Dental Hygiene

Put theory to practice in our modern on-campus dental hygiene clinic where you’ll help with 2,500+ patient visits per year.

There are two options for pursuing a degree in dental hygiene.

Choose from two degree options. The associate degree path is designed to prepare students for careers in a private practice while the online bachelor-level program opens the door to expanded opportunities across alternative career settings. Whether you work toward the associate’s or push on for the bachelor’s, you’ll be part of a community of tomorrow makers. Learning in small class sizes with the latest technology at your fingertips, you’ll be real-world ready to take on tomorrow.

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Dental Hygiene, Completion (B.S.) Online

Designed for working professionals, this post-licensure bachelor's program gives you an opportunity to continue your education online while balancing other responsibilities.

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Dental Hygiene (A.A.S.)

Earning an associate's degree in dental hygiene will prepare you for a career in the clinical environment. 

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Minors & Immersions

Pair a minor with any bachelor's degree, or an immersion with any bachelor's or associate's degree.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Cross-curricular collaboration explores poverty

Can you survive a month in poverty? That was the key question at a recent Community Action Poverty Simulation explored by Penn College students in various majors in the School of Nursing & Health Sciences and School of Business, Arts & Sciences. Poverty simulations have been held at the college since Spring 2019, but the Spring 2025 event was the first to cast a wider net of cross-curricular collaboration.

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Monday, March 10, 2025

Dental hygiene students share healthy tips with kids

Three dental hygiene students recently learned by teaching in the college’s Children’s Learning Center. As part of a Community Dental Health class project, students worked with 4- and 5-year-olds at the center, teaching them about the effects of nutrition on oral health, cavities and how they occur, and brushing technique.

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Penn College classes add global travel to students’ education

Supporting Pennsylvania College of Technology’s mission to equip future leaders with real-world experience, faculty members led students in exploring new parts of that world through six 2024 Global Experience classes. In Europe, students explored the origin and future of objects of their study, and in Latin America, they used their budding skills to serve others. Around 135 students participated in the classes.

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