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Dental Hygiene ProgramThe University of Tennessee Health Science Center, offers a Bachelor of Science Degree in Dental Hygiene. This program is fully accredited by the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation.
The UT dental hygiene program is a 2 plus 2 program:
Education in a Health Science Center The patients seen by dental hygiene students in the dental hygiene clinics are registered patients of the College of Dentistry who are receiving limited or comprehensive dental care through the under-graduate and graduate dental education programs. These patients are recruited from the city of Memphis and the surrounding tri-state area with a composite population of well over one million. The program maintains the College of Dentistry’s primary patient recall system and provides regular ongoing preventative maintenance care in the dental hygiene clinic to a patient base of over 2,700. In addition to the dental hygiene clinic, students have scheduled clinical rotations to provide preventative services to patients seen in dental specialty clinics. Approximately 61% of all student dental hygiene clinical experiences are provided in UT clinics. Nicotine Dependence Program The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Dental
Hygiene, in conjunction with the UT College of Dentistry, is one of the
first dental hygiene programs to have a nicotine dependence program. This
program, funded by GlaxoWellcome, provides a low cost program for tobacco
users who would like to quit. This treatment program is located in the
Dunn Dental Building at 875 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN. Dr. Nancy Williams njwilliams@utmem.edu
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