| Title |
Hendrickson, Michelle_MED_2022 |
| Alternative Title |
Dental Implant Maintenance for the Dental Hygienist |
| Creator |
Hendrickson, Michelle |
| Collection Name |
Master of Education |
| Description |
The following Master of Education thesis examines the education needs of dental hygienists in helping patients maintain their dental implants. |
| Abstract |
Dental implant therapy has become a part of mainstream dental therapy (Krishnamoorthy et al., 2021). Unfortunately, despite the increase in dental implant and complete arch implant supported restorations being placed, scarce information is available about dental implant maintenance protocols (Krishnamoorthy et al., 2021). With the advancement of dental implantology, dental hygienists need to have current and comprehensive knowledge of current recommendations relating to implant maintenance (Zellmer et al., 2020). The purpose of this project was to create a dental hygiene protocol that dental hygienists can follow when treating their patients who have dental implants. Important focus was placed on maintaining complete implant supported fixed arch restorations. The scope of this project included three parts: a power point presentation, CE privileges, and decision tree visual aid. This project was created for licensed dental hygienists and other dental health professionals who care for patients with dental implants and implant supported fixed arch restorations. This project could also be useful in dental hygiene schools to educate dental hygiene students about dental implants and implant supported fixed arch restorations and the required treatment modalities for both. |
| Subject |
Dental hygienists; Dental implants; Care |
| Keywords |
Implants; dental hygienists; protocals; care and maintenance |
| Digital Publisher |
Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, United States of America |
| Date |
2022 |
| Medium |
Thesis |
| Type |
Text |
| Access Extent |
41 page PDF; 2.34 MB |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce their theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights. |
| Source |
University Archives Electronic Records; Master of Education. Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s64xwe2y |
| Setname |
wsu_smt |
| ID |
96881 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s64xwe2y |
