I am a dental hygiene student at Southern Illinois University and I am asking for our community to contact our local legislative representatives and ask them to to oppose Amendment No. 2 of HB500.
This bill states that an untrained dental assistant can scale teeth, which is the job of dental hygienist. The education and clinical experience of an assistant is extremely lacking. A hygienist has 84 college credit hours, or 3 academic years with a license after passing the National Board of Dental Hygiene Exam. An assistant only needs 16 hours of training and receives a certificate.
This is very scary; this untrained dental assistant would be permitted to treat you and your family if Amendment No. 2 is approved.
Source: http://thesouthern.com/news/opinion/mailbag/voice-of-the-reader-bill-would-threaten-dental-care/article_3df704d5-850f-5a8d-8cb1-f8143a0b4d75.html
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