re: Is it legal for dental hygienists to open a teeth cleaning practice?

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but if they let this happen in Louisiana (which they never will),

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There was an independent hygienists group in Baton Rouge in the late 80s, they had a office somewhere around the Perkins Road/ Essen Lane area. I don't remember the name , but they ran ads on one of the local FM stations with a tag line that was something like " want your teeth cleaned, but can't deal with the hassle of making a dentist appointment call us!", the ads ran only for a few months. I had considered it at the time because appointments at my dentist always had to be scheduled months in advance, and I would end up rescheduling several times.