Hygiene

How to Schedule Multiple Hygienists Without Chaos for Dentist Doing Exams and Remaining Productive?
A Townie seeks advice on staying productive while maintaining a schedule with three hygienists
April 2025
That’s Not What I Learned in School: Challenging Old Practices and Integrating New Techniques
Science is a moving target, and when we graduate, we are notoriously behind the new techniques and information for patient treatment. If you have ever uttered the sentences; “but that’s not what I...
Ms. Michelle Strange
CE Credits: 1.5
Dental Care for the Neurological Patient
Neurological patients make up the largest percentage of patients with non-developmental disabilities. This course provides insight into the oral hygiene challenges they present, from the beginning of...
Ms. Cindy Kleiman
CE Credits: 1.5
SDF Essentials
Dr. Roopwant Kaur outlines the key aspects of incorporating silver diamine fluoride into practice, including critical considerations for diagnosis, restoration, staining, insurance coverage and the...
by Dr. Roopwant Kaur
February 2025
Are You Staying Ahead of the Ultrasonic Curve?
This course details how ultrasonic scaling technology can be used for more than the removal of moderate to heavy calculus, and discusses how to implement ultrasonic practices to remove light calculus...
Dani Botbyl, RDH
CE Credits: 1.5
Product Profile: FastCheck15
Verify dental waterline safety with speed, simplicity and support
June 2024
2023 Dental Townie Choice Awards
The results are in, and now it’s time to announce the winners of the 2023 Dental Townie Choice Awards—and this year, we shine the spotlight on the victors in a few notable races.
December 2023
Dental Hygiene Instruments...What’s Hot, What’s Not, you be the Judge.
Your selection of instruments reflects upon your level of experience, professional confidence, clinical knowledge, and most significantly, the decisions your instructors made for you when they chose...
Judy Bendit RDH.
CE Credits: 1.5
Get In the Loupes
Forest Rain Marcia shares how to choose the right magnification tools
by Forest Rain Marcia
New Grads Edition 2023
How Long Does a Patient Stay With a Periodontist’s Office After SRP?
After potentially losing patients to a specialist’s office, this doc wants to know if they’re ever coming back.
August 2022
2021 Townie Choice Awards
After Townies cast their ballots for their favorite dental services and products, we tallied the results. Now it’s time to announce the winners of the 2021 Townie Choice Awards!
December 2021
Plan Your Perio Program
Developing and maintaining a periodontal care program in a general dental practice requires a few core mindset principles to be shared by the entire team. Dental hygiene coach Rachel Wall, RDH,...
by Rachel Wall, RDH, BS
November 2021
Weathering the Storm of Dental Hygiene Turnover
Your hygienist might be feeling burned out: An estimated 8% have left the field since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and a recent survey indicates that 43% of them are open to a job change within the...
by Jodie Heimbach, RDH
October 2021
Improved Dental Hygiene Production
One contributing factor to hygienist burnout is when rewards are not considered commensurate with effort. Dr. John A. Wilde suggests methods that, in the aggregate, will allow dentists to increase...
by Dr. John A. Wilde
July 2021
Professional Courtesy: Dental Hygienists—Advocates for Practice and Patient Alike
Editorial director Dr. Tom Giacobbi spotlights how great hygienists not only clean teeth but also develop closer ties between patient and practice.
by Dr. Thomas Giacobbi
October 2020
Best Swishes
Hygienetown clinical director Linda Douglas, RDH, recaps the offerings for mouth rinses that can help address perio conditions such as gingivitis.
by Linda Douglas, RDH
September 2019
SRP Diagnosed During Periodic Exam for The First Time
This Townie wonders how to broach the topic with the patient.
September 2019
Managing Tooth Wear Through Effective Communication
Professor Andrew Eder explores how to communicate effectively with patients about tooth wear.
by Andrew Eder, dean and professor at the University of Buckingham Dental Institute
June/July 2019 - UK Edition
Partner Content: Harnessing Digital Technology to Capture More Detail
Dr Kunal Shah describes a case where he used an intraoral scanner to treat a case of chronic apical periodontitis.
by Dr Kunal Shah
June/July 2019 - UK Edition
Following the Smart Silver Trail
Dr. Steve Duffin discusses the use of silver diamine fluoride to treat patients in the U.S. and abroad.
by Dr. Steve Duffin
November 2018
Winning at Selling
Angus Pryor discusses how hygienists can become more comfortable with the prospect of recommending products and services to patients, without feeling too “sales-y.”
by Angus Pryor
October 2018
New Science in the World of Whitening
Registered dental hygienists Mary Jane Livingston and Jennifer Vasquez answer commonly asked whitening questions, such as long-term effects on enamel, techniques to reduce tooth sensitivity, and...
by Mary Jane Livingston and Jennifer Vasquez
June 2018
How Long Is Your Hygiene Appointment, and What Does She Do?
What goes on during a hygiene appointment? Townies discuss what should happen … and what actually does.
June 2018
Townie Choice Awards 2017
The votes are in—the ballots are counted! See which products, services and equipment won the top spots for 2017.
December 2017
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