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Educating Dental Hygienists to Meet Future Health Care Needs and Roles of the Profession
Author(s) -
Boyd Linda D.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2016.80.9.tb06184.x
Subject(s) - dental hygiene , pharmacy , library science , medicine , sociology , medical education , family medicine , computer science
Across the United States, the role of the dental hygienist is evolving. As a result, the dental hygiene curriculum must expand from a traditional private practice focus to include other career pathways, such as providing direct access oral health care in alternative settings, practicing in