ahluwaliatony wrote:
Dear colleague I am working in a govt. institute and we have about 6 dental hygienists working here. They perform a number of tasks according to the requirement like taking x-rays, oral prophylaxis and patient management. Sometimes they can also help as chairside assistants. So they have many roles to play.
Devinder Preet Singh
I just read an article about the shortage of health care workers in India. Dental hygienists was listed as one of the catagories where more people were needed. How many schools are there?
We have an over abundance of dental hygienists in the states. We have over 300 dental hygiene schools, graduating about 25 per class once a year. Contrast that to about 50 dental schools.
Dental hygienists can only work under a dentist’s supervision in the US. There is some variation on that in some states but for the most part that’s how it is.
What’s it like for dental hygiene in India?
