Patient Care | Registered Dental Hygienists

dental hygienists are being trained better in dental implant maintenance but more training is needed

Implant Maintenance

Dental hygienists report on dental implant maintenance experience, education, and protocols: How do you measure up?

Lynn Pencek, MS, RDH

Dental hygienists face a knowledge gap in implant care. Despite rising demand, nearly half still lack formal training. What’s being done to bridge it?

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Why dental product brand matters for your patients

Carol Jahn, MS, RDH

dental offices must know how to code when dental assistants perform prophys

Are D1110/D1120 the proper CDT procedure codes for oral preventive assistants/ scaling assistants?

Kathy S. Forbes, BS, RDH

People holding sapling

QPR: How dental professionals can help prevent suicide attempts

Tracee S. Dahm, BSDH, MS

dental hygienists can use these techniques to help patients accept dental treatment

Patient Education

The power of persuasion: 5 ways dental hygienists can increase treatment acceptance

Shelley Brown, MEd, BSDH, RDH

dental hygirnist educating dental patient about best home-care tools

Your patients, your impact: Enhancing treatment success for all dental patient types

Beth Jordan, MS, RDH

Patient using oral mouth rinse

Why should we care about the effects of mouth rinses on oral nitric oxide production?

Kathryn Gilliam, BA, RDH, MAAOSH, HIAOMT

talk to your dental patients who use nicotine pouches about their oral health

RDH Magazine Podcast

Nicotine pouches: The latest trend with Alyssa Day

Alyssa Day, BSDH, RDH

Systemic and oral implications of long COVID

Systemic and oral implications of long COVID

Lindsey Basug, BSDH(c)

Knowing the major minerals can help you guide your dental patients toward better health

Patient Education

Do you know the major minerals? Major support for oral health

Breezy Briana Bonney, MS, BSDH, RDH

Hygienist at odds with dentist

Doctor disagrees with hygienists: Conservative approach derails attempt to provide care

Dianne Glasscoe Watterson, MBA, RDH

Periodontal disease: A comorbidity?

Periodontal disease: A comorbidity? Part 2

Lara James, NTM, RDH

dental hygienists should watch for uremic glossitis in renal disease patients

Uremic glossitis: A silent clue in the oral cavity of renal patients

Andreina Sucre, MSc, RDH

Sharpened dental instruments

Keeping your instruments’ cutting edges: When, why, and how to sharpen

Amy Lemons, MEd, BSDH, RDH

Supragingival calculus and a lower lingual retainer

Revitalizing gingival health: A case study on SRP with glycine-based air polishing

Amber Auger, MPH, RDH

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and dental implant longevity

Emerging threat: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and dental implant longevity: Part 1

Anne O. Rice, BS, RDH, CDP, FAAOSH

dental pros are positioned to see signs of substance abuse early in patients

Substance abuse and oral health: Recognizing the signs behind the smile

Barbara Madej, RPh

antidepressant medications can have a big impact on oral health

RDH Magazine Podcast

Antidepressant medications and oral health

Tracee S. Dahm, MS, BSDH

Tips for Working Around a Lingual Permanent Retainer

4 tips for working around a permanent retainer

Melia Lewis, MEd, RDH

Hygienist using suction device on patient

Clinical Tips: High- and low-volume suction aids

Bethany Montoya, MBA, RDH