A $20 million boost from the Legislature is expanding oral health training programs, aiming to ease a dental worker shortage.

Ayana Brooks got the best lesson in how small the world can be peering into the mouth of a patient. Brooks, a senior dental hygiene student at Indiana University Northwest, was performing a ...

For Tracy Stiegelmayer, it wasn’t about the money. She made a good living as a dental hygienist, earning roughly $76,000 a year working four days a week. But after 14 years, she needed a change and ...