Dental hygiene education about patients with special needs: A survey of U.S. programs

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1010-1019

  Dehaitem, Maryam J ^a   Ridley, Karen ^a   Kerschbaum, Wendy E ^a,b   Inglehart, Marita Rohr ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Dental hygiene curriculum; Dental hygiene education; Dental hygiene programs; Medically compromised patients; Patients with special needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CURRICULUM; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CURRICULUM; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DENTAL CARE FOR DISABLED; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54049149031     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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