Recently added articles from Access:
Collaboration.(guest editorial)(improving oral health)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 2009; ... As the summer comes to a close, the national spotlight is on health care reform. Not a day goes by without news related to bringing adequate care to all citizens of the United States. Both access to care and costs are driving concerns. Regardless of one's political views, it is clear there ...
Direct access settings expanded.(stateline)
Aug 01, 2009 ... Arizona and Oregon both recently passed bills expanding existing access to care programs. (Earlier this year Texas added community health centers as locations where direct access hygienists can practice, and Washington State made a provision for "off site supervision" in senior centers ...
Consumer added to dental board.(stateline)(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2009 ... Also in Oregon, House Bill 2058, signed in June, made changes to a number of health professional boards, among them adding a second consumer to the Oregon Board of Dentistry. The new composition is six dentists, two dental hygienists and two public members. The new law also specifies ...
Correction.(stateline)(Correction notice)
Aug 01, 2009 ... The caption for the photograph at the top of page 27 in the July 2009 edition of "Stateline" omitted one name. It should have read, "From left to right, back row: Megan Coward, Chelsea ...
Heather McCann, RDH, MS, has been a dental hygienist for 11 years.(working)(Interview)
Aug 01, 2009; ... Heather McCann, RDH, MS, has been a dental hygienist for 11 years. Although clinical dental hygiene is her first passion, McCann says that she has always had an interest in helping people on a greater level. "Even though clinical dental hygiene is my first love, I find my ...