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GoTu Partners with Henry Schein to Expand Dental Workforce Support Nationwide
The dental staffing shortage is not a new problem. Practices across the country have spent years navigating last-minute cancellations, schedule gaps, and the quiet revenue bleed that comes with an open chair. For dental professionals, the same market pressure has created real questions about where to work, what flexibility looks...
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Dental Hygienist Specialties, Certifications & Must-Have Gear
Dental hygienists can specialize in periodontics, pediatric dentistry, public health, oncology, geriatrics, and research or education. Each path comes with distinct clinical expectations, optional certifications, and real differences in earning potential. Whether you’re mapping out your next move or you’re a practice manager building a team, here’s what you need...
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Dental Hygienist Burnout: What the Data Actually Shows in 2026
Burnout isn’t a new conversation in dental hygiene. What is new is how clearly the numbers now document it. According to GoTu’s 2026 State of Work Report, the largest ongoing survey of the U.S. dental workforce, with over 7,900 respondents across three professions, 60.6% of dental hygienists report having experienced...
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Dental Temp Agency: Best On-Demand Staffing Guide 2026
The best on-demand dental staffing solution for temp hygienists and assistants is a platform that combines the reliability of a traditional dental temp agency with the speed and flexibility of a modern marketplace app. For practice managers facing last-minute staffing gaps, the ideal solution offers same-day booking, verified credentials, and...
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Why ADHA’s Day on the Hill Matters for the Dental Workforce
In April, I attended the American Dental Hygienists’ Association’s Day on the Hill as part of GoTu’s continued investment in the future of the dental workforce. We started the morning with the ADHA Advocacy Team. What stood out right away was how structured and intentional the day was. Every group...
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The Best On-Demand Dental Staffing Agency
The best on-demand dental staffing agency connects dental practices with vetted hygienists, assistants, and other professionals within hours rather than weeks. GoTu stands out as a leading platform in this space, offering same-day matching capabilities that help practice managers and owner dentists fill unexpected staffing gaps without disrupting patient care...
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State of Work 2026: Key Dentistry Challenges Uncovered
The GoTu State of Work Report is back for its third year, and the data is the most comprehensive we’ve ever produced. 7,914 dental professionals responded. Three professions. Six key topics. And for the first time, three years of trend data that lets us see not just what’s happening, but...
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Dental Hygienist and Dentist: The Working Relationship, Scope of Practice, and How GoTu Connects Them
The dental hygienist and dentist relationship is the backbone of every productive dental practice. Together, they make up the clinical core of patient care, the dentist diagnosing and treating disease, the hygienist preventing it. But the working relationship between these two roles goes deeper than a job description. It spans...
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Dental Hygienist: What the Career Actually Looks Like Now
The version of dental hygiene that most people picture, one office, one schedule, same chair for decades, is still out there. But it is no longer the only version, and for a growing number of hygienists, it is not the preferred one. The profession has changed. Patient demand is up,...
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The 10 Jobs That Will Thrive in The Age of AI
An April 2026 report on the best careers in the AI age found that physical therapy will be among the most stable professions. With ChatGPT and other AI tools now handling tasks once done by people, a new study by GoTu, the largest dental talent marketplace, shows which jobs can’t...
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GoTu Sponsors Superhero-Themed Oral Health Kits Reaching Children and Families in 18 States
Partnership with America’s ToothFairy helps deliver preventive education and supplies to 1,000 children and caregivers nationwide GoTu, the technology-driven dental talent marketplace helping address the dental staffing crisis, has sponsored the distribution of superhero-themed Smile Guardian education resource kits through a partnership with America’s ToothFairy, helping expand oral health education...
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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Dental Staffing Agency for Shift Management
Choosing a dental staffing agency in 2026 isn’t complicated, until you actually have to do it. The options look similar on the surface. Every platform claims fast fill times, verified professionals, and seamless scheduling. What they don’t all deliver is reliability when a hygienist cancels the night before, or compliance...
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Temporary Dental Hygienist and Assistant Staffing
A hygienist calls out sick at 7 AM, and your morning schedule is fully booked. That scenario plays out in dental practices every week. Dentists say that staffing is one of their top challenges, and it’s exactly why temporary dental staffing exists. Temporary dental staffing connects your practice with licensed...
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