Across
- 2. First state to license a dental health aide therapist
- 5. The use of advanced telecommunication technologies to exchange health information,consult and provide healthcare services across geographic, time, social,and cultural barriers
- 6. Closest country in proximity to the US that employs mid-level dental hygiene practitioners
- 7. Most recent state to license dental therapists
- 8. 12 states have reimbursement from this form of federal funding
Down
- 1. Number of months required to receive a Bachelor's for a Dental Therapist
- 3. Populations with the greatest need often do not receive dental care negatively affecting their success in school, the workplace, and their overall quality of life
- 4. Supervision means supervision of a dental hygienist requiring that the patient be a patient of record, that the dentist examine the patient in accordance with Section 18 prior to treatment by the dental hygienist, and that the dentist authorize the procedures which are being carried out by a notation in the patient’s record, but not requiring that a dentist be present when the authorized procedures are being performed
- 9. Highest paid salary from this group of mid-level dental hygiene practitioners
