New practice environments for registered dental hygienists in Alberta are emerging and will continue to emerge as a result of legislative changes and health care reform initiatives that facilitate the public’s access to dental hygiene services.
Practice environments include, but are not limited to:
- Clinical practice - dental hygienist and/or dentist owned
- Institutions (e.g. correctional facilities)
- Public health and community health
- Homecare and other outreach programs
- Primary health care centres
- Hospital facilities
- Educational institutions (e.g. universities, community colleges)
- The military
- Research
- Industries (e.g. insurance and dental supply companies)
- Consulting firms
- Professional presenters
- Regulatory bodies and professional associations
- Government (e.g. policy planning)
- Forensic laboratories