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Oral Health Care: A Whole New Language

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References / Additional Resources

  1. ADA. Career Resources. Accessed November 21, 2025.

  2. ADA. Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).  Accessed November 21, 2025.

  3. ADA. Dental Specialties. Accessed November 21, 2025.

  4. Cloud Dentistry. 2020 Update – In Which States Can Dental Therapists (RDH, RDA) practice? Accessed November 21, 2025.

  5. Daniel SJ, Harfst SA, Wilder RS. Mosby's Dental Hygiene: Concepts, Cases, and Competencies. St. Louis, MO. Mosby/Elsevier. 2008.

  6. Darby M, Walsh MM. Dental Hygiene: Theory and Practice. St. Louis, MO. Mosby/Elsevier. 2015.

  7. Hartsfield T. Overview of Canadian Dental Therapy Programs. PowerPoint presentation.

  8. Improving Access to Oral Health Care: The Success of Alaska Dental Therapists. Kellogg Foundation Report. 2010.

  9. Lynch A. Update on Dental Therapists in the United States. Dimen of DH Nov 25, 2022. Accessed November 21, 2025.

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Additional Resources

• ADHA Standards for Clinical Dental Hygiene Practice. Adopted March 10, 2008. Revised March 2025.


• American Dental Assistants Association.


• American Dental Association.


• American Dental Hygienists' Association.


• Leonard PC. Building a Medical Vocabulary: with Spanish Translations 11th edition. Philadelphia, PA. Saunders. 2022.


• Leonard PC. Quick & Easy Medical Terminology. 9th edition. Philadelphia, PA. Saunders. 2020.


• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Reports of the Surgeon General. U.S. Public Health Service.


• Wetterhall S, Bader JD, Burrus BB, et al. Evaluation of the Dental Health Aide Therapist Workforce Model in Alaska Final Report. October 2010.


• Wilkins EM. Clinical Practice of the Dental Hygienist 14th edition. Philadelphia, PA. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2023.


• World Health Organization. Health Topics. Oral Health.

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