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 …

Direct access care provided by dental hygienists can reduce oral health disparities for the
underserved, yet legal, regulatory, and ethical considerations create complexities and limits …

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 …

This article seeks to chronicle how dental therapists are being used to bolster the supply of
providers for the underserved and explore their potential to diversify the field of dentistry and …

Purpose: The purpose of this investigation was to examine the commissioning history of the
professions of physicians, dentists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and …

Purpose: The aim of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to explore the attitudes
and perceptions of public health dental hygienists on providing preventive care to …

The shifting landscape of the United States (US) health care system presents vast
opportunities for dental hygienists to advance their role in improving population health. In …

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

The US surgeon general defined the national oral health care crisis in 2001 in Oral Health in
America: A Report of the Surgeon General. The report concluded that the public …

The elimination of oral health disparities in the US will require enhancing access to oral
health care services. The workshop convened in 2009 by the Institute of Medicine on the …