Boyer E M
University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City.
J Dent Hyg. 1992 Oct;66(8):354-62.
The information presented in this paper was obtained as part of an ongoing longitudinal study of 1982 dental hygiene graduates. This paper presents information contracted by the American Dental Hygienists' Association and includes information on examination services provided to new and recall, child and adult dental hygiene patients by dental hygienists. Mail questionnaires were sent to a cohort of 1,008 dental hygienists who graduated in 1982. Data presented here were collected in September 1986. Surveys were returned from 766 subjects, 77% of those with valid addresses. Of the respondents, 455 were working in traditional clinical dental hygiene positions and provided information on patient examination services. The frequencies reported for the 15 examination services investigated by the dental hygienists varied for child and adult patients and for new and recall patients. Visual gingival examination was the most frequently provided service. In conclusion, dental hygienists need to incorporate additional patient examination services into their diagnostic workups to ensure adequate patient care and to provide adequate information to evaluate their dental hygiene care.
本文所呈现的信息是作为一项对1982年牙科保健专业毕业生的持续纵向研究的一部分而获得的。本文介绍了美国牙科保健员协会收集的信息，包括牙科保健员为新患者和复诊患者、儿童和成人牙科保健患者提供的检查服务信息。向1982年毕业的1008名牙科保健员群体发送了邮寄问卷。此处呈现的数据于1986年9月收集。共收到766名受试者的调查问卷回复，占有效地址受试者的77%。在受访者中，有455人从事传统的临床牙科保健工作，并提供了患者检查服务的相关信息。牙科保健员所调查的15项检查服务的报告频率在儿童和成人患者以及新患者和复诊患者之间存在差异。视觉牙龈检查是最常提供的服务。总之，牙科保健员需要将额外的患者检查服务纳入其诊断检查流程，以确保为患者提供充分的护理，并提供足够的信息来评估他们的牙科保健服务。
