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Research ArticleInnovations in Dental Hygiene Education

Dental Hygiene and Dental Assistant Students’ Simulated DVI Radiographic Match Accuracy: A pilot study

Samantha C. Vest, Brenda T. Bradshaw, Marsha A. Voelker, Ann M. Bruhn, Tara L. Newcomb and Sinjini Sikdar
American Dental Hygienists' Association April 2023, 97 (2) 31-38;
Samantha C. Vest
Gene W. Hirschfeld School of Dental Hygiene, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
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Brenda T. Bradshaw
Gene W. Hirschfeld School of Dental Hygiene, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
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Marsha A. Voelker
MCC-Penn Valley Health Science Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA
College of Health Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
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Ann M. Bruhn
Gene W. Hirschfeld School of Dental Hygiene, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
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Tara L. Newcomb
Gene W. Hirschfeld School of Dental Hygiene, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
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Sinjini Sikdar
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
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