is there a proper CLOSE method for usercontrols?

I'm just calling the dispose method. I guess I could also do a ParentForm.Controls.Remove to remove the usercontrol from the form...
is it bad to call dispose? which one should I use when I want to remove a usercontrol? (the code is called from the usercontrol itself not from the form)

From what I have seen, if you call dispose on the usercontrol itself, it does not show up in the Parent's control collection. So I stuck with Me.Dispose.