The profession of dental hygiene is entering a truly exciting time. Peer professionals and patients alike are now understanding the preventive purpose of the dental hygienist. Access to preventive care is now becoming a right as the link of oral health to systemic health is being shown.


In addition, the proven success of dental hygiene diagnosis and treatment planning as well as related preventive care are also now being recognized. Therefore, the emphasis must now be on preparing for these new horizons in dental hygiene education as well as maintaining continuing education (CE) throughout the professional lifetime of the dental hygienist. Also recognized is the importance of technology in the everyday lives of both patients and dental hygienists. Adaption to change is the key!


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WEBSITE OVERVIEW

This website is for instructors, students, and practitioners of dental hygiene. It is dedicated to enriching the careers of all dental hygiene professionals while serving the patient community. The website includes:

  1. Internet Guide for Dental Hygienists: Basic Information About Using the Web

  2. Dental Hygiene Links for Web Surfing

  3. Link to ADHA Online and other career information

  4. Links to Dental Hygiene CE requirements

  5. Cases for Online Study for Student Dental Hygienists

  6. Patient FAQ:  Dental Hygienists' Role in Oral Health and Its Link to Systemic Health

  7. ADHA Hyposalivation Tool

  8. YouTube on Dental Hygiene Career

In addition, there is background information on Margaret, such as her resumé, seminars, textbooks. 


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This webpage and associated webpages are personal pages without intent to advertise and retrieve any personal information or statistics from those viewing it or sending email to its author.  There is no sponsorship or funding of the site. Nor does the webpage host any form of  advertisement.  For further information on how this website handles visitor interaction, please browse the Patient FAQ page.  For further information on how this website handles external links, please browse the DH Links page. 

Updated 7/2/10


*MARGARET J. FEHRENBACH, RDH, MS 6.0 * WEB PRESENCE SINCE 1997 *
* SITE CREATOR AND OWNER *
* COPYRIGHT 2010 *

 

 

Margaret J. Fehrenbach, RDH, MS
Dental Hygiene Educational Consultant/
Dental Science Technical Writer
ADHA Award for Excellence in Dental Hygiene