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Oral Health Literacy: Be part of the change!

WebOral health is acknowledged worldwide as a key component of overall health and impacts quality of life. The burden of oral diseases is found among individuals least able to …

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Improving Oral Health Literacy

WebOral Health Literacy. Thirteen years following the Surgeon General's report affirming that oral health is an essential component of general health, 4 the misconception that oral …

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Access to Oral Health Care: A National Crisis and Call for …

WebIntroduction. Access to dental care is a critical and complex problem in America. The position of the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) is that oral health care is …

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Journal of Dental Hygiene

WebThe JDH’s Editorial Advisory Board and JDH Reviewers are nationally and internationally recognized content experts and researchers in the dental hygiene profession, as well as …

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Infection Prevention and Control Practices of Dental …

WebIntroduction. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic of COVID-19, an infection caused by a novel beta coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. …

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Health Behavior Models and Oral Health: A Review

WebDental hygienists help their clients develop health promoting behaviors, by providing essential information about general health, and oral health in particular. Individual …

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Become a Dental Hygienist

WebWhile the process may differ slightly depending on where you live, virtually every state follows a similar set of steps that lead to licensure. Graduate from an accredited dental …

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What does research tell us about the future of dental hygiene

WebResearch findings allow the dental hygiene profession to keep pace with current demographic, political, economic, psychosocial, technological, physiological and …

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Scholarships + Grants

WebThe American Dental Hygienists’ Association Institute for Oral Health (ADHA Institute) Fellowship Grant Program was established as a means of specifically supporting the …

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The Importance of Family Oral Health Education in Promoting …

WebDental caries remains a preventable, chronic disease that impacts children worldwide. Globally, in 2019 an estimated 514 million children experienced dental caries in their …

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Probiotics and Oral Health Journal of Dental Hygiene

WebTwetman S, Keller MK. Probiotics for caries prevention and control. Adv Dent Res. 2012;28(2):98-102.. Objective: Modulation of the microbiota for restoring and maintaining …

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Dental Hygiene Practice Act Overview: Permitted Functions …

WebDental Hygiene Practice Act Overview: Permitted Functions and Supervision Levels by State This document is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute a …

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Medical and Dental Implications of Eating Disorders

WebEating disorders occur primarily in women, who comprise 90% of patients affected. For anorexia nervosa, the lifetime prevalence is 0.5 to 1.5%, and the male-to-female ratio is …

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ADHA Publications

WebYour Official ADHA Podcast. Since April 2020, host Matt Crespin, MPH, RDH, FADHA, has brought us more than 120 free episodes. Delivered via the most popular podcast …

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Linking Research to Clinical Practice

Web262 The Journal of Dental Hygiene Vol. 86 • No. 4 • Fall 2012 Commentary DM is a worldwide endemic, and undiagnosed cases are considered to be highly prevalent.

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Views of Dental Providers on Primary Care Coordination at …

WebPurpose: There is a need for research to facilitate the widespread implementation, dissemination and sustained utilization of evidence-based primary care screening, …

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State Licensure by Credential

WebLicensure by Credential: States may use the terms; “licensure by endorsement”, “licensure by creteria approval”, or “reciprocity” to mean provisions in the law that allow out of state …

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The Empire Challenge: Statewide Initiative Linking the Role of …

WebPurpose: The primary goal of this 3 year grant-funded pilot project was to determine if a specialized training program could increase the number of dental hygienists in New York …

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