PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jackie Fried
TI  - Interprofessional Collaboration: If Not Now, When?
DP  - 2013 Jan 01
TA  - American Dental Hygienists Association
PG  - 41--43
VI  - 87
IP  - suppl 1
4099  - http://jdh.adha.org/content/87/suppl_1/41.short
4100  - http://jdh.adha.org/content/87/suppl_1/41.full
SO  - J Dent Hyg2013 Jan 01; 87
AB  - Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) is a driving force behind state-of-the art health care delivery. Health care experts, governmental bodies, health professions organizations and academicians support the need for collaborative models. Dental hygienists possess unique qualities that can enhance a collaborative team. As preventive therapists, health educators and holistic providers, they are positioned to contribute richly and meaningfully to team models. Health care reform, overwhelming oral health needs and growing associations between oral and systemic wellness add to the dental hygienist's relevance in collaborative arrangements. Dental hygiene clinical and educational models that speak to collaboration are operational in many U.S. states and the future bodes well for their continued growth.