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Article: CDHA Congratulates Ontario Dental Hygienists - Private Practice is Now a Reality
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- CCNMatthews Newswire
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- August 31, 2007
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 31, 2007) - The Canadian
Dental Hygienists Association congratulates Ontario Dental Hygienists
on long awaited legislation that will take effect on September 1,
2007. The Ontario Government is modernizing Dental Hygiene
legislation to allow dental hygienists to practise on their own
without a dentist. This will improve access to care, as it will allow
dental hygienists to use alternate service delivery models. They will
be able to provide services to the public in long-term care
facilities, private clinics, community health centres, rural and
remote areas. Since dental hygienists have portable instruments, they
can provide services to under serviced ...