RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The Dental Hygiene Faculty Shortage: Causes, Solutions and Recruitment Tactics JF American Dental Hygienists Association JO J Dent Hyg FD American Dental Hygienists Association SP 165 OP 169 VO 84 IS 4 A1 Elizabeth Carr A1 Rachel Ennis A1 Laura Baus YR 2010 UL http://jdh.adha.org/content/84/4/165.abstract AB Purpose: Peer-reviewed professional publications were examined for pertinent information associated with faculty shortages in the dental professions. The review found 6 suggested causes, including inadequate compensation, lack of diversity amongst faculty, inadequate mentoring for new faculty, lack of modeling to prospective dental hygiene educators, little awareness of faculty shortages and lack of institutional support for dental hygiene faculty. The causes and solutions for faculty shortages and recruitment tactics employed by parallel professions were evaluated to determine their applicability to the dental hygiene faculty shortage. There remains a scarcity of information regarding dental hygiene faculty shortages and how dental hygiene programs and institutions should address such shortages.