Exploring professionalization among Brazilian oral health technicians

• Main Authors: Sanglard-Oliveira Carla (Author), Werneck Marcos Azeredo (Author), Lucas Simone (Author), Abreu Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Professional dental auxiliaries emerged in the early 20th century in the United States of America and quickly spread to Europe and other regions of the world. In Brazil, however, oral health technicians (OHTs), who occupy a similar role as dental hygienists, had...