*Dental Hygiene

Find information on patient safety, dental expenditures, quality of care, health literacy, & more. From the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality.

Looking for the dental goals in Healthy People 2010? Need to find statistics on fluoridation in the U.S.? This is the place to go! the CDC's Division of Oral Health works to improve the oral health of the nation & reduce inequalities in oral health, & produces important research & reports on dental health.

Supports health professionals, program administrators, educators, policymakers, & others in improving oral health services for infants, children, adolescents, & their families.

Information on risks for dental professionals from the U.S. Dept. of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration.

Founded in 1970 as the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is a Congressionally chartered, private, nonprofit institution that works outside of government to provide objective advice on matters of science, technology, and health.

Find oral health information, clinical trials, statistics and data, news, and research information; From the NIH.

"Consumer Guide to Dentistry launched in April 2007 to provide comprehensive, up-to-date, unbiased information to consumers about all aspects of dentistry and dental health." (From the About Us page)

HIVdent is a nonprofit coalition of concerned health care professionals committed to assuring access to high quality oral health care services for adults, adolescents, & children living with HIV disease. HIVdent disseminates state-of-the-art treatment.

The web site of a nonprofit, public service charity designed for advocacy and service, created to promote change, in both the public and medical/dental professional sectors.

Information on dental diseases and oral health services for various countries/ areas. From the World Health Organization.

Includes some patient teaching aids and flash format anatomy for dental professionals; Constructed by Dr. S.J. Nangle.

Read case studies, test your skills, and more. Sponsored by Proctor & Gamble (Crest and OralB).

An extensive list of Dental Hygiene related links compiled by Margaret J. Fehrenbach, RDH, MS. This site uses http, not https.

A list of over 200 web sites of student case materials from Margaret J. Fehrenbach, RDH, MS.

An independent body whose aim is to promote evidence-based dentistry worldwide; Affiliated with the Institute of Health Sciences. University of Oxford.

Evidence-based recommendations for programs and policies to promote population health; Developed by the Task Force on Community Preventive Services; Sponsored by the CDC’s National Center for Health Marketing and the Community Guide Partners.

Covers citations published January 1980 through December 2000. Prepared by Martha Glock, Alice M. Horowitz, and Maria T. Canto. Part of the Current Bibliographies in Medicine series (NLM), Number 2001-1.

Read systematic reviews and meta-analyses about oral health topics. From the Cochrane Collaboration and the Division of Dentistry. University of Manchester, UK.

This list links to places you can find guidelines and provides tips for finding additional guidelines.