Examples of hygienist

• The corresponding figure for dental hygienists was 16 percent.

• The response rate was somewhat higher in the dental hygienist group.

• Not only doctors, hygienists, and statisticians, but also representatives of the city authorities were in favour of the introduction of uniform medical statistics.

• Sixty-one percent of the hygienists and 57 percent of the dentists were working in private practice.

• Dental hygienists appear to perceive fewer obstacles to this work than the dentists.

• Overall, dental hygienists were significantly more active in tobacco cessation support than dentists, especially concerning patients using smokeless tobacco.

• Forty-seven percent of the dentists claimed they had read this version "partly or thoroughly" compared with 79 percent of the hygienists.

• The information from the reports was used in the clinical work by 34 percent of the dentists and 54 percent of the hygienists.