Purpose: To assess US dental hygiene educators' evidence-based practice (EBP) knowledge,
attitude, access and confidence and determine whether a correlation exists between …

The purpose of this study was to examine by transmission (TEM) and scanning electron
microscopy (SEM) the supragingival microbial plaque overlying the ulcerated gingival papillae …

The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive validity of traditional and nontraditional
dental hygiene competency assessment measures on one‐shot clinical licensure …

The article discusses the implementation of portfolio assessment in a competent dental
hygiene program in the US It states that the Commission on Dental Association revised its …

PURPOSE: The United States is rapidly becoming a more multicultural society. Although
minority groups are the fastest growing segment of the US population, minorities are not …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which US dental
hygiene programs are incorporating cultural competency education into the dental hygiene …

Purpose: To assess US dental hygiene educators9 evidence-based practice (EBP) knowledge,
attitude, access and confidence and determine whether a correlation exists between …

Purpose: The purpose of this manuscript was to conduct a cost analysis of the Miles of
Smiles Program, a collaboration between the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the challenges related to formal clinical
remediation in dental hygiene programs, which include timing of student identification, policy …

Background: It has been speculated that periodontal probes can transmit periodontal
pathogens from site to site. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential for bacterial …