Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at IIT

Each member of the American Dental Hygienist s' Association has the ethical obligation to subscribe to the following principles:

To provide oral health care utilizing highest professional knowledge, judgment, and ability.
To serve all patients without discrimination.
To hold professional patient relationships in confidence.
To utilize every opportunity to increase public understanding of oral health practices.
To generate public confidence in members of the dental health professions.
To cooperate with all health professions in meeting the health needs of the public.
To recognize and uphold the laws and regulations governing this profession.
To participate responsibly in this professional Association and uphold its purpose.
To maintain professional competence through continuing education.
To exchange professional knowledge with other health professions.
To represent dental hygiene with high standards of personal conduct.

Revised, 1975