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Educational Preparedness to Provide Care for Older Adults in Alternative Practice Settings: Perceptions of dental hygiene practitioners

Kathleen Bell Szabo, Linda D. Boyd and Lisa M. LaSpina
American Dental Hygienists' Association December 2018, 92 (6) 16-23;
Kathleen Bell Szabo
RDH, MS
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Linda D. Boyd
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