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Dental hygienists‐independent practice and pain control services
Author(s) -
Gruythuysen R.J.M.,
Vertin A.A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1994.tb01840.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dental hygiene , pain control , dentistry , family medicine , oral hygiene , nursing , anesthesia
– In 1990, 78 dental hygienists who were members of the Dutch Dental Hygiene Association and working in an independent practice received a questionnaire (response rate: 79%) about the administration of local anesthesia. The main aim of this study was to dertermine the need for this service prior to deep scaling. The results of the survey showed that the need to administer local anesthesia for this purpose is limited in spite of the large number of patients with periodontal problems treated in independent dental hygiene practices. In most circumstances the cooperation with the dentist is satisfactory. However, 83% of the respondents indicate a limitation in the pain control services.