What view benefits dental hygiene?
Both liberal and conservative political views may actually be needed to come to the conclusion that dental hygiene, among other preventive professions, ought to be free from the constraints imposed upon them by legislation. Our work benefits consumers by reducing their risk of disease. This could provide competition in the marketplace for health-care services leading to easier, less expensive treatment; yet regulations hinder just that sort of competition. A liberal view says that the social contract should be viewed widely. The government, especially in a democracy, is an extension of the citizens. The protection provided includes not only protection from invaders, dictators, and criminals, but also protection from disease (the opportunity to have a healthy and prosperous life). A person who does not have access to health care is not truly free because that person does not have the ability to exercise rights guaranteed by the government in the social contract. Society has the obligati
