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PubMed2003

Quality assurance and dental hygiene.

Dental hygiene in Canada has experienced significant growth. It has shifted from an emerging occupation to a regulated health profession in several jurisdictions. Many achievements may be attributed to this growth, including self-regulation and a national code of ethics. However, the majority of Canadian dental hygienists are relying on traditional, outdated and ineffective quality assurance mechanisms, such as mandatory continuing education requirements. In the interests of public protection, dental hygiene needs to ensure that the quality assurance activities required from its members are effective, valid and reliable. Quality assurance in health care continues to undergo modifications that better reflect the public's need for competent, ethical, safe and appropriate health care. Dental hygienists and dental hygiene regulatory bodies are challenged to find valid, reliable and effective methods of quality assurance. This paper discusses some of the developments in quality assurance in health care as well as some of the key and significant achievements of dental hygiene in Canada. The use of quality assurance mechanisms currently used in dental hygiene in Canada is also discussed. The paper concludes with a discussion on the potential barriers and issues that the profession may face when attempting to incorporate suitable quality assurance activities into daily dental hygiene practice.

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PubMed1990

The independent practice of dental hygiene.

Dental hygienists are health care professionals specially trained and licensed to provide preventive oral health care and information to patients. In 49 of the 50 states, dental hygienists practice their profession under some type of supervision by a dentist. They are prohibited by state law from practicing independently in their own dental hygiene offices. The independent practice of dental hygiene and the controversial issues concerning dentists and dental hygienists are the issues examined in this article.

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Need for dental hygiene and dental care in Veterans Administration patients.

The Periodontal Treatment Needs System (PTNS) was used to classify needs of 102 patients, 97 males and five females, at the VAMC Dental Service. The PTNS is based on the presence or absence of plaque, calculus or overhangs, inflammation and pocket depth. In addition, need for restorative and prosthetic care was added to the PTNS based on dentists' diagnosis. All classification was done by quadrant. All subjects required dental hygiene or periodontal care; 45% of the subjects need restorative treatment, prosthetic treatment, or both. Differences in numbers of patients requiring each type of treatment were highly significant. Multiple regression showed that age was positively related to type of treatment needed, with a significant difference in dental hygiene or periodontal needs by quadrant. The results of this study show greater need for dental hygiene and periodontal treatment than for dental treatment in these patients.

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PubMed2000

Relationships among dental hygiene course grades, a mock board dental hygiene examination, and the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this correlational study was to determine if a relationship existed among the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination (NBDHE) score, the mock board dental hygiene examination score (MDHE), early courses average (ECA), and interim (ICA) courses average, for Armstrong Atlantic State University dental hygiene students. METHODS: The sample comprised 130 Armstrong Atlantic State University dental hygiene students between and among the years 1989 and 1995. Eleven dental hygiene courses and a mock examination score were correlated using SAS software. Regression analysis of this data was performed with MINITAB software. RESULTS: Attempts to predict the dependent variable NBDHE with the ECA, MDHE, ICA, and some combination of these independent variables, were unsuccessful due to an undesirably low R2 value (0.53) and multicollinearity when multiple regression was used. However, logistic regression showed that ECA, and MDHE to a lesser extent, notably affected probability of passing the NBDHE. CONCLUSIONS: Recommendations and conclusions drawn from this study include (a) remediation, (b) tracking student progress in the nine courses determining the ECA to identify weaknesses that make intervention advisable, and (c) providing mentoring for at-risk students.

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PubMed1988

Dental hygiene and predoctoral dental curricula concerning dietary fluoride supplements.

Deficiencies have been identified in dentists' knowledge about and use of proper protocol in systemic fluoride supplementation and water fluoride assay. Although AADS curriculum guidelines include systemic fluoride supplementation, little is known about actual predoctoral dental and dental hygiene curricula in this area. This study used a mail survey format to investigate dental and dental hygiene curricula concerning systemic fluoride supplementation. The majority of pertinent topics were reported to be included in most program curricula. However, the majority of programs reported no opportunities for students to apply the lecture material presented. Clinical evaluation of the fluoride supplement needs of all child patients is recommended. Student experience should be enhanced by the use of simulated experiences, especially in urban dental and dental hygiene programs. The dentist/dental hygienist team approach should be encouraged.

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