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Last month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a dental hygiene bill that allows dental hygienists to use nitrous oxide and local infiltration anesthesia to assist dentists with all dental ...

On May 9, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a dental hygiene bill that allows dental hygienists to use nitrous oxide and local infiltration anesthesia to assist dentists with all dental ...

Deregulating dental hygienists' scope-of-practice rules, like administering nitrous oxide, at state levels may not have the sweeping benefits that advocates expect, according to a study that was ...

The Luzerne County Community College Continuing Education Department recently offered a course for licensed dental hygienists to become certified to administer local anesthesia. “Local Anesthesia for ...

Northeast Mississippi Community College's Office of Continuing Education has announced that it is hosting an additional offering of the highly sought-after "Local Anesthesia for Dental Hygienists" ...

Pennsylvania hygienists will soon be able to administer local anesthesia in dentists' offices and practice independently from dentists under new regulations, according to the American Dental ...

Greater roles for hygienists at issue It's been 10 years since Donita Burchill began her career as a dental hygienist. In those years, the Casselton, N.D., woman has worked at dental clinics in four ...

When you go to the dentist, you usually spend most of the visit with the dental hygienist, whose role has expanded in recent years. So, too, has the need for dental hygienists. “The demand for dental ...