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Oral Cancer is on the Rise—And the Registered Dental Hygienist is the Frontline Defender We Can’t Afford to Undervalue

Recent dental legislation changes have moved to expand the dental assistant’s scope of practice, allowing for them to scale supramarginally with just a couple hundred hours of training. These changes have left some in the dental hygiene community feeling even more undervalued and potentially replaceable. Let’s take a gentle pause on that for a moment, and turn our focus to what April is designated for: Oral Cancer Awareness Month.  Scaling teeth is the least of what a dental hygienist does, and April reminds me that the people in my chair depend on me to show up and pay closer attention – their lives may depend on it. 
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Oral Cancer is on the Rise—And the Registered Dental Hygienist is the Frontline Defender We Can’t Afford to Undervalue

Recent dental legislation changes have moved to expand the dental assistant’s scope of practice, allowing for them to scale supramarginally with just a couple hundred hours of training. These changes have left some in the dental hygiene community feeling even more undervalued and potentially replaceable. Let’s take a gentle pause on that for a moment, and turn our focus to what April is designated for: Oral Cancer Awareness Month.  Scaling teeth is the least of what a dental hygienist does, and April reminds me that the people in my chair depend on me to show up and pay closer attention – their lives may depend on it. 
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