News

You may have noticed that Hygienicated took a little bit of a break in 2020. It’s pretty easy to guess why.Back in March and early April of 2020, the world collectively braced itself to...

How-To

If you’ve ever looked closely at a disinfectant product label, you may notice a very long – and very specific – list of microorganisms it’s proven to disinfect. So when a new pathogen...

Patient Care

Downloadable Infographic - How do e-cigarette vapors enter the body? Through the mouth! So what exactly does that mean for your teeth, tongue and oral cavity as a whole? This...

How-To

Have a minute between patients? Waiting for the autoclave to finish up? Do your neck and shoulders a favor with a few of these quick exercises.Scroll down to view the exercises or ...

How-To

Have you ever caught yourself falling out of your basic clock positions, or craning your neck just to peek at the distal of #2? If you nodded yes and felt a little twinge of pain in your...

Lifestyle

Wait, that fun-size candy bar has how much sugar? Celebrating Halloween with a list of candy bar sugar contents is no fun ... unless you're a dental hygienist! To give you some context,...

How-To

You’ve probably heard this question after a fluoride varnish application: How long do I have to wait before I can eat and drink? Well, that depends. If patients want to make the most of...

Humor

We want to make sure you live your days to the fullest, dental friends. So read on, laugh loud and enjoy this side-splitting social roundup.

How-To

Fluoride varnish: the notoriously sticky substance that's probably ruined a pair or two of your scrubs 😡 How on earth do you get varnish stains out? We put several popular treatments to...

Confession Corner

We all have them, those hilarious moments that make us want to die of shame or laugh so hard we cry. Sometimes we do or say something unbearably awkward, other times our patients say...