2024/2025.
3000 B.C
When was crest created?
Science and practice of recognition, treatment and prevention of oral diseases
Define Dental hygienist
Educational, clinical, research, administrative & theraputic services
What does a DH provide to support oral health? (5)
gold wire
What were teeth bound together w?
Hesi-Re
The earliest dentist known by name (Egyptain)
Etruscans
Became experts in restorative dentistry using gold banded fixed bridgework.
Bones, eggshells, oyster shells mixed w/ oils + salts
How did the Romans clean their teeth ?
Hippocrates
writes about tooth decay and theorizes that dental problems arise from a natural predispotion or
inherited weakness.
The Mayas
Work on teeth is not for dental maintance but they File teeth into diff shapes to indicate tribal + religious
affilations
Apollonia
Patron saint of dentists- Burned after having her teeth knocked out
Leonardo Da vinci
Depicts the maxillary antrum
Paracelsus
Expounds upon the pharmacology of drugs available to dentirstry.
, Dr. Alfred C. Fones Bridgeport CT
who establishes the first dental hygiene school & where
CT
what state becomes the first state to regulate dental hygiene practice
Irene Newman in CT
who is the first dental hygiene licensed?
Amerian Dental Hygienists' assocation
Whats ADHA mean?
AA/AS, Certificate, BS, MS/M.ED ADHP
Whats the education process
Accreditation
external agency evaluates an institution or study program according to pre- determined national
standards (ADA)
-National DH Exam
-Local Anesthesia state/regional exam
-State/regional exam
-Laws of state - practice acts
How to get License/RDH
-Clinician
- Corporation
- Researcher
- Educator
- Public Health
- Administrator
- Entrepreneur
Professional Roles of the Dental Hygienist? (7)
Continuing Education
What does ECU mean?
Evidence-Based Decision Making (EBDM)
Integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient's values/circumstances
observation, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation and explanation
what are critical thinking skills?