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Why Dental Hygienists Are So Tired by the End of the Day One day, I caught myself getting irrationally angry at an ultrasonic cord that kept getting […]

Why Holding Positions All Day Is So Hard on a Dental Hygienist’s Body When I started strength training consistently in my early years as a dental hygienist, I […]

The Missing Piece Between Strength Training and Feeling Better at Work as a Dental Hygienist There’s a moment I hear about all the time from dental hygienists who strength train, […]

Proper Positioning for a Dental Hygienist: When You’re Doing Everything Right but Still Hurt You graduate. You invest in ergonomic loupes.You sit in a saddle chair.You remind yourself to […]

Strength Training for Dental Hygienists to Reduce Pain at Work Recently, I heard from a hygienist who said that by the end of the day, […]

What to Do When You’re Too Tired to Work Out (for Dental Hygienists) One Tuesday, I left the office feeling like every muscle in my body was tired. […]

How to Take Time Off Without Feeling Guilty as a Dental Hygienist Last month, a hygienist online shared that she had a full-blown panic attack after requesting […]

Arthritis in Dental Hygienists: What the New Research Means for Us The Stories That Hit Close to Home A few weeks ago, I was reading a […]

Why Strength Training Matters for Dental Hygienists (Beyond the Operatory) Early Career Pain Taught Me the Value of Strength Training for Hygienists There was a […]

10 Reasons Temping Might Be the Right Move for You as a Dental Hygienist I didn’t plan on temping when I graduated from hygiene school. But jobs were scarce, […]