Orientador: Eduardo Hebling / Dissertação (mestrado profissional) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T08:39:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Costa_AdrianaCristinaOliva_M.pdf: 1537383 bytes, checksum: 1919a2291d11254e73ae9f3cc164960d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: O Brasil concentra uma grande quantidade de Faculdades de Odontologia, formando assim um número de cirurgiões-dentistas maior do que o mercado de trabalho é capaz de absorver. A região administrativa de Campinas é uma das mais desenvolvidas economicamente no Estado de São Paulo, sendo composta por sete regiões de governo, abrangendo 90 dos 645 municípios paulistas. O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar a distribuição geográfica de profissionais de Odontologia nesta região nos anos de 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 e 2005. O número de faculdades, de cirurgiões-dentistas e de pessoal auxiliar por município foi obtido no Conselho Federal de Odontologia. Os dados populacionais e administrativos no Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística e na Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados. Os resultados foram analisados por estatística descritiva e por regressão quadrática. A relação de cirurgião-dentista/habitante observada foi 1:9.985 em 1970, 1:2.019 em 1980, 1:1.229 em 1990, 1:773 em 2000, e, 1:669 em 2005. O aumento do número de Faculdades de Odontologia e de vagas oferecidas proporcionou o aumento do número de dentistas neste período. A relação de cirurgião-dentista/habitante e a de cirurgião-dentista/pessoal auxiliar observadas mostraram-se discrepantes. Estes resultados demonstram que o mercado de trabalho nesta região está em desequilíbrio, pois notou-se que há uma concentração maior de profissionais em grandes centros, enquanto que em pequenos municípios o número destes profissionais foi menor ou até mesmo inexistente. Contudo, sabe-se que o grande número de profissionais não implica em melhorias nas condições de saúde bucal da população. Políticas futuras de educação voltadas aos Cursos de Odontologia, visando à redução do número de faculdades; e também políticas de incentivo profissional para que cirurgiões-dentistas possam trabalhar em regiões menos desenvolvidas deste país devem ser implantadas / Abstract: Brazil concentrates a great amount of dental schools, forming a higher number of dentists than the work market is capable to absorb. The administrative region of Campinas is one of the most economically developed in the State of São Paulo, being composed by seven regions of government, enclosing 90 from the 645 São Paulo cities. The aim of this study was to assess the geographic distribution of dental professionals in this region in the years of 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2005. The number of dental schools, dentists, and dental auxiliars for city was obtained at the Dental Council of Brazil and the populational and administrative data at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and statistics and the State System of Data Analysis Foundation. The results had been gotten by Internet and analyzed by descriptive statistics and quadratic regretion. The relation of dentists/habitant had been 1:9.985, in 1970, 1:2.019, in 1980, 1:1.229, in 1990, 1:773, in 2000, and, 1:669, in 2005. The increasing number of dental schools and of offered vacancies provided this growth on the number of dentists in these periods. Dentists/habitant and dentists/dental auxiliars relations showed to be discrepant between itself. These results demonstrate that the work-force in this region is unbalanced due to the greater concentration of professionals in great urban centers, while in small cities there is a lower or inexistent number of this kind of professionals. However, it is known that the great number of professionals does not imply in improvements in the oral health status of the population. Further politics of education, aiming the reduction of the number of dental schools and offered vacancies, and also professional incentive for work in less saturated regions of this country must be implanted. / Mestrado / Odontologia em Saude Coletiva / Mestre em Saude Coletiva

Objetivo: Avaliar o perfil e conhecimento de cirurgiões-dentistas, da cidade de Anápolis (GO), sobre a técnica de citologia esfoliativa e a aplicabilidade do método no diagnóstico de várias patologias que acometem a cavidade bucal, além de divulgar a técnica. Método: Foram incluídos no estudo 240 cirurgiões-dentistas, com atuação profissional na cidade de Anápolis (GO), que responderam a um questionário auto-aplicável, com perguntas abertas e fechadas, previamente testado, contendo questões demográficas e relacionadas ao conhecimento e utilização da técnica de citologia esfoliativa. Após o preenchimento do questionário, foi entregue ao profissional um manual com informações sobre a técnica a fim de esclarecer quaisquer dúvidas sobre este importante exame complementar de diagnóstico. Em seguida os dados foram analisados estatisticamente (Qui-quadrado, Kruskal Wallis ao nível de 5%). Resultados e Conclusão: a) Cirurgiões-dentistas da cidade de Anápolis (GO) possuem conhecimento insuficiente sobre a técnica da citologia esfoliativa, mas reconhecem de maneira satisfatória as patologias em que a citologia pode ser aplicada; b) Indivíduos que realizam cirurgia e implantodontia relataram mais conhecimento de citologia que aqueles que realizam ortodontia; c) Indivíduos com cursos de atualização ou