Demand study for advanced dental hygiene educational degrees: Part 1: Assessing the clinical changes of our population.
The debate over the addition of the midlevel provider position for dental hygienists currently rages on. The midlevel provider (similar to the physician's assistant) in dentistry exists in a handful of states but is hotly contested in many other states. This is a 2-part study to add to the current body of knowledge by addressing the changing clinical needs in our population and the associated demand study for additional educational degrees for dental hygienists to address these changing needs. Part 1 addresses a literature update on oral health and systemic correlations contributing to our populations' declining health conditions, whereas part 2 illustrates the results of the demand study.
Dental Services, Department of Health Management Informatics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA. adriscol@mail.ucf.edu
Annelise Ydstebo
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Driscoll
Myron
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Fottler
Aaron
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Liberman
Louise
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Pitts
Thomas T H
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Wan
D052685:Alphapapillomavirus; D004499:Education, Dental, Graduate; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene / Q000193:education*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D009909:Oral Health; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control