn.

I graduated in 1999 from William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Ill.

Dental implants have changed the landscape of dentistry for many patients.

This month, a multitalented dental hygienist who has a quietly assertive way of getting things done is spotlighted.

As baby boomers age, they are challenging the idea of retirement. Boomers are enjoying healthier lives as medical technology intervenes ...

At the 2011 RDH Under One Roof meeting in Chicago, I was approached by three smiling hygienists from Georgia.

No one needs to tell you what it takes to prepare your room for each patient. You clean, you clear, you prepare.

Most of us don’t give a second thought to how batteries impact our personal and professional lives.

One of the primary benefits of the Water Flosser is that the pulsating action creates a compression/decompression phase ...

Did I mention that I have the privilege of working two days in a general dental practice with an employer who is an angel?

The usual protocol after the doctor has been to a continuing education course over a weekend is an implementation of what he learned ...

Like the song from the Sound of Music says: “Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens / bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ...

No pun intended but is there perhaps something sinister in this month’s title? My favorite topic to write about besides oral biofilms is ...

Nordent Mfg. Inc. introduced Relyant scalers and curettes, which come with free, unlimited Nordent Professional Sharpening services ...

Allow me to relay the experience of a patient who has been through trying times lately. The patient is a middle-age female ...

I enjoy humor. So I took delight in checking out the online dental humor discussed in Lory Laughter’s “Web Weaving” column this month.

“The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience ...

We’ve all been there. Suppose you’re sailing through the day, enjoying the work, the patients, the satisfaction of providing good dentistry.

Your patient today is Mei-Yin, a 55-year-old Asian female who is being seen for a routine prophylaxis. She needs radiographs...