10/06/2025
Since itβs Dental Hygiene Month we wanted to give a shout out to our talented team and take some time to remember how much knowledge they have and how much they do for their patients and our team!
Did you know?! Your hygienist has a RDH degree, equivalent to a registered nurse. Not a lot of people realize that hygienists are well educated and do so much more than cleaning your teeth! For example:
- Must complete a Dental Hygiene program with a GPA of 3.0 or better, including a CPR Health Care Provider certification.
- 2 years of college prerequisites required to be accepted to Dental Hygiene programs, including multiple classes and labs in chemistry, biology, human anatomy and physiology, microbiology, algebra, psychology, sociology, and speech and writing classes.
- 2-year Dental Hygiene program includes classes in Pharmacology, Oral Pathology, Emergency Medicine, Dental Radiography, Head and Neck Anatomy, Pre-Clinical Dental Hygiene (bookwork and lab), Prevention of Dental Disease, multiple Dental Hygiene Theory classes and clinics, Practice Management, Periodontics, Community Oral Health, and more.
- After graduation dental hygienists have to pass state/regional and National Board Exams: 8 hour State/regional Clinical Exam with a live patient that has to meet certain requirements; 8 hour written National Board exam; 4 hour written/computerized State/regional Board Exam; 2 hour state/regional local anesthesia Board Exam.
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To learn more about our team:
https://premierdentalcare.net/our-team/