especialização relataram tanto conhecimento sobre citologia quanto aqueles sem pós-graduação, e mostraram menor conhecimento quanto ao fixador utilizado; d) Divulgação da técnica de citologia, assim como de métodos de prevenção e de diagnóstico precoce de doenças bucais, são necessários. / Objective: To evaluate the profile and knowledge that dentists in the city of Anápolis (GO), Brazil, have of exfoliative cytology and of the applicability of the method for the diagnosis of various diseases that affect the oral cavity, as well as to disseminate information regarding exfoliative cytology. Method: A total of 240 dentists who worked in Anápolis (GO), Brazil, were included in the present study. The dentists completed a previously tested self-administered questionnaire containing open and closed questions regarding demographic data, the knowledge of exfoliative cytology, and the knowledge of the use of this technique. After completing the questionnaire, the dentists received a manual containing information about exfoliative cytology in order to clarify doubts regarding this important complementary test. The data obtained were statistically analyzed by means of the chi-square or Kruskal Wallis test, at a significance level of 5%. Results and conclusion: a) Dentists in Anápolis (GO), Brazil, have little knowledge of exfoliative cytology. However, they can satisfactorily recognize the cases in which the technique can be used; b) Dentists who specialize in surgery and implants reported greater knowledge of the technique than did those who specialize in orthodontics; c) Dentists who had a specialist degree reported as much knowledge of the technique as did those who had only an undergraduate degree; in addition, the latter had greater knowledge of the fixing agent used; and d) Information regarding exfoliative cytology and the methods for the prevention or early diagnosis of oral diseases must be disseminated.

Os acidentes com presença de material biológico são uma realidade na prática odontológica. A utilização de medidas preventivas como a adoção das Precauções Padrão (PP) é essencial. Na vivência profissional na área da saúde, verifica-se certa hesitação dos cirurgiões-dentistas (CD) no que diz respeito à adesão de práticas seguras. Diante desse quadro, surgiu a seguinte indagação: que fatores podem associar-se aos níveis de adesão às PP, a fim de prevenir a exposição desses profissionais a material biológico? Desse modo, este estudo constituiu-se de uma investigação metodológica quantitativa com o objetivo de adaptar e validar um instrumento para verificação de fatores associados à adesão às PP entre CD. O instrumento compôs-se de 49 itens distribuídos em 5 dimensões. O processo de validação do instrumento seguiu as seguintes etapas: adaptação do instrumento para as situações que envolvem riscos aos cirurgiões-dentistas por meio da análise semântica e análise de conteúdo, as quais foram realizadas por um comitê de juízes. O instrumento adaptado foi aplicado entre os meses de maio a dezembro de 2008 para 224 cirurgiões-dentistas que atuavam na Rede Básica de Saúde dos municípios de Apucarana, Arapongas, Cambé, Ibiporã, Londrina e Rolândia, na região Norte do Estado do Paraná. Para análise das propriedades psicométricas, realizou-se validação de construto por meio de análise fatorial exploratória e teste de confiabilidade. Resultados da análise fatorial confirmaram itens divididos em três domínios: obstáculo para seguir PP; conhecimento da transmissão ocupacional do HIV e clima de segurança. A consistência interna dos domínios estimada pelo alfa de Cronbach variou de 0,73 a 0,88. Estes resultados evidenciam que o instrumento poderá ser utilizado por pesquisadores para avaliar os fatores de influência na adesão às PP entre os CD, considerando-se sua validade e confiabilidade. Em relação a análise descritiva exploratória dos itens, a dimensão Clima de segurança foi a que obteve a menor pontuação média (3,43 ± 0,62), enquanto a dimensão Obstáculo para seguir PP tanto quanto a dimensão Conhecimento da transmissão ocupacional do HIV apresentou pontuações bastante próximas, de (4,10 ±0,76) e (4,05 ±0,70), respectivamente. Estes resultados possibilitaram concluir que o CD tem uma percepção média em relação aos fatores individuais e aos relativos ao trabalho e uma percepção baixa dos fatores organizacionais, situação que pode favorecer a exposição destes profissionais a riscos desnecessários. / Accidents with biologic materials are customary in dental practice. Preventive measures such as the adoption of Standard Precautions are essential. In professional experience in healthcare some hesitation of the dentists on the adoption of safe practices has been verified. Therefore, the following quest aroused: what factors can be associated to the Standard Precautions levels of adhesion, in order to prevent the exposure of these professionals to biologic materials? Thus, this study proposes a quantitative methodological investigation in order to adapt and validate an instrument for the verification of factors associated with the adhesion to the Standard Precautions among dentists. The instrument was composed of 49 items distributed in 5 dimensions. The process of validation of the instrument involved the following steps: instrument matching for the situations that involve risk to the dentists through semantic and subject analysis which were carried out by a committee of judges. The adapted instrument was applied from May to December, 2008 to 224 dentists who worked at the public health