Purpose: To assess senior dental students' knowledge and attitudes toward dental
hygienists' contributions to comprehensive patient care and to compare the responses of …

Purpose: Changes in dental hygienists' scope of practice in the United States (US) are not
independent of general dentists' attitudes and behavior related to dental hygienists' …

The changing role of dental hygienists deserves dental and dental hygiene educators'
attention. The first aim of this survey study was to assess University of Michigan dental …

Oral health is strongly correlated to systemic health in the United States. Dental
professionals play a significant role in addressing the oral health and prevention of disease …

Dental students in North American dental schools are exposed to faculty members with
various professional backgrounds. These faculty members may include dentists, dental …

Background: A growing body of research demonstrates the degree to which dental
hygienists cite barriers to the provision of clinical therapy. Many of these barriers appear to …

Problem: In the spring of 2014, the Maine state legislature enacted a new law, LD1230,
establishing a midlevel oral health care provider, the Dental Hygiene Therapist (DHT). The …

In the educational setting, dental hygiene students learn to perform a variety of clinical
procedures. Some procedures regularly performed in the school clinical setting may not be …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the awareness of registered dental
hygienists (RDHs), licensed in the state of Maine, regarding the midlevel dental hygiene …

General Dentists’ Perceptions of the Professional Role of the Dental Hygienist within the
Private Practice Setting By Samantha Page 1 General Dentists’ Perceptions of the Professional …