Dental Hygiene (DDH) (BDH)
Hands-on experience working with patients, combined with the latest equipment and technology, will prepare you for a career as a dental hygienist.
Why choose this program?
Diploma in Dental Hygiene (DDH)
When you study dental hygiene at 欧宝体育, you鈥檒l learn about a wide variety of topics in the dental and medical professions. An emphasis is placed on technology, hands-on experience, and the applications you鈥檒l use in your career, such as digital patient health records.
You鈥檒l also learn in state-of-the-art facilities, such as 欧宝体育鈥檚 dental clinic, that have the most up-to-date equipment available. You鈥檒l leave with the knowledge and skills you need to become a qualified dental hygienist, whether you become part of a team in a private dental office or want to start your own dental hygiene practice.
Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (BDH)
Once you鈥檝e completed the DDH, you may opt to take our one-year degree completion program to receive your Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (BDH). The degree completion may be completed full-time (over a one-year period) or part-time (over a two-year period). You'll gain experience in areas such as alternative practice settings, research methods, health promotion, health policy, entrepreneurship, and teaching methods.
Careers
Your Diploma in Dental Hygiene (DDH) will prepare you with everything you need to know to become a licensed dental hygienist in Canada, the United States, and Australia. In addition, the Bachelor of Dental Hygiene (BDH) will prepare you for alternative clinical practice sites, research and teaching.
The natural next step after completing the DDH would be to take the Bachelor of Dental Hygiene completion program. After you鈥檝e completed the BDH, you鈥檒l be eligible to pursue a master's degree.
Admission requirements
Financial information
At 欧宝体育, we want our students to focus on their studies, rather than worry about their personal finances. We offer competitive tuition rates and funding programs to support graduate students in almost all of our degree programs.
Program options
All graduate programs at 欧宝体育 are collaboratively delivered by a home Faculty and the听Faculty of Graduate Studies.
