Purpose: The profession of dental hygiene is lacking in racial and ethnic diversity, a
contributory factor to providing culturally competent patient care. The purpose of the study …

Purpose: Culturally competent health care providers understand cultural attitudes, values,
beliefs and practices and are able to use this knowledge to guide patient care. Rising oral …

Purpose: The Commission on Dental Accreditation requires that dental, dental hygiene and
dental assisting schools offer educational experiences to ensure that prospective dental …

This study seeks to determine if students who completed the 2-year dental hygiene program
at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center developed in the area of cultural …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to measure the change in levels of knowledge of
providing culturally competent care and self-assessed cultural competence of senior level …

Aim The aim of this paper is to highlight the need to integrate cultural care into dental
hygiene practice. Background Culture can be better understood through the concepts …

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 …

This study sought to determine if students who completed the two-year dental hygiene
program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center developed in the area of …

Dental hygiene students should prepare to competently provide services to culturally diverse
patients; therefore, this study was conducted as a baseline to determine the cross-cultural …

As the population of the United States becomes increasingly diverse, effective, client-
centered, contemporary dental hygiene practice will be realized only if clinicians are …