Purpose: Today there is a heightened awareness to address access issues and unmet oral
needs. The current private practice system of delivering oral health care is failing many …

Purpose: According to the report Healthy People 2020, oral health is integral to overall
health and access to dental services is essential to promoting and maintaining good oral …

Purpose: Advanced dental hygiene practitioners (ADHPs), members of the oral health care
team, bring care to persons disenfranchised from adequate dental services. ADHPs are …

Abstract Purpose. Ensuring that all Americans have access to quality oral health care has
become the primary focus of local, state, and federal government agencies; and the issue …

One of the oral health goals of Healthy People 2010 is to improve access to services. The
Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health (May 2000) charge to dental professionals is to …

The article focuses on the work of members of the American Dental Hygienists' Association
(ADHA) regarding the Advanced Dental Hygiene Practitioner (ADHP) document. The ADHP …

Purpose: Inequitable access to dental care contributes to oral health disparities. Midlevel
dental provider models are utilized across the globe as a way to bridge the gap between …

In 1998, California officially recognized a new dental health profession: the Registered
Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice (RDHAP). RDHAPs may practice unsupervised in …

The development of dental therapy in the US grew from a desire to find a workforce solution
for increasing access to oral health care. Worldwide, the research that supports the value of …

Abstract The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) defines direct access as the
ability of a dental hygienist to initiate treatment based on their assessment of patient's needs …