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dental hygiene
profession
By Diana Macri, RDH
(information adapted from the
ADHA website)
1913
95%
1949
Dr. Civilion Fones established the first dental hygiene education program in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
His vision of dental hygiene and dental hygiene education:
encouraging that the role of the dental hygienist include
preventive education for all patients, young and old,
children and mothers, as well as nutritional counseling. He
believed very strongly in the prevention of oral disease.
Timeline:
1998
ADHA: Registered
Dental Hygienist
becomes official
credential of the
profession
1984
1923
1906
Dr. Alfred Civilion Fones created
the dental hygiene profession. He
taught his cousin, Irene Newman, how
to remove plaque, stain, and calculus
from teeth through scaling and polishing techniques
1917
Irene
Newman
becomes the
first licensed
dental
hygienist.
California
becomes the first
state to allow
hygienists to
own their own
practices
Washington
becomes the first
state to allow
unsupervised
practice
1993
The ADHA
is organized
(it wont be
incorporated
until 1927).
1947
Minimum
educational
requirements for
dental hygienists are
established.
1971
Washington becomes
the first state to allow
local anesthesia administration by dental
hygienists
2011
Educational Requirements:
A dental hygiene education requires 84 credit
hours on average for an associate degree, or
118 credit hours for a baccalaureate degree.
However, before a student is admitted into a
dental hygiene program, they must complete
approximately 40 credit hours of prerequisite
college courses in chemistry, biology, speech,
sociology, English, and math.
As part of
dental hygiene
services, dental
hygienists:
Perform
oral health care
assessments
that include
the review of
patients health
Treat
and prevent
oral diseases
Take
patients history,
chart, screen
for oral cancer,
and evaluate
gum health and
disease
Expose,
process, and
interpret
dental
radiographs
(X-rays)
Administer
local anesthetic
and nitrous oxide
analgesia
Remove
plaque and
calculus from
above and below
the gum line
usingdental
instruments
What
Do Dental
Hygienists
Do?
baccalaureate
Apply
cavitypreventive
agents such as
fluorides and
sealants to the
teeth
Counsel
patients about
plaque control
and developing
individualized
at-home
oralhygiene
programs
Educate
patients on proper
oral hygiene
techniques to
maintain healthy
teeth andgums
Counsel
patients on the
importance of
good nutrition
for maintaining
optimal oral health
Administer
smoking cessation
programs
associate
programs
baccalaureate