system in the North of Paraná State in the following cities: Apucarana, Arapongas, Cambé, Ibiporã, Londrina and Rolândia. To analyze the psychometrical properties, a construct validation was performed through exploratory factor analysis and reliability test. Factor analysis results confirmed items divided into three areas: objection in following the Standard Precautions, knowledge about occupational transmission of HIV and safety atmosphere. The internal consistency of the domains which were estimated by the Cronbach\'s alpha varied from 0,73 to 0,88. These results show that the instrument can be used by researchers to evaluate the factors that influence the adhesion to the Standard Precautions among dentists, considering its validity and reliability. Regarding descriptive exploratory analysis of the items, the dimension of security atmosphere was the one that had the lowest average score (3.43 ± 0.62), while the objection to follow standard precautions as far as the knowledge about occupational transmission of the HIV virus presented very close scores of (4.10 ± 0.76) and (4.05 ± 0.70), respectively. These results allow the conclusion that dentists has an average perception concerning to individual and work-related factors and a low perception of organizational factors, which might facilitate the exposure of these professionals to unnecessary risk. The exploratory descriptive analysis of the items made it possible to conclude that not only the individual and organizational factors but also the ones related to work had a simultaneous association with the adhesion to the Standard Precautions among the dentists.

Magister Scientiae Dentium - MSc(Dent) / This was a cross-sectional study done in Lagos, Nigeria on 114 dentists. The aim of the study was to describe the knowledge and attitudes of dentists towards the concept of evidence-based dentistry (EBD). This study also attempted to create an awareness of this concept in the minds of previously uninformed dentists as well as demonstrate its need in continuous professional education via seminars, updates, lectures and short-term courses in Lagos, Nigeria. / South Africa

O cirurgião dentista é constantemente exposto a um elevado número de doenças ocupacionais. Alterações no sistema musculoesquelético são freqüentes, principalmente nos membros superiores e coluna vertebral, que podem interferir negativamente, na capacidade funcional desses profissionais. O objetivo deste trabalho é contribuir para o entendimento das doenças ocupacionais associadas ao sistema musculoesquelético relacionado à coluna vertebral dos odontólogos, durante sua atividade laboral, bem como as questões psicossociais associadas. Este documento contempla uma sequência de dois artigos sobre as condições de trabalho e desordens musculoesqueléticas relacionadas à coluna vertebral em dentistas. O primeiro apresenta uma revisão teórica sobre a atividade laboral dos dentistas, evidenciando os problemas relacionados à coluna vertebral, à carga de trabalho, aos riscos biomecânicos, às principais patologias e fatores psicossociais associados. Desta maneira, se evidenciou que estes profissionais estão sujeitos a uma alta carga de trabalho e desenvolvendo posturas que comprometem a integridade da coluna vertebral gerando dor e incapacidade para o trabalho. O segundo apresenta um método de análise e um estudo aplicado para investigar as desordens musculoesqueléticas relacionadas à coluna vertebral e fatores associados às condições ocupacionais de dentistas. Este artigo explicita as regiões da coluna vertebral mais acometida por queixas musculoesqueléticas e fatores associados. O método investigativo proposto mostrou que os problemas concernentes ao trabalho dos dentistas estão provocando dores e alterações musculoesqueléticas na região da coluna vertebral e são devidos principalmente à postura de trabalho, o esforço físico, os movimentos repetitivos e carga horária de trabalho. / The dental surgeon is constantly exposed to a large number of occupational illnesses. Alterations in the musculoskeletal system are frequent, especially in the upper limbs and spine, which can interfere negatively in the functional capacity of these professionals. The aim of this study is to contribute to the understanding of occupational diseases associated to the musculoskeletal system. Mainly those related to the spine of dentists during their work activities as well as psychosocial issues. This document includes a sequence of two articles about the working conditions and musculoskeletal disorders related to the spine of dentists. The first one presents a theoretical review about labor activity of dentists, highlighting the problems related to the spine, the workload, the biomechanical risks, the major pathologies and psychosocial factors associated. In this way, it is evidenced that these professionals are subject to a high workload and developing postures that compromise the integrity of the spine causing pain and inability to work. The second presents a method of analysis and an applied study to investigate musculoskeletal disorders related to the spine and occupational factors associated with conditions of dentists. This article explains the spinal regions most affected by musculoskeletal complaints and associated factors. The investigative method proposed, showed that problems regarding to the work of dentists are causing pain and musculoskeletal alterations in the spinal region and are due mainly to the working posture, physical effort, repetitive movements and workload.

