One bill component proposes an alternative training pathway for dental hygienists, allowing individuals to receive training from a licensed dentist instead of a traditional dental hygiene program.

“You can tell a lot about someone’s health and habits just by looking inside their mouth,” registered dental hygienist Tajah Ferjuste told HuffPost. “The mouth really is a window to overall health. As ...

‘Dental hygienists and therapists play an essential, holistic role in people’s care – not only supporting oral health but also contributing to overall wellbeing. ‘They are often the first point of ...

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OPAs would only be required to get 120 hours of education for some procedures. Currently, dental hygienists require nearly 3,000 hours of training. ABC15 heard from Jennifer Walden, a hygienist an ...

The new law allows dental assistants ... be cheaper than paying a hygienist," Ellingson said. Under this new law, dental assistants will be required to take a training course involving 120 hours ...

Abstract: In dental hygienist education, many skills are taught that cannot be acquired without repeated training. To make this training more efficient, we need to measure the students' skills and ...

"Who knows what someone's training is outside of this country—if it's a non-accredited dental hygiene program?" Helmers said. "Even dentists in dental schools, I don't know how many semesters ...

to increase the ratio of dental students to faculty members with the aim of increasing dental hygienist class sizes and making education programmes more flexible. Resolution 513H-2024 encourages ...

Amendments to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, enable suitably trained dental hygienists and therapists to personally supply and administer specified medicines without requiring a patient ...

Prior to the new facility, the dental hygiene program only had access to 15-chair-workstations, now there are 24, making it possible to train more students. In addition to the lab, the university’s ...