10/30/2025
Did you know?
The Life of a Dental Hygienist (any Swifties on here? 🧡🤪):
Minimum 2 years of pre-requisite courses including but not limited to: chemistry, microbiology, anatomy + physiology, basic biology, and MORE!
Every dental hygienist must complete pre-requisite courses before applying and being accepted into an accredited dental hygiene program!
In dental hygiene school your dental hygienist takes: pharmacology, histology + embryology, nutrition, pathology, radiology, periodontology, plus many more didactic courses as well as clinical rotations where they must meet clinical requirements by seeing their own patients.
Your dental hygienist has taken a national written board, a clinical board, and a jurisprudence exam per state licensing regulations. Your dental hygienist must pass all these exams as well as graduate from an accredited dental hygiene program BEFORE they receive their license from the state board.
Your dental hygienist is required to complete 40 hours of continuing education and renew their license every 2 years.
Your dental hygienist is a LICENSED, EDUCATED healthcare professional! They don’t just walk into an office and train on the job. They take 2 years of specialized courses to give patients the best in preventive care.
We love our dental hygienists Kelci and Ashleigh! We just wanted to highlight them one last time before National Dental Hygiene month came to a close!
