• Dalhousie University offers a Diploma of Dental Hygiene for a duration of 2 years.
  • It is an on-campus program offered on a full-time basis.
  • The university now offers a 1-year degree completion program in dental hygiene and graduates are awarded a bachelor of dental hygiene degree.
  • In Dalhousie’s Faculty of Dentistry, students will be benefited from a current, dynamic, scientific, and professional education in a learning environment that is positive and student-centered.
  • The two-year Diploma in Dental Hygiene (DDH) program teaches students the skills they need to provide and promote total health through the maintenance of optimal oral health.
  • Students will learn about a wide variety of topics in the dental and medical professions.
  • An emphasis is placed on technology, hands-on experience, and applications students will use in their careers, such as digital patient health records.
  • Samples courses that diploma students can take are:
    • Nutrition for Preventive Dentistry
    • Oral Anatomy and Dental Histology
    • Dental Hygiene Clinic
  • Students will also learn in state-of-the-art facilities, such as Dalhousie’s Dental Clinic, that have the most updated equipment available, from curing lights to prosthodontic materials.
  • The program makes students eligible for a license to practice dental hygiene and is fully accredited by the Commission of Dental Accreditation of Canada (CDAC).
  • Job opportunities after the Diploma of Dental Hygiene are Dental Health Policy Advisor, Dental Hygienists, Dