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California Dental Hygiene Educators' Perceptions of an Application of the ADHA Advanced Dental Hygiene Practitioner (ADHP) Model in Medical Settings

Lauren Smith and Margaret Walsh
American Dental Hygienists' Association December 2015, 89 (6) 390-396;
Lauren Smith
MS, RDH
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