Orientador: Renato Moreira Arcieri / Banca: Ioneide Maria Gomes Brandão / Banca: Artênio José Ísper Garbin / Banca: Rogério Nogueira de Oliveira / Banca: Eduardo Guedes Pinto / Resumo: A classe odontológica pode estar momentaneamente exposta a altos níveis de mercúrio durante a manipulação, restauração, polimento e remoção de restaurações, se medidas de proteção adequadas não forem usadas. Com o objetivo de estudar o assunto, foi realizada uma pesquisa de natureza quantitativa com a utilização de questionário. Foram entrevistados 33 profissionais, aleatoriamente, que trabalham nas Unidades de Atendimento Integrado e consultórios particulares nos cinco Distritos Sanitários da cidade de Uberlândia - MG. A análise dos dados foi feita através da distribuição de freqüência, sendo utilizado o software Epi Info 2002. Dos cirurgiões-dentistas entrevistados, 33,3% realizam mais de 76 restaurações de amálgama semanalmente, demonstrando intenso contacto com o mercúrio, necessitando, portanto, maiores cuidados com sua manipulação e destino. Pouco cuidado é tomado em relação ao destino final dos resíduos gerados nos consultórios. Mesmo sendo colocados em recipientes próprios não existe identificação do risco biológico. Grande parte dos cirurgiões-dentistas (45,4%) ainda o descartam através de sacos de lixo comum, sendo desprezados no aterro sanitário do lixo doméstico. Verificou-se que apesar dos avanços em relação à biossegurança, novos esclarecimentos se fazem necessários, sendo oportuno a conscientização do cirurgião-dentista e sua equipe em relação aos perigos do mesmo no ambiente de trabalho / Abstract: Some professionals also attribute this replacement to its toxicicity, due to the mercury present in the aloy. Dental professionals may be momentarily exposed to high levels of mercury during the manipulation, restoration, polishing and removal of restorations if adequate protection measures are not taken. Aiming to study this issue, a quantitive survey was carried out by means of a questionnaire. Thirty-three professionals working at the Integrated Assitance Units and private dental offices in the five Health Districts in the city of Uberlândia-MG were randomly interviewed. The analysis of data was carried out by frequency distribution through Epi Info 2002 software. Of the dental surgeons interviwed, 33.3% perform over 76 amalgam restorations a week, which means intense contact with mercury, and therefore, a need for greater care with its manipulation and destination. Little care has been taken with regards to the final destination of the waste material generated in the dental offices. Even when placed in appropriate containers there is no labeling with regards to biological hazard. Great part of dental surgeons (45.4%) still dispose of the material in conventional garbage bags, which are deposited in the dumpsite for home garbage. It has been verified that, despite biosafety advances, further education is still required and dental surgeons and their teams need to be made aware of mercury hazard in the working place / Doutor

There are many factors that affect the hours worked by various professions. The literature discusses some of these factors in professions such as management and various fields of medicine. However, no information has been gathered on factors that affect the practice of dentists. A survey was disseminated to all Iowa dentists inquiring about various factors that may affect the number of hours they spend at work. The survey inquired about demographics, educational indebtedness, caregiving responsibilities of both children and dependent adults, contribution to household income, relationship status, domestic responsibilities, busyness and type of practice. The data was collected and analyzed. It was hypothesized that there was no difference in the number of hours worked between male and female Iowa dentists and there was no difference in the number of hours worked between female Iowa dentists with minor children (18 years old or younger) and female dentists without minor children. When hypotheses were statistically analyzed, the data showed there was no difference between male and female dentists' working hours in the bivariate analysis. In the multiple logistic regression model, while controlling for various factors such as age and busyness, gender was statistically significant in the number of hours worked. When evaluating the hours worked between female dentists with and without minors, there was a statistically significant difference in the number of hours worked between women with minor children and women without minors. However, in the multiple logistic regression model, presence of minors was not statistically significant. This lack of statistical significance is likely attributed to the small sample size of women dentists. As such, there was not enough power to have more than 2 variables and minor children was not included. The data suggests that young male dentists, who are responsible for 61% or more of their household income and are solo practitioners are the most likely to work full-time (32+ hours/week).

El mercado de la salud en el Perú, en los últimos, años ha cambiado. Se ha visto muchísima inversión privada, sin embargo, en el campo odontológico, sólo se observa aumento de las franquicias, que no necesariamente generan un buen ingreso para los odontólogos; por ello, vemos un mayor número de odontólogos buscando atender de manera privada, sin embargo, las barreras y el alto costo de manteniendo de un consultorio llevan a que muchos no logren implementar su propia consulta y busquen compartir, o subarrendar, consultorios. Por otro lado, aquellos que logran implementar un consultorio, tienen capacidad ociosa instalada, pues la oferta de odontólogos es muy amplia en Lima; por tanto, la posibilidad de subarrendar por horas el consultorio para cubrir costos, e incluso, generar un ingreso es bastante tentador. En un mundo globalizado, donde la tecnología y la economía colaborativa son parte del día a día, no sería extraño desarrollar e implementar herramientas tecnológicas que permitan a los dueños de consultorios, con capacidad ociosa instalada, ofrecer el espacio y a odontólogos en busca de consultorios, una manera fácil de poder ubicarlos, según ubicación geográfica, tipo de equipamiento o disponibilidad de horario. Cada año, aparecen nuevos proyectos que parten de la filosofía de la economía colaborativa, como por ejemplo UBER, Airbnb; los que, al ser aplicados a la Odontología, pueden ser iguales o más rentables como modelo de negocio. En una ciudad grande como Lima, es importante poder hacer uso eficiente del tiempo y los pacientes odontológicos buscan optimizarlo; una forma de hacerlo es buscar ser atendidos en un consultorio cercano a su casa o a su centro de trabajo. Hablando de economía colaborativa, es que se plantea el desarrollo de un portal digital en que Odontólogos propietarios de consultorios con capacidad ociosa instalada, puedan publicitar su espacio; y para que Odontólogos con necesidad de hacer uso de un consultorio, puedan acceder a uno con las características más adecuadas para sus necesidades. / In recent years, Peruvian healthcare market has changed. Private investment has increased, however, in reference to Dentistry, this has only showed increased number of franchises, which doesn´t allow general dentists to make a living; thus, there is an increased number of general dentists looking for another way to establish a private practice, never the less, dental office hi maintenance and elevated prices has become a limitation for those who try to accomplish this; making them look for another kind of opportunity, such as, sharing or renting offices. On the other hand, those who actually install a dental office have idle capacity, due to the fact that there is a large amount of dentists in Lima; thus, there is the possibility to rent for hours the dental office in order to pay elevated costs, and even, generating attractive incomes. In this globalized world, where technology and collaborative economy are a big part or daily activities, it wouldn’t be strange (it would be expected), to develop and implement technological tools that allow dental office owners, who have idle capacity installed, to offer their space for rent and, to dentists who doesn’t have a dental office, an easy way to locate according to location, equipment or schedule availability. Each year, there appear new collaborative economy projects, such as UBER, Airbnb; which, when applied to Dentistry, can become as profitable as that business model. In a city, as big as Lima, it´s important to make efficient use of time and patients look for optimizing theirs. One way of doing this is to look for dental attention in an office close to their home or their workplace. Speaking about collaborative economy, the development of a web portal is raised, one in which dental offices owners with idle capacity can advertise their space; and for dentists who look for an office to work can access to one that meets the requirements for their needs. / Trabajo de investigación

Objetivo: Comparar las percepciones sobre las dificultades en el tratamiento endodóntico entre odontólogos generales y estudiantes de odontología. Métodos: Se evaluaron 169 cuestionarios resueltos por odontólogos y estudiantes de odontología de una universidad privada de Lima. Se utilizó el instrumento elaborado por Tavares y Alonso, que contaba con 2 secciones: percepción de la dificultad en el tratamiento endodóntico y la prescripción de antibióticos. Además, para verificar la validez interna, se realizaron diferentes procesos como traducción de la encuesta, juicio de expertos y prueba piloto. Los datos fueron analizados mediante estadística descriptiva (frecuencia absoluta y relativa); y para determinar las diferencias en la percepción entre los alumnos de odontología y odontólogos generales frente al procedimiento endodóntico, se realizó la prueba de homogeneidad de Chi cuadrado. Resultados: Se encontró que los