{"id":15856,"date":"2026-06-04T14:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minishnewsroom.com\/the-u-s-faces-a-shortage-of-dental-hygienists-concerns-raised-over-salaries-and-promotion-opportunities\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T05:00:41","slug":"the-u-s-faces-a-shortage-of-dental-hygienists-concerns-raised-over-salaries-and-promotion-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minishnewsroom.com\/en\/the-u-s-faces-a-shortage-of-dental-hygienists-concerns-raised-over-salaries-and-promotion-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Faces a Shortage of Dental Hygienists\u2026 Concerns Raised Over Salaries and Promotion Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":253175243,"featured_media":15859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[121427],"tags":[122673,121456],"class_list":["post-15856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-dental-hygienist","tag-minish-technology"],"acf":{"slide":"","new_exclude":[],"popular_status":"\ubd80","popular_order":"","excerpt":"There are reports that the U.S. dental industry is struggling due to a shortage of dental hygienists.\n  Last April, the American Dental Association addressed the shortage of dental hygienists in a report by its Health Policy Institute. According to the institute, only 60% of dentists in the United States are working with an adequate number of dental hygienists. While the situation is somewhat better for dental assistants (73.5%) and administrative staff (79.3%), the shortage of dental hygienists remains severe. Ninety-one percent of dentists who have recently hired dental hygienists reported that securing them was \u201cvery or extremely challenging.\u201d   \n"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minishnewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/re-pexels-shvets-production-8413344.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfUXdh-47K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14486,"url":"https:\/\/minishnewsroom.com\/en\/florida-dentist-shortage-sparks-gop-therapist-qualification-bill-warns-democrats-it-hurts-peoples-health-rights\/","url_meta":{"origin":15856,"position":0},"title":"Florida dentist shortage sparks GOP ‘therapist qualification’ bill, warns Democrats it hurts people’s health rights","author":"see heerah","date":"2026\ub144 March 24\uc77c","format":false,"excerpt":"It's a fact of Korean common sense that dentists are the ones who take care of our teeth, so there's no room for debate. 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