Impact on dental hygiene.
This paper reviews the six recommendations as approved by the House of Delegates of the American Dental Association in 1983. Each recommendation is reviewed in relation to public health and preventive dentistry as well as the established goal of dental hygiene: "To improve the public's total health by increasing the awareness of and access to quality oral health care and to position the dental hygienist as the preventive oral health professional." To reach this goal it is recommended that dental hygienists seek out opportunities in the public sector where there is more job satisfaction, their professional roles have higher acceptance with both coworkers and patients, and there is a high level of interaction with other health-care professionals.
D000571:American Dental Association; D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D003756:Dental Hygienists; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D011313:Preventive Dentistry / Q000639:trends*; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce