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23 Sep 2001

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13:22:40

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I personally believe when you stay in the field of dental hygiene ie a masters in dental hygiene you limit your potential for employment.

I would suggest a masters in another field that you have an interest in. therefore you can combine what you like to do.

i have my masters in educational media in training in business and industry. and a masters in distance learning.

look at fields that interest you and that there is a future in that you like.

good luck jennifer

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23 Sep 2001

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15:15:23

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I agree with Jennifer. Earning a masters in dental hygiene would limit your job opportunities. I am currently completing the final semester of a master's degree in higher education administration. I also considered an MBA and an MPH. There is a good chance that I will eventually return to college for an MBA. I believe that it is important to expand your knowledge base outside the realm of dental hygiene. Don't get me wrong; I love dental hygiene! In fact, I teach in an associate's degree program. It is simply good sense to view the world through multiple lenses.

Good luck! Aimee

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23 Sep 2001

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20:54:29

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I am in an MBA program presently and believe that having my Masters in Business will allow me to pursue other avenues in the Dental and/or Medical Field. Having a higher degree will always open doors for you that may have been shut otherwise. It can only help..never hurt.

Look at all the Masters degrees available and pick one that interests you. So many of them can be tied into the dental field if that is what you are wanting. (Education, Business, Health Administration....)

Good luck, Amy

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23 Sep 2001

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23:16:18

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I am considering an M.S. in Health Promotion. It's offered by the School of Nursing at UNC-Charlotte. It's an applied science approach. It focuses on public health and work force health, would help me with statistics, understanding medical/dental writing and research, and also give me opportunities if I continue teaching.

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23 Sep 2001

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23:29:07

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I have a Master's in Public Administration. I chose that field as I knew I wanted to stay in education and become the administrator of a dental hygiene program. Technically speaking as a dental hygienist getting a MPA has done absolutely nothing for my clinical skills as I still provide services as I did before. It has opened up a lot of arenas I would have never thought possible. I would encourage you to think about where you want to go with your career and then talk to a college counselor about the opportunities for a masters degree in that field. I wish you the best of luck! You will not regret continuing your education.

Lauri

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23 Sep 2001

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23:33:07

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I am considering an M.S. in Health Promotion. It's offered by the School of Nursing at UNC-Charlotte. It's an applied science approach. It focuses on public health and work force health, would help me with statistics, understanding medical/dental writing and research, and also give me opportunities if I continue teaching. I had to submit this again because I forgot to sign it. Meg Betzel, RDH, BSDH

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24 Sep 2001

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23:57:17

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M.S. IN NUTRITION IS NICE.

JEN MORRELL RDH

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26 Sep 2001

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14:26:31

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As manager of dental hygiene education at ADHA and a current Masters Degree student at UMKC School of Dentistry, I have a different spin on where our Masters degrees come from. As a profession it is important that we continue to build a solid knowledge base for dental hygiene. We strengthen the dental hygiene profession when we increase the numbers of dental hygienists with MSDH and the numbers of dental hygiene programs that offer the MSDH. Given the political climate in dental hygiene currently and the threats to our education it is more important than eve that those of us in education band together and commit to protecting our profession and build the dental hygiene scientific knowledge base. Just a different perspective on an important question.

Ann Battrell, RDH, BS

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27 Sep 2001

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06:26:10

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Dear Colleague, My hope for you is that you would first look at what drew you to enter the dental hygiene profession. Since graduation you have invested a great deal into dentistry with your emphasis on prevention and management of dental disease. Who better to educate the next generation of registered dental hygienists than you? Certainly the MSDH would provide you with the most comprehensive set of tools not only in the areas of education but in research and administration as well. Upon graduation opportunities for you would be numerous. Once you have first answered this to yourself you will indeed be more satisfactorally informed, I believe. It would also be very important to determine exactly in what way YOU might be limited by a Master's in Dental Hygiene.

Juliet L. Goldstein RDH BS MSDH student UMKC

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01 Oct 2001

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12:57:28

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I have a MS in Health Science, which focuses on Health Education for adults. There are a limited number of schools that award a master's degree in dental hygiene. We need more of them!! Your choice of institutions or type of master's degree would depend on what you want to do with your degree. As a profession we need to build our dental hygiene body of knowledge and our theory base. We need more master's and doctoral degree dental hygienists to teach in our associate, baccaluareate, masters, and doctoral degree programs.

Maria Perno, RDH, BA, MS

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18 Oct 2001

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13:23:11

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I recieved a master's degree in public health from the University of Texas HSC-Houston thirteen years ago. It is an amazing complement to the excellent dental hygiene education I recieved at UMKC. My dental hygiene education was very indepth and my public health education was very broad based.

My focus in graduate school was on health manpower issues which included things like career longevity and continuing education and these issues are still a central focus in my career as a hygienist. I have been able to combine clinical practice for 31 years with writing and ce course presentations. Graduate school gave me a much broader perspective of the world and I know that public health studies in epidimilolgy, statistics and survey research design have been invaluable.

I think it must be an individual choice. Personally I a public health degree was a far better choice for me because I found dental hygiene education, in the late 60's, a bit restrictive. When I began graduate school in 1971 it was like a breath of fresh air.....but don't forget I have had a love affair with clinical practice for 3 decades.

We are fortunate today that there are so many wonderful choices for post graduate studies.

Anne Guignon, RDH, MPH 

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14 Dec 2003

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20:16:36

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Hi, I am an upcoming dental hygiene student in the fall of 2004 and I can't wait to start. I would however like to know if I can go farther and make more in the future if I upgraded my education level. I already have a bachelors in Business and wanted to get an MBA, however because I always wanted to be an hygienist I thought I might go for it. The question now is that down the line if I do plan to obtain an advance degree, should it be an MBA and if so what can I possibly use a business degree for in the medical field. I just want to be positive that there is an advancement for me in the field so that I am not limited.