The dental hygiene curriculum at the University of South Dakota is primarily service-oriented
and students provide dental hygiene services in various settings as course requirements. In …

Service‐learning has become an important component of higher education. Integrating
service‐learning into dental and dental hygiene curricula will foster graduates who are …

Dental hygienists should be aware of the concept of service-learning and how it can
enhance dental hygiene education. A look at national documents and other relevant …

Purpose: A large body of literature exists on the instructional pedagogy known as service-
learning. Service-learning is a teaching and learning approach characterized by the dental …

Community‐based service‐learning is increasingly common in dental education. By
definition, service‐learning combines educational goals with service to the community, and …

Abstract" Service-Learning (SL) is widely used in education today. Little is known about the
use of SL pedagogy on dental hygiene students. SL in dental hygiene is an ideal teaching …

Abstract Throughout the United States, an emphasis has been placed on: 1) access to oral
health care with the publication of the Surgeon General's report on oral health in America …

National reports outlining disparities in oral health care in the United States have focused
attention on ways to encourage health care providers to become more involved in the public …

With the development of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the move
toward deinstitutionalization, there has been an increased awareness of the health needs of …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of a service‐learning course on
special needs patients for dental hygiene students by considering student reflections …