JOURNAL ARTICLES
To locate articles and information in the field of Dental Hygiene use the Expanded Academic ASAP , Health Reference Center Academic or CINAHL Plus w/ Full Text databases. These databases provide access to numerous scholarly journals with full-text refereed articles, case studies, book reviews, etc. With daily updates, the most current information on numerous topics in the field of Dental Hygiene will be found. From the alphabetical databases list, select the one you wish to use. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following articles are found in the Expanded Academic ASAP database. The information in these articles will be explored in class. If on a TTC campus, click directly on the links below to access the full text articles.
Racial differences in predictors of dental care use. Gregg H. Gilbert, R. Shah, Brent J. Shelton, Marc W. Heft, Edward H. Bradford Jr., L. Scott Chavers. Health Services Research Dec. 2002 v37 i6 p1487(21)
Oral health issues among migrant farmworkers. (Research). (Statistical Data Included) Sherri M. Lukes, Faith Y. Miller. Journal of Dental Hygiene spring 2002 v76 i2 p134(7)
A comparison of dental caries and tooth loss for Iowa prisoners with other prison populations and dentate U.S. adults. (Research). (Statistical Data Included) E. Marcia Boyer, Nancy J. Nielsen-Thompson, Tracy J. Hill. Journal of Dental Hygiene Spring 2002 v76 i2 p141(10)
Addressing children's oral health inequalities in Northern Ireland: a research-practice-community partnership initiative. (Research Articles). Ruth Freeman, Michele Oliver, Grace Bunting, Julia Kirk, Wendy Saunderson. Public Health Reports Nov-Dec 2001 v116 i6 p617(9)
Additional articles can be found in the various databases using keywords or terms depending on your topic (i.e. oral hygiene in teenagers)
INTERNET WEBSITES
NOTE : There are numerous websites on the topic of Dental Hygiene. Many of them are commercial sites and personal sites. The ones listed above are just a sample of some commonly used ones. For additional sites use a search engine liked Google.com (Advanced Search) with specific keywords. Remember to do some form of website evaluation before you decide it is a website to use and the information is reliable.
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