title: The role of the dental hygienist in mass disasters.
abstract: The authors examine the specialty of dental hygiene and address its role in the identification of mass-disaster fatalities. Very little exists in the literature on what dental hygienists can often and what they have contributed as members of dental-identification teams. To encourage forensic dentists to seek out the valuable assistance of these highly trained professionals, the authors illustrate how their services can be used in mass disasters.
authors.affiliation: Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Department, Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, New Orleans 70119, USA.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Brannon
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Connick
mesh_terms: D003756:Dental Hygienists; D004190:Disasters; D005553:Forensic Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations