Dental Hygiene Scope of Practice: Why It Matters Webinar 6-6-24

Legal scope of practice (SOP), based on state-specific practice acts, defines what services a health professional is allowed to provide and under what conditions in a given state. This webinar considers state-to-state variability in dental hygiene (DH) SOP. Jean Moore, director of the Oral Health Workforce Research Center, describes the use of the Dental Hygiene Professional Practice Index to quantify SOP and highlight differences across states. Includes discussion on the research on the impact of DH SOP on access to community based oral health preventive services.

Presenter:
Jean Moore, MSN, FAAN
Oral Health Workforce Research Center
Center for Health Workforce Studies
School of Public Health, University at Albany

Presentation https://www.healthworkforceta.org/vid...

Infographic https://oralhealthworkforce.org/resou...

Reports
https://oralhealthworkforce.org/wp-co... OHWRC_Dental_Hygiene_Scope_of_Practice_2016.pdf

https://oralhealthworkforce.org/wp-co...

Health Affairs Article
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10....

00:00 Introduction
00:42 Presentation
19:46 Q&A