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An Evaluation Of Dental Hygiene Education Of Chemotherapeutic Rinses: A Survey, Marissa Terese Aragoon
An Evaluation Of Dental Hygiene Education Of Chemotherapeutic Rinses: A Survey, Marissa Terese Aragoon
Dental Hygiene ETDs
The purpose of this study was to learn which oral chemotherapeutic rinses dental hygiene educators cover within dental hygiene curriculum. A survey was created to include dental hygiene educators responsible for oral chemotherapeutic curriculum within dental hygiene programs. Participants were asked which oral chemotherapeutic agents they included within their curriculum, their knowledge regarding several oral chemotherapeutic agents and evidence based/ non evidence based oral chemotherapeutic agents. The survey was sent to 375 dental hygiene directors and 77 (20.5%) participated in the survey study. Upon survey completion, findings suggested that the majority of dental hygiene educators teach students how to determine …