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Martha J Mccomas

Clinical Associate Professor and Interim Associate Director of Dental HygieneUniversity of …
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Oral care for pregnant patients: A survey of dental hygienists' knowledge, attitudes and practice

…, ME Jacks, TJ Prihoda, MJ McComas… - American Dental …, 2016 - jdh.adha.org
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge, attitude and practice
behaviors of dental hygienists' providing oral health care to pregnant women. Methods: Data …

[PDF][PDF] Evidence-based strategies for interdental cleaning: a practical decision tree and review of the literature

P Liang, S Ye, M McComas, T Kwon, CW Wang - Quintessence Int, 2021 - quintpub.com
Although several studies have investigated the effectiveness of various interdental cleaning
devices, there is a need for an evidence-based synopsis for clinicians to customize …

General dentists' perceptions of dental hygienists' professional role: a survey

SK Mishler, MR Inglehart, MJ McComas… - American Dental …, 2018 - jdh.adha.org
Purpose: Changes in dental hygienists' scope of practice in the United States (US) are not
independent of general dentists' attitudes and behavior related to dental hygienists' …

Dental, dental hygiene, and graduate students' and faculty perspectives on dental hygienists' professional role and the potential contribution of a peer teaching …

MJ McComas, MR Inglehart - Journal of Dental Education, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The changing role of dental hygienists deserves dental and dental hygiene educators’
attention. The first aim of this survey study was to assess University of Michigan dental, dental …

Educational deficiencies recognized by independent practice dental hygienists and their suggestions for change

CE Vannah, M McComas, M Taverna, B Hicks… - American Dental …, 2014 - jdh.adha.org
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived level of preparedness
Maine Independent Practice Dental Hygienists (IPDHs) received from their standard …

Dental and Dental Hygiene Students' Perceptions of Status Quo, Benefits of, and Curricular Suggestions for Shared Learning: On the Road to IPE?

MJ McComas, J Doctor… - Journal of Dental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In 29 US academic institutions, dental and dental hygiene students are educated on the
same campus. The aims of this study were to explore the perceptions of dental and dental …

A survey of cariology education in US dental hygiene programs: The need for a core curriculum framework

MJ McComas, M Hurlbutt… - Journal of Dental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Dental hygienists play a key role in dental caries prevention and management. As
the evidence of dental caries risk, prevention, and management becomes more complex, it …

M‐OSCE as a method to measure dental hygiene students' critical thinking: a pilot study

MJ McComas, RA Wright, NK Mann… - Journal of dental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Educators in all academic disciplines have been encouraged to utilize assessment strategies
to evaluate students’ critical thinking. The purpose of this study was to assess the viability …

No skills left behind: Online teaching and learning in preclinical dental hygiene

MJ McComas, AK Barragato, J Kinney - 2021 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
RESULTS End of semester focus groups were conducted to analyze the perception of the
quality of teaching and learning of both faculty and students. Faculty repeatedly stated that the …

Utilizing Caries Management by Risk Assessment (CAMBRA) for the Purpose of Creating a Caries Prevention Treatment Plan for Individualized Patient Care

M McComas - MedEdPORTAL, 2015 - mededportal.org
Introduction According to the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Center for Disease
Control (CDC), dental caries is still a major epidemic facing people of all ages and in all …