Rapid technological advances in dental hygiene services have made it increasingly more feasible for licensed hygienists to practice independently—thus making a solid understanding of ethics and business management not only desirable, but critical. Unique in approach, this innovative text explores—in a single volume— the moral, legal, and administrative challenges dental hygienists are likely to encounter in clinical practice, in an office setting—and the interrelationships between them. The focus throughout is not only on currently available practices and procedures, but on the decision-making process involved in applying them effectively to a given situation.