Articles

Q&A with Irene Iancu

Health Insight, 2023

Restorative Dental Hygienist and Content Creator, Irene Iancu, shares her personal oral hygiene tips and tricks.

Celebrating Toothlife

Oralhealth, 2023

It started small in my basement, where I spent many late nights packaging and designing websites after working a 4-hour teaching job and then eating lunch in my car on the way to an 8-hour dental hygiene job.

A New Generation of Loupes

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene, 2022

Designs for Vision’s Infinity VUE loupes provide the benefits of a customized, ergonomic design.

Designs for Vision – Aerosol Protection Loupes

Oralhealth, 2022

Your body is way too valuable to buy shi**y products.

Stop Using the “F” Word

Oralhealth, 2022

If your dental fairy godmother popped out of your compressor room tomorrow and granted you three dental hygiene-related wishes, what would they be?

Philips Sonicare Cordless Power Flosser 3000

Oralhealth, 2022

Flossing isn’t the most appealing and enjoyable task for patients, so how about a cordless, handheld option that essentially does the work for you?

Loupes, Headlights and Intuitive Response — Oh My!

Oralhealth, 2022

How four little lights can be so different?

Phillips ZOOM WhiteSpeed Lamp

Oralhealth, 2022

3 packages arrived neatly and carefully packaged. Including a large box with patient kits, take home and in-office whitening materials and a neatly rolled up box with marketing posters and material.

Is It All Instaworthy?

Oralhealth, 2021

Social media is a blessing and a curse, but either way, it’s the way of the future (and so are you!).

Keep it Clean! Keep Your Loupes Spick and Span While Protecting Your Eyeballs.

Oralhealth, 2021

Your eyeballs are just as precious as your patients.

Designs for Vision – Infinity VUE

Oralhealth, 2021

Loupes or Microscope – Perhaps both?

Clean Your Loupes, Protect Your Eyeballs

Today's RDH, 2021

Irene Iancu, BSc, RDH, CTDP, talks all things loupes.

Spotlight Oral Care – Pregnancy Toothpaste

Oralhealth, 2021

This month’s review is from Spotlight Oral Care– a brand that develops products that are clinically proven, toxin-free, and sustainable.

Let Love Rule: Flight 1246, Seat 18A

Oralhealth, 2020

Ready for departure from one of the most remarkable adventures I’ve had the privilege of embarking on. I’m faced with the incredibly challenging task of describing what seems to be an indescribable dream; a blur of circumstances sous vide in emotions that I had forgotten I was capable of feeling.

United We Scale

Oralhealth, 2020

United we stand. United we scale. And united we miss the way things were.

The Not So Grand Opening

Oralhealth, 2020

Irene Iancu, BSc, RDH, CTDP, talks about opening her first practice.

Dental Economics, 2019

Xerostomia relief: A different approach to treatment

Irene Iancu, BSc, RDH, CTDP, explains how dental professionals can identify the clinical signs of dry mouth and discusses treatment options for xerostomia relief.

How YouTube Has Made Me A Better Hygienist

Oralhealth, 2019

When you think of YouTube, what is your first instinct? Have you ever thought that YouTube could make you a better clinician?

Oralhealth, 2019

Strategies To Help Land Your Dream Job

Unlike some of my 2007 graduates, I wasn’t a dental assistant first, and aside from having a dentist of my own, I hadn’t set foot in a dental office as a staff member.

I'm All In

Oralhealth, 2019

Have you ever asked for a raise and been declined? What about benefits, new equipment, fancy scrubs or lab coats? I’m guilty.

Oralhealth, 2019

A Leap of Faith: Jamaica 2018

Irene Iancu, BSc, RDH, CTDP, talks about her time volunteering in Jamaica.

Good Things Come To Those Who Hustle

Oralhealth, 2019

Irene Iancu, BSc, RDH, CTDP, talks about her journey to practice ownership.

Oralhealth, 2018

What Your Ears May Tell Us About Your Health

We are living in a systemically compromised world. As the prevalence of physical illness increases through the decades, we, as dental hygienists, are finding ourselves in a position to help with early evaluation.