Organizations
- American
Dental Hygienists' Association
"ADHA is the largest professional organization representing
the interests of dental hygienists."
- Texas
Dental Hygienists' Association
"TDHA is an organization of licensed dental hygienists volunteers whose
main purpose is to serve the citizens of Texas with quality dental health
services."
- American
Dental Association
"The ADA is the professional
association of dentists committed to the public's oral health, ethics, science
and professional advancement."
- Texas Dental Associaton
The state affiliate of the ADA.
- Texas
State Board of Dental Examiners
The state agency responsible for licensing dental professionals in Texas.
Some of the information available at this site include licensing exam information
and links to dental hygiene programs.
- Austin
District Dental Hygiene Society
"The Austin District Dental Hygienists Society has been serving the Austin
Texas health care community for many years. We provide support and educational
services to our members, information and service to the community, and details
on dental hygiene as a career option."
- International
Federation of Dental Hygienists
"Uniting dental hygienists from around the world in their common cause
of promoting dental health."
- The
Oral Cancer Foundation
"The Oral Cancer Foundation
is a national public service, non-profit entity designed to reduce suffering
and save lives through prevention, education, research, advocacy, and support.
"
- National Maternal Child Oral Health
Resource Center
"The purpose of the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource
Center (OHRC) is to respond to the needs of states and communities in addressing
current and emerging public oral health issues."
- Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures
"OSAP is a unique group of dental practitioners, allied healthcare workers,
industry representatives, and other interested persons with a collective mission
to promote infection control and related science-based health and safety policies
and practices."
Government Agencies
- NIDCR: National Institute of Dental
and Craniofacial Research
"The mission of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
(NIDCR) is to promote the general health of the American people by improving
their oral, dental and craniofacial health. "
- NIDCR
Diseases and Conditions
A starting point for finding online information by topic at NIDCR and other
government agencies. Some topics include Children and Oral Health, Dry Mouth,
Fluoride, Sealants, Spit Tobacco, plus many other subjects related to oral
health.
- Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, Division of Oral Health: Oral Health Resources
A web site from the government agency charged with tracking the nation's
health, full of reports, articles, fact sheets, maps, and more.
- MedlinePlus:
Dental Health
The National Library of Medicine has put this page together as a starting
place for gathering online information about dental health. Although aimed
at consumers there is much here of interest to dental hygienists, especially
the sections on Latest News and Statistics.
- OSHA Safety and Health Topics:
Dentistry
This web page from the U.S. Department of Labor's safety website discusses
some of the workplace hazards common to dental professions, from pathogens
and chemical dangers to ergonomic issues.
Journals
- Full-text subscription databases.
ACC subscribes to a number of magazine indexes for health science topics,
including many with full-text articles available online. Some examples are
CINAHL,
Academic
Search Premier and Health
Reference Center - Academic.
- TDNet
This is a service that allows you to search by title for journals available
through most ACC subscription databases. Type a word or two from the journal
titles (e.g., dental) to get a list. Some available titles include:
- Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
- Dental Lab Products
- Dental Practice Management
- Evidence-Based Dentistry
- International Journal of Dental Hygiene
- Journal of Dental Hygiene
- All
ACC Holdings in PubMed
PubMed is the interface for the massive index of health science periodicals
maintained by the National Library of Medicine. This search is limited to
those items available at ACC or through ACC databases. Add the phrase "AND
dent*" in the search box to limit to articles having to do with dentistry
or dental hygiene.
- Free online Journals
General Sites
- Texas Dental Oncology Education
Program
An initiative of serveral Texas dental professional groups and dental schools,
"DOEP initiatives are directed at increasing the effectiveness of dental
professionals in oral cancer prevention and early detection and management
of oral sequelae of cancer therapy."
- National
Center for Dental Hygiene Research
An excellent collection of hygiene-related links from the USC School of Dentistry
- DH:
Links for Dental Hygiene Education
An extremely thorough collection of dental Hygiene links from hygienist Margaret
Fehrenbach.
- HIVdent
"HIVDENT is a not-for-profit coalition of concerned
health care professionals committed to assuring access to high quality oral
health care services for adults, adolescents, and children living with HIV
disease."
For comments or questions about these resources, contact Steve
Self
Page updated 18 June 2008.
