Ladies & gentlemen,

Please consider including scaling in upcoming legislation by dental assistants.  Your job is to protect the public.  An overwhelming shortage of hygienists, with resulting supply & demand salaries, is harming the public by creating fees for such services that prevent many from being able to afford them.

It works!  Years ago while serving in the US Navy Dental Corps, we trained and proved clinicians other than hygienists, can perform such services under the direct supervision of  a dentist.