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Dental anxiety and pain related to dental hygienist treatment

open access: yesActa Odontologica Scandinavica, 2008
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate different groups of patients' self-reported assessments of dental anxiety and pain related to various routine dental hygienist treatment procedures, and to investigate the relationship between anxiety concerning dental and dental ...
Hakeberg, Magnus,, Cunha, Luciette
exaly   +2 more sources

The Dental Hygienist as a Preventodontist

The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1972
The dental hygienist has become a specialist in two areas: patient education and preventive periodontics. The skill and training of the hygienist must be utilized fully by the dental profession if the current and future needs of the public are to be met.
D S, Aker, H A, Zaki
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Registered dental hygienists as dental students

Journal of Dental Education, 1985
Surveys were conducted to (1) investigate how and why dental hygienists choose to become dentists, (2) evaluate their success in dental school, (3) assess the experience of those who had entered dental school, and (4) gauge the level of interest among dental hygienists and currently enrolled dental hygiene students in applying to dental school. Records
J, Arnold, D A, Shugars
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Dental hygienists in Korea

International Journal of Dental Hygiene, 2003
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to give basic information about the status of dental hygienists in Korea. This paper examines the changing process of the dental hygiene education system in Korea, from its start in 1965 until the present, 2003, the composition of dental personnel in Korea, the specialised areas and roles of dental hygienists after
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Dental hygienists in Poland

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1978
Abstract The activities of dental hygienists in Poland since 1974 are described. About 600 dental hygienists graduated in Poland up to 1977 but only 32 % of them are still working in the profession. Their main activities are: dental health education, fluoride prophylaxis and assisting in dental clinics. Although the work of about 50 % of the hygienists
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A neglected resource—the dental hygienist

The Journal of the American Dental Association, 1969
Current concern with relevance prompts the dental hygienist to seek more real involvement in dental health services. Her education and ability will continue to be a neglected resource until she is enabled to perform all of the significant health services for which she has been educated.
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The dental hygienist

Journal of Dentistry, 1977
On the basis of a literature study, the author outlines the international development of the career of dental hygienist and deals with her possible uses. Then follows a description of the development and of the actual tasks in the GDR, starting from the objectives of the socialist health service.
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Work Environment of Dental Hygienists

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2005
We sought to evaluate how musculoskeletal disorders and workplace psychosocial factors affect dental hygienists' work hours and productivity.We mailed a survey to dental hygienists in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California.Musculoskeletal pain caused 27% of hygienists to decrease work hours and 8.7% to change office locations.
Theodore, Yee   +2 more
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Scleroderma: considerations for dental hygienists

International Journal of Dental Hygiene, 2008
Abstract:  Scleroderma, the general name of a group of progressive diseases affecting the connective tissues is the most deadly of the varying connective tissue disorders. Characterized by abnormal thickening of the skin, this collagen‐vascular disease is associated with immune dysfunction.
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