estudiantes y odontólogos generales presentan mayor dificultad en la localización y desinfección del conducto radicular, cavidad de acceso endodóntico y la obturación de conductos. Por otro lado, en cuanto a la prescripción de medicamentos, se observaron diferencias entre ambas poblaciones, específicamente en el antibiótico elegido para el tratamiento de una infección endodóntica sin alergia a la penicilina (p=0,042) y situación clínica considerada para indicar antibiótico (p=0,030). Conclusiones: Los resultados del estudio muestran que los alumnos y odontólogos generales presentaron dificultad en los mismos procedimientos del tratamiento de endodoncia. Además, se encontró diferencias estadísticamente significativas en la prescripción de medicamentos en ambos grupos. / Objective: To compare perceptions of difficulties in root canal treatments between professional dentists and dentistry students. Materials and methods: A 169 questionnaire given to professional dentists and dentistry students of a private university in Lima. These questionnaires were evaluated using the Tavares and Alonso instrument, which encompasses two sections: perception of difficulty in endodontic treatment and antibiotics prescription.and antibiotics prescription. To verify internal validity, it went through different processes such as survey translation, expert judgment criteria and pilot test. Data was analized by descriptive statistics (absolute and relative frequency); and to identify differences in perception of professional dentists and dentistry students, the Chi-square homogeneity test was performed. Results: It was conclude that both, professional dentists and dentistry students present great difficulty in locating and treating the root canal, endodontic access cavity and duct filling. Regarding the antibiotics prescription, differences were observed between both populations, particularly in the antibiotic chosen for the treatment of an endodontic infection without penicillin allergy (p=0,042) and clinical situation considered to indicate antibiotic (p = 0.030). Conclusions: The results of the study shows that both professional dentists and dentistry students show difficulties in the same kind of endodontics procedures. Also, significant statistical differences were found in antibiotics prescription in both groups. / Tesis

Interprofessional education is recommended as a necessary step to prepare a collaborative, practice-ready workforce to engage in effective teamwork and team-based care. Professional identity and the perceptions of stereotypes that professionals hold of other professions have been identified as key factors in either enhancing or inhibiting effective teamwork. Information about interprofessional collaboration and education, competencies, and related variables is limited, particularly within the profession of dental hygiene. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of interprofessional competencies to professional identity and stereotypes among U.S. dental hygiene students and practicing dental hygienists. The study used a correlational design with a cross-sectional survey utilizing the Student Stereotype Rating Questionnaire, Interprofessional Education Collaborative. Revised Survey, and Macleod Clark Professional Identity Survey-9 instruments. A total of 423 participants were recruited: 222 dental hygienists and 201 dental hygiene students. The survey data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlational analysis, independent and paired t tests, and multiple regression. Dental hygiene students had a significantly higher interprofessional competency aggregated mean score than registered dental hygienists (t = -4.837). Dental hygiene students’ interprofessional education experience correlated positively with the Interprofessional Competency Revised Scale score (r = 0.290, n = 201, p < .01). There was a modest relationship between interprofessional practice experience and the Interprofessional Competency score (r =. 255, n = 222, p < .01). The stereotypes dental hygienists and dental hygiene students have of themselves (auto-stereotypes) were rated the highest (M = 40.46, SD = 4.45) compared to stereotypes they have about dentists (hetero-stereotypes) (M = 37.57, SD = 6.03). The results of the multiple regression analysis, F (4, 418) = 16.805 p < .001, R2 = 0.14, showed that the variables of professional identity, interprofessional education activity experience, auto-stereotypes, and being a dental hygiene student were predictors of interprofessional competency. This study contributes to a unique understanding of the relationship between interprofessional competencies to stereotypes and professional identity among practicing dental hygienists and dental hygiene students. With these findings, educators and policymakers can identify issues and address modifications to curricula, professional development, and organizational changes.