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Program Evaluation of a Distance Master's Degree Dental Hygiene Program: A Program Effectiveness Study

Cynthia F. Sensabaugh, Tanya Villalpando Mitchell, Pamela R. Overman, Christopher J. Van Ness and Cynthia C. Gadbury-Amyot
American Dental Hygienists' Association December 2016, 90 (6) 362-371;
Cynthia F. Sensabaugh
RDH, MS
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Tanya Villalpando Mitchell
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Pamela R. Overman
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Christopher J. Van Ness
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Cynthia C. Gadbury-Amyot
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Cynthia F. Sensabaugh, Tanya Villalpando Mitchell, Pamela R. Overman, Christopher J. Van Ness, Cynthia C. Gadbury-Amyot
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