Research ArticleInnovations in Dental Hygiene Education

Training Dental Hygiene Students to Care for Patients with Disabilities

Ann Eshenaur Spolarich, Ellen Gohlke, Karen Fallone and R. Curtis Bay
American Dental Hygienists' Association October 2023, 97 (5) 43-57;

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