To Develop an App or Technology Platform for Interprofessional Education & Collaboration for Research Outside Universities & Create Partnerships with Organizations to Create New Learning and Career Opportunities for Dental Hygienists |Biomedgrid

The oral-systemic link and pathogenesis of inflammation are the key drivers for the body's diseases. Dental hygienists are one of the most underutilized professions in healthcare today. Dental hygienists have a broad base of education with medical and dental knowledge that will be the key conduit to provide preventative healthcare. Dental hygienists must take continuing education courses in several medical and health topics to maintain their licenses every two to three years depending on the state they live in. Some of the educational courses consists of medical emergencies, aseptic techniques, pharmacology, anesthesia, cardiopulmonary respiration, diabetes, oral pathology, and many others.