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Professional Education
Dental Hygiene Process of Care
The dental hygiene process of care is the foundation of professional practice and provides a model for organizing and providing dental hygiene care in a variety of settings.
Assessment:
- The systematic collection of health, oral health, behavioral patterns, environment, cultural and other data from the client and/or family in order to identify client problems, needs and their ability to participate in the plan of care.
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- Pharmacology abstracts in knowledgebase (Spolarich)
- A Diagnostic Survey of Biopsied Gingival Lesions (Layfield et al)
- A National Study of Periodontal Assessment by Dental Hygienists (Hicks et al)
Diagnosis:
- A formal summary statement based on the analysis and synthesis of client data indicating the client's actual or potential oral health problems or deficits that are amenable to treatment through dental hygiene care.
- DHDx Cases and Review of different frameworks for dental hygiene diagnosis (Author = Gurenlian)
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Planning:
- The dental hygiene care plan is dervied from the dental hygiene diagnosis and includes the participation of the client with the hygienist in setting goals, establishing priorities, identifying interventions (dental hygiene procedures and client actions) and outcome measures.
Implementation:
- The act of caring out the dental hygiene plan designed to meet the assessed needs of the client (includes those health promotion, disease prevention and therapeutic actions of the dental hygienist, client and/or family).
- Non Surgical Option for Treating Periodontal Disease
- Counseling (Tobacco, Nutrition, Dental & Periodontal Diseases)
- Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
- Nicotine Addition the Dental Hygienistºs Role in Smoking Cessation (Author = Cannella)
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Evaluation:
- The act of measuring to which extent the goals specified in the plan of care have been achieved and the need for modification, setting new goals and a continuous plan for improving or maintaining oral health.
- Quality Assessment
- Quality Assurance Concepts and Skill Development: Results of a National Study (Author = Forrest)
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