Dental Hygiene

Find information on patient safety, dental expenditures, quality of care, health literacy, & more. From the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality.

Looking for the dental goals in Healthy People 2010? Need to find statistics on fluoridation in the U.S.? This is the place to go! the CDC's Division of Oral Health works to improve the oral health of the nation & reduce inequalities in oral health, & produces important research & reports on dental health.

Find statistics & reports on health in Michigan.

The oral health section of the MDCH provides links to fact sheets & to oral health resources & reports.

MIOSHA helps to assure the safety & health of Michigan workers.

Supports health professionals, program administrators, educators, policymakers, & others in improving oral health services for infants, children, adolescents, & their families.

Information on risks for dental professionals from the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration.

HIVdent is a nonprofit coalition of concerned health care professionals committed to assuring access to high quality oral health care services for adults, adolescents, & children living with HIV disease. HIVdent disseminates state-of-the-art treatment

MCOHR translates basic knowledge into new clinical therapies and evaluates therapies to improve oral, dental and craniofacial health.

A collection of hygiene-related links from the University of Southern California School of Dentistry.

The web site of a nonprofit, public service charity designed for advocacy and service, created to promote change, in both the public and medical/dental professional sectors

Interested in international issues? This web site will give you information on the WHO Global Oral Health Programme (ORH), plus publications, fact sheets, & statistics on international health.

A link to the home page of the ADHA.

The ADHA Institute for Oral Health is the foundation created by dental hygienists' for dental hygienists to provide funding for educational scholarships, fellowships, research grants, and community service grants to dental hygienists throughout the U.S.

Bi-weekly news from the American Dental Hygienists' Association. Click here to go to the web site to read the current & former issues & subscribe to email updates.

ADEA serves the allied, predoctoral, & postdoctoral dental education community, providing advocacy, professional development, & expert information & resources on education, research, & the delivery of oral health care for the improvement of public health.

The American Society for Dental Ethics supports ethics as an integral value for the dental health care professions. This site also includes helpful links to other bioethics resources.

IFDH is an international, nongovernmental, nonprofit organization, uniting dental hygiene associations from around the world in their common cause of promoting dental health.

This web site provides up-to-date information on various topics related to the practice of dentistry in Michigan, including licensure.

the web site for the MDHA, the state professional organization for registered dental hygienists in Michigan.

Facilitates the licensure process for dental professionals. Check here for information on when & where state board clinical examinations are given.