This article raises some great points. When I read about a dental hygienist opening their own practice, my first reaction was - well of course not, they're not

This article raises some great points. When I read about a dental hygienist opening their own practice, my first reaction was - well of course not, they're not a dentist? But then I thought, why not?? 90% of my dentist visits have just been cleanings, which is 99% with dental hygenist. I suppose that look over from dentist at the end is supposed to catch anything early, but I've never had a dentist actually find something dental hygenist missed.