Hard wooden toothpicks are not ideal for cleaning teeth because they can cause gum damage that could lead to infection. Rough and frequent toothpick use can damage existing dental work like ...

My job as a dental hygienist ... we start the cleaning process, and it is completely different to the old-fashioned methods of curettage and hand scaling. So, here I'm using a tool called Airflow ...

Lea Anne Haney, a dental hygienist at Northeast Delta Dental, has soldiered on the front lines of mouth care for 45 years, using her gloved fingers, dental tools and jets of water to clean teeth and ...