Dental Hygiene Diagnosis
6.3 Formulate a dental hygiene diagnosis utilizing and congruent with the dental diagnosis and other health professionals.
- Interpretation and correlation of examination and assessment findings
- Determination of the unmet needs of the patient based on analysis of assessment findings
- Formulation of dental hygiene diagnosis
- Determination of priorities and establishes oral health goals with the patient and/or family and/or guardian as an active participant
- Planning of treatments that reflect the impact of behavioral, social and cultural differences in the provision of dental health care
- Development of dental hygiene care plans that reflect the impact of systemic disease and its management on the provision of dental care
- Development of dental hygiene care plans consistent with and supportive of the patient’s overall dental treatment plan
- Establishment of a planned sequence of educational and clinical services that include health promotion, and therapeutic and maintenance care
- Communication of the plan for dental hygiene care to interdisciplinary health team members to determine its congruence with the overall plan for oral health care