Dental Hygienists
"Dental Hygienists" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Persons trained in an accredited school or dental college and licensed by the state in which they reside to provide dental prophylaxis under the direction of a licensed dentist.
| Descriptor ID |
D003756
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.485.067.105.376 N02.360.067.105.376
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| Concept/Terms |
Dental Hygienists- Dental Hygienists
- Hygienists, Dental
- Dental Hygienist
- Hygienist, Dental
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dental Hygienists" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Dental Hygienists" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dental Hygienists" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Tucker C, Efurd M, Turley S. e-Portfolios and Self-Assessment in Dental Hygiene Education: A Pilot Study. J Allied Health. 2019; 48(3):217-219.
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Tucker CS, Efurd MG, Kennedy RL. Impact of Implementing a Competency-Based Clinical Curriculum: Transitioning a Dental Hygiene Program. J Allied Health. 2018; 47(1):e9-e15.
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Kim J, Park JM, Kim M, Heo SJ, Shin IH, Kim M. Comparison of experience curves between two 3-dimensional intraoral scanners. J Prosthet Dent. 2016 Aug; 116(2):221-30.