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The American Dental Hygienists’ Association defines the professional dental hygienist as a primary care oral health professional who?
• Has graduated from an accredited dental hygiene program in an institution of higher education.
• Is licensed in dental hygiene.
• Supports overall healt...
The American Dental Hygienists’ Association defines the professional dental hygienist as a primary care
oral health professional who?
• Has graduated from an accredited dental hygiene program in an institution of higher education.
• Is licensed in dental hygiene.
• Supports overall health through the promotion of optimal oral health.
▶▶ The cornerstone of dental hygiene practice has been the direct provision of education and clinical care to
individual patients. Dental hygiene roles and responsibilities have developed and grown since early years.
▶▶ The term dental hygiene care denotes all integrated preventive, educational, and treatment services
administered for a patient by a dental hygienist.
▶▶ The term is parallel to the commonly used term “dental care,” which refers to the services
provided by the dentist.
Who is the father of dental hygiene?
Dr. Alfred C. Fones
Who was the first licensed dental hygienist?
Irene Newman: was an assistant first
What was their goal?
Prevention rather than treatment-primary education
What are the roles of a dental hygienist?
• Education
Dental hygienists support oral health through their work in many settings including?
• General and specialty dental practices.
• Public health programs.
• Research centers.
• Professional education institutions.
• Hospital and institutional care facilities.
• Federal programs, including the armed services.
• The dental corporate industries.
What is the supervision and scope of practice for dental hygienist?
-only those services allowed with the DH Practice Act by each state
-Supervision by dentist
-Collaborative practice legislative initiatives for underserved
▶▶ Many states have enacted collaborative practice legislative initiatives and adopted practice rules that allow
dental hygienists to provide care autonomously for underserved populations in specifically designated public
What is a DH types of clinical services?
-Prevention to promote and maintain
>>Primary prevention: measures carried out so that disease does not occur
>>Secondary prevention: treatment of early disease to prevent further progression of potentially irreversible
conditions irreversible conditions that, if not arrested, can lead eventually to extensive rehabilitative treatment or
even loss of teeth
Ex: removal of all calculus and dental biofilm while debriding a root surface in a relatively shallow
periodontal pocket to prevent continued attachment loss and the formation of a deep pocket
>>Tertiary prevention: methods to replace lost tissues and to rehabilitate the oral cavity to a level where
function is as near to normal as possible after secondary prevention has been successful
Ex: replacement of a missing tooth using a fixed partial denture or implant and therefore restoring function.
-Educational
>>Educational services are strategies developed for an individual or a group to elicit behaviors directed toward
health.
• Educational aspects of dental hygiene service permeate the entire patient care system.
• The patient’s understanding of dental hygiene procedures and personal oral care
affects the success of both preventive and therapeutic services.
-Preventive and therapeutic services
Therapeutic services are clinical treatments designed to arrest or control disease and maintain oral tissues in
health.
• Dental hygiene treatment services are an integral part of the patient’s overall treatment plan.
-DH treatment services integral part of overall dental treatment plan
-Daily self care
-Regular appointments
-Educational & clinical services
-Mutually dependent & inseparable
-Scientific information
-Public awareness
Direct supervision:
The dentist has diagnosed and authorized the condition to be treated, remains on the premises while the
procedure is performed, and approves the work performed before dismissal of the pt
General supervision: the dentist has authorized the procedure for a pt of record but need not be present when
the authorized procedure is carried out by a licensed DH. The procedure is carried out in accordance with the
dental diagnosis and treatment plan.
Direct access supervision: the dental hygienist can provide services as determined appropriate during
assessment without specific authorization. This type of supervision is usually limited to prevention services
provided in specified public health
Remote supervision: the supervising dentist is not onsite. Communication between collaborating oral health
practitioners is provided through the use of current technologies. Sometimes referred to as teledentistry-assisted,
affiliated dental hygiene practices.
Independent practice: the DH can provide services within the scope of DH practice in any setting and without
authorization or supervision by the dentist
What are some dental hygiene specialties?
-Continuing education
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