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1. Dental Hygienist A licensed primary healthcare professional, oral healthcare educator,
and clinician who provides preventative, educational, and therapeutic
services supporting total health for the control of oral diseases and
promotion of oral health. -Esther Wilkins, RDH, DDS, 2013.
2. CODA- serve the public and profession by developing and implementing
Commis-sion accreditation standards that promote and monitor the continuous
on Dental programs including Dental Hygiene
Accreditation
-make sure the patients are treated well by us.
3. What does
-check quality program and high standards
CODA Do?
-look at every aspect of the program
4. Preceptorship -"on the job" training by dentists for 1 year to be a dental hygienist.
-Only in Alabama. It is not allowed in any other states.
- Not Accredited and cannot sit for board exam
-They get paid less because they don't have a degree.
5. 7 Professional -Clinician
Roles of a -Corporate
Dental
-Public Health
Hygienist
-Researcher
-Educator
-Administrator
-Entrepeneur
6. Where did Dental -Bridgeport, CT.
Hygiene Start? -Fones School of Dental Hygiene est. 1913
7. Master's -Healthcare Management
Degree -Public Health
opportunities
-4+1 options
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8. bachelor's Same requirements for A.S. degree +
de-gree at -1 additional year of study through online curriculum
UNH
-Study away/abroad opportunities
-3-year associate in science degree
9. Associates
-take computerized National Board Exam (NBDHE)
De-gree
-Clinical Board Exam (CDCA)
Require-
ments
10. Alfred C. Fones -Believed women could be trained to provide preventative services
-Trained Irene Newman for be a hygienist
-Opened first DHYG school
11. Dr. Robert Tanner 1st African American Dentist
Freeman
12. Ida Gray 1st African American woman to graduate from dental school
13. Horace Wells -discovered inhalation anesthesia in 1844
-from Hartford, CT
14. G.V Black -"grand old man of dentistry"
-believed dentistry should be independent of medicine
-preventative not reparative
15. Esther Wilkins - Dec 9,1916 - Dec 12, 2016
-Wrote 1st comprehensive textbook on DHYG: Clinical practice of the
Dental Hygienist
-12 editions: 1st published in fall 1939.
-Graduated from Forsyth as an RDH in 1939 and Tufts School of Dental
Medicine in 1949
16. Emeline Roberts -First woman dentist in the U.S.
-trained by husband in 1855
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17. Lucy Hobbs First woman to graduate from dental school in 1866
18. Wilhelm discovered x-rays in 1895
Roent-gen
19. Irene Newman 1st dental hygienist
20. Dental Team -Oflce Receptionist/manager
-Dental assistant
-Dental hygienist
-Dentist
-Dental technician
21. Roles of
recep- 24.
tionist/Manag
er
22. Roles of
Dental
Assistant
23. Roles of a
Dental
Hygienist
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-greets patients in person/on
phone
-makes appts/maintain
accounts
-coordinates dentists and
hygienists schedules
-Bills patients & ins. companies
-Expose and process x-rays
-Assist dentist chairside
-prep the patient, equipment,
and instruments
-sterilization of instruments
-selective receptionist duties
-Expanded duties depending
on state
-Assesses the periodontal
health of patients
-Prophylaxis, sealant,
placement, fluoride.
-Performs scaling and root
planing procedures
-Exposes and processes
radiographs
-Administrates local anesthetic
-Patient education; tooth
brushing, flossing, smoking,
cessation, diet, etc.
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