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Dental Hygienist, 10-508-1

1. Ethics and Professionalism: Incorporate into dental hygiene practice professional laws, regulations and policies established by the licensing state and regulatory agencies.
2. Ethics and Professionalism: Model dental hygiene professional code of ethics in a rapidly changing environment.
3. Ethics and Professionalism: Pursue lifelong professional growth and development through self-directed learning, participation in professional organizations, and continuing education.
4. Promoting Oral Health: Counsel clients/patients to reduce health risks.
5. Promoting Oral Health: Provide community oral health services in a variety of settings.
6. Patient/Client Care: Infection Control - Manage infection and hazard control.
7. Patient/Client Care: Assessment - Assess data on all aspects of patient/client health using methods consistent with dental hygienist scope of practice and legal principles.
8. Patient/Client Care: Planning - Formulate a comprehensive dental hygiene care plan in collaboration with the client and other health professionals.
9. Patient/Client Care: Implementation - Provide preventive and therapeutic services that promote oral health according to the needs of the patient/client.
10. Patient/Client Care: Evaluation - Evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented client/patient dental hygiene care plan and modify as needed.
11. Patient/Client Care: Evaluation - Evaluate the effectiveness of the implemented clinical and educational services and modify as needed.

Revised 9/1/04

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