Prioritization of the Skills to Be Mastered for the Daily Jobs of Japanese Dental Hygienists by Yoshiaki Nomura, Erika Kakuta, Ayako Okada, Yuko Yamamoto, Hiroshi Tomonari, Noriyasu Hosoya, Nobuhiro Hanada, Naomi Yoshida, Noriko Takei

“…Dental hygienists require proficiency in a wide variety of job skills. …”
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Preventive measures and perceived challenges in delivering oral health care for elderly patients: a survey of dental hygienists in Norway by Anne Breivik, Simen E. Kopperud, Qalbi Khan, Aida Mulic, Linda Stein

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Evaluation of Hand-Scaling Skills of Dental Hygienist Students: Identification of Contact Between Hand-Scaler Blade Tip and Tooth Surface by Tomoko Yui, Sung-Gwi Cho, Yuki Sato, Yasuaki Orita, Ming Ding, Jun Takamatsu, Takahiro Wada, Tsukasa Ogasawara

Subjects: “…Dental hygienist…”
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Continuous Professional Oral Health Care Intervention Improves Severe Aspiration Pneumonia by Wakako Nawata, Yojiro Umezaki, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Masato Nakajima, Michiko Makino, Masahiro Yoneda, Takao Hirofuji, Takafumi Yamano, Hiroaki Ooboshi, Hiromitsu Morita

“…This case suggests that continual POHC intervention by a dental hygienist may improve severe aspiration pneumonia.…”
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Concordance and Clinical Outcomes Improvement Following Oral Hygiene Motivation: A Systematic Review and Report of the Workshop of the Italian Societies of Dental Hygiene by Antonia Abbinante, Anna Antonacci, Michela Antonioni, Andrea Butera, Matteo Castaldi, Silvia Cotellessa, Caterina Di Marco, Martina Gangale, Rossana Izzetti, Maurizio Luperini, Carolina Maiorani, Gianna Maria Nardi, Alice Ravoni, Silvia Sabatini, Sandro Sestito, Augusta Virno, Filippo Graziani

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Weaving oral health provider perspectives to guide future dental therapy advocacy and implementation efforts by Amanda J. Llaneza, Amanda J. Llaneza, Kara A. Stone, Julie Seward

“…Among the respondents, 25% identified as dentists, 23% identified as dental hygienists, 46% identified as dental therapists, 6% identified as other oral health workforce members (i.e., dental assistant and/or Tribal oral health coordinator). …”
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Comparing COVID-19 literacy and vaccine hesitancy among health care workers, including oral health professionals, in Japan by Fujimi Ueno, Satoru Haresaku, Hidechika Iino, Tomoaki Taguchi, Ryuji Sakagami, Koichiro Matsumoto, Kotaro Kudo, Masahiro Yoneda, Akiko Chishaki, Kenji Okada

“…Results In total, 408 (68.5%) participants were enrolled for the study. Dental hygienists’ COVID-19 literacy levels were lower compared to those of nurses and physicians. …”
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Perceptions of dental professionals on the use of silver diamine fluoride with or without light-curing by Win Myat Phyo, Palinee Detsomboonrat

“…Eighteen participants (dental students (undergraduate and postgraduate), dental personnel (practicing dentists and dental hygienists), and academics) with ages ranging from 22 to 53 years old participated in the study. …”
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