The incredible Fiona Sandom and Michaela O’Neill explain how new powers for dental hygienists and dental therapists will benefit the profession and recount their work on getting the legislation to this point in this can’t miss interview.
As announced in March, the Department of Health and Social Care plans to streamline processes within dental settings by granting ‘new powers’ to dental hygienists and dental therapists, which will enable them to supply and administer medicines, including pain relief and fluoride – without sign off from a dentist. Over the course of a decade, Fiona Sandom and Michaela O’Neill worked long hours and missed family events to get to where we are now.
This episode of The Probe Dental Podcast is sponsored by Oralieve: Dry mouth relief for dry and sensitive mouths.
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