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http://dx.doi.org/10.17135/jdhs.2014.14.3.276

The Professionalization of American Dental Hygienist  

Kim, Hyeong-Mi (Department of Dental Hygiene, Namseoul University)
Lim, Soon-Ryun (Department of Dental Hygiene, Namseoul University)
Bae, Hyun-Sook (Department of Dental Hygiene, Namseoul University)
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Journal of dental hygiene science / v.14, no.3, 2014 , pp. 276-286 More about this Journal
Abstract
In 2013, dental hygienist is in its 100th year. As Dr. Fones opened two year dental hygiene training program at Bridgeport Junior College in 1913. 'Dental Hygienist', the profession that specializes in oral disease prevention and health science, was first used. Since 'Dental Hygienist' was first introduced in the States, looking back through the America's development of dental hygienist would be the basis of checking development process of the international dental hygiene system and comparing the system of each country. This study focused on the contemplation of how America's dental hygienist became professional through 'development of dental hygienist', 'development of dental hygiene education system', 'development of dental hygienist's license and related qualification system', 'Dental hygienist laws and ethics', and 'dental hygienists' role and scope'. America's dental hygienist has requirements to become professional and also dental hygienist is socially recognized as professional. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the process of American dental hygienist professionalization. Thus, references and literature were gathered and analyzed.
Keywords
American dental hygienist; Professionalization;
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