Director of Advocacy American Dental Hygienists' Association
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ADHA continues to study the impact of COVID-19 on the dental hygiene profession in partnership with the American Dental Association’s Health Policy Institute to learn how oral health care providers are being impacted by the pandemic and adapting to a much different professional environment.
New research from this collaborative study is expected to be published in the Journal of Dental Hygiene in February 2022. This roundtable discussion will provide a timely highlight of the research findings on topics including COVID-19 infection control practices; employment patterns of dental hygienists during the pandemic; U.S. dental healthcare workers mental health during the pandemic; and COVID-19 vaccine intention and hesitancy.
Understanding the multifactorial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dental hygiene community is essential for organizational responses and planning to support the dental hygiene community and the oral health team, in addition to workforce assessment and analysis.
