Prutzman, Thelma2020-03-042020-03-0419771977https://hdl.handle.net/2144/39715PLEASE NOTE: This work is protected by copyright. Downloading is restricted to the BU community: please log in with a valid BU account to access and click Download. If you are the author of this work and would like to make it publicly available, please contact open-help@bu.edu.Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University, School of Graduate Dentistry, 1977.[v], 29 leavesBibliography : leaves 28-29.This paper will compare the auxiliaries in medicine and dentistry in terms of evolution, need, education, role function and legal restriction and will show how the dental profession is not growing in the area of expansion of roles; more specifically, the dental hygiene profession has been held back by state practice laws which limit the expansion of the dental hygienist’s role and therefore limits the dental profession from delivering dental care to larger numbers of the population.en-USThis work is protected by copyright. Downloading is restricted to the BU community. If you are the author of this work and would like to make it publicly available, please contact open-help@bu.edu.Dental hygienistsNursesThesis/Dissertation