Dental Hygiene
University of Washington · School of Dentistry

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We are currently revising our program offerings and expanding it to include innovative and unique opportunities that will prepare future educators, scholars, clinicians and entrepreneurs to meet exciting challenges in the oral health professions. 

We are in the process of clarifying options and structures for our future focus. In the meantime we have withdrawn our course offerings for this academic year and will not enter new students into the undergraduate program until the process is complete. However, we continue to invite applications to the master’ program in Oral Biology for Dental Hygienists.

In the course of our more than fifty year history we cultivated values, strengths and emphases using interdisciplinary approaches to solving oral health problems in the areas of global health, educational program development and teacher preparation, advanced patient care delivery with persons with acquired and systemic disabilities, community-based service and research, health informatics, business, ethics, and social responsibility. If you are seeking information from us or are planning a career in the oral health professions, let us know and perhaps we can offer planning suggestions.

An announcement and description of our revised program will be released once the process is completed. We encourage you to continue visiting this site to look for updates. 

Dental hygienists and dental assistants currently looking for advanced educational programs (i.e., BS, BA, MS, MA, DDS and PhD) are encouraged to consider the University of Washington or other colleges or universities that may help them achieve their educational goals. 

The internet links below will direct you to degree programs in Washington State that can provide you with information about their curriculum requirements and admissions policies, as well as provide academic and career counseling.
 

University of Washington Dental Hygiene Degree Completion Program

University of Washington, Box 357440
Seattle, WA 98195-7440
Telephone: (206) 543.5820, Fax: (206) 685.4258
Email: dhyg@u.washington.edu
Web: depts.washington.edu/dhyg/

University of Washington
Master of Science (Non-Thesis) Degree for Dental Hygiene Educators

www.dental.washington.edu/ob/graduate.programs/M.S.dental.hygiene.htm

University of Washington School of Dentistry

www.dental.washington.edu/

University of Washington Office of Admissions

www.washington.edu/students/admissions.html

Other Programs:

• Eastern Washington University
  Dental Hygiene Program (Entry-Level Bachelor’s Program)
  Health Sciences Building, Box E, Room 160
  310 N. Riverpoint Blvd.
  Spokane, WA 99202-1609
  Telephone: (509) 368.6550
  Email: dental.hygiene@mail.ewu.edu
  Web: www.ewu.edu/x7460.xml

• Eastern Washington University Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program
  at Clark College, Pierce College and Shoreline Community College
  Web: www.ewu.edu/x6780.xml

• Clark College (Associate’s Degree Program)
  Dental Hygiene Department
  1800 E. McLoughlin Boulevard
  Vancouver, WA 98663-3509
  Telephone: (360) 992.2158
  Web: www.clark.edu/academic_programs/technical/heoc/dental/fs_dental.php

• Lake Washington Technical College (Associate’s Degree Program)
  Dental Hygiene Department
  11605 132nd Avenue N.E.
  Kirkland, WA 98034-8505
  Telephone: (425) 739.8130
  Web: www.lwtc.ctc.edu/future/programs/list/dental.htm

• Pierce College (Associate’s Degree Program)
  Dental Hygiene Department
  9401 Farwest Drive S.W.
  Lakewood, WA 98498-1999
  Telephone: (253) 964.6313
  Web: www.pierce.ctc.edu/Denthyg/

• Seattle Central Community College (Associate’s Degree Program)
  Dental Hygiene Program
  Allied Health, Business, Languages & Cultures Division
  Seattle Central Community College
  1701 Broadway, Room 2BE3210
  Seattle, WA 98122
  Telephone: 206.587.4186
  TTY: 206.344.4347
  Fax: 206.587.6337
  Email: scccdh@sccd.ctc.edu
  Web: http://seattlecentral.edu/proftech/PROdental.php

• Shoreline Community College (Associate’s Degree Program)
  Dental Hygiene Department
  16101 Greenwood Avenue N.
  Shoreline, WA 98133-5667
  Telephone: (206) 546.4711
  Web: success.shoreline.edu/dental/

• Yakima Valley Community College (Associate’s Degree Program)
  Dental Hygiene Department
  Yakima Valley Community College, PO Box 22520
  Yakima, WA 98907-2250
  Telephone: (509) 574.6875
  Web: www.yvcc.edu/programs/DentalHygiene/default.asp

• Columbia Basin College (Associate’s Degree Program)
  Dental Hygiene Program
  2600 North 20th Avenue
  Pasco, WA 99301-3379
  Telephone: (509) 547.0511, ext. 2295
  Fax: (509) 546.0401
  Email: ogdenj@columbiabasin.edu
  Web: www.columbiabasin.edu/home/index.asp?page=788

Other Resources:

• American Dental Hygienists’ Association: www.adha.org

• Washington State Dental Hygienists’ Association: www.wsdha.com

• International Federation of Dental Hygienists: www.ifdh.org

Dental Hygiene Program · University of Washington · Box 357440 · Seattle, WA 98195-7440 · USA