Developing role of dental hygienists in Japan

• Váldodahkkit: Takuo Ishii (Dahkki), Yoshinobu Maki (Dahkki), Soichiro Hirata (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Elsevier, 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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In Japan, the profession of the dental hygienist was created at the behest of GHQ in 1948, and as such forms part of the occupation's contribution to public health against a backdrop of postwar politics. The law was revised seven years later, allowing dental hygienists to assist in dental pract...