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A Symposium on the Future of Dentistry Report: Implications for the Public Sector: Impact on Dental Hygiene
Author(s) -
Fales Martha H.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of public health dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1752-7325
pISSN - 0022-4006
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.1985.tb01124.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dental hygiene , public health , oral health , dental public health , oral health care , family medicine , hygiene , oral hygiene , nursing , dentistry , pathology
This paper reviews the six recommendations as approved by the House of Delegates of the American Dental Association in 1983. Each recommendation is reviewed in relation to public health and preventive dentistry as well as the established goal of dental hygiene: “To improve the public's total health by increasing the awareness of and access to quality oral health care and to position the dental hygienist as the preventive oral health professional.” To reach this goal it is recommended that dental hygienists seek out opportunities in the public sector where there is more job satisfaction, their professional roles have higher acceptance with both coworkers and patients, and there is a high level of interaction with other health‐care professionals.