by rdhapconnect | Jul 13, 2018 | Children, Direct Access Dental Hygienist, Schools
An RDHAP is licensed to provide dental hygiene care to those with limited access to care in the traditional dental office setting. What does a person who has “limited access to dental hygiene care” look like? This blog post is about how RDHAPs can...
by rdhapconnect | Jun 10, 2018 | Direct Access Dental Hygienist
My name is Elena Francisco (most folks know me as Elly). I have been an RDHAP since 2005. My colleague, Mustafa Radif, was a graduate of the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry dental hygiene program in 2012. He has since become an assistant...
by rdhapconnect | Feb 14, 2018 | Direct Access Dental Hygienist
The first dental hygiene educational program began in Bridgeport, Massachusetts in 1913.* The first dental hygiene graduates were sent out to teach people how to retain their teeth through good oral hygiene and preventive dental hygiene care. Since that time, as the...
