The purpose of Dental Hygiene Diagnosis is to identify all the existing or potential oral health problems that a dental hygienist is qualified and licensed to treat. This is completed after all assessment data has been collected through the medical and dental history, accreation chart, restorative chart, and periodontal chart. Critical thinking is used to interpret all the data and come up with a dental hygiene plan. The dental hygiene plan focuses on the patient individualized needs and risk factors, prioritizes the sequence of planned treatment and education, Justifies the treatment proposed to the patient, and challenges us to assume responsibly for patient care. An example of a dental hygiene diagnostic stamen will be identify the potential
