Purpose: Various workforce models, including the expanded function dental auxiliary
(EFDA), have been created as a means to address the crisis in oral health access. Limited …

The study investigated dental hygienists' scope of services and level of satisfaction as well
as their awareness and support to the existing and proposed oral health workforce models …

Interest in improving the dental profession's ability to deliver high quality dental care to a
larger segment of the population has resulted in the development and implementation of …

Background Expanded function dental auxiiiaries (EFDAs), which in—cludes both dental
assistants and hygienists, are a classifica—tion of health care providers that are licensed …

Oral health is an important component of overall health and well-being. The oral health
workforce is the fundamental component of the provision of oral health services, and …

Purpose: Currently, 37 states allow some type of alternative practice settings for dental
hygienists. This qualitative study was designed to explore the experiences of the Extended …

Purpose: Currently the dental hygiene practice model in Oregon includes the Expanded
Practice Dental Hygienist (EPDH), which allows dental hygienists with an Expanded …

The US surgeon general defined the national oral health care crisis in 2001 in Oral Health in
America: A Report of the Surgeon General. The report concluded that the public …

Methods: Mixed methods included a review of current state statutes and regulations, peer-
reviewed literature, and analyses of demographic data from the US Census Bureau's …

METHODS The study was conducted in an established private practice in which the two
dentists had been utilizing EFDAs for reversible intraoral procedures for five years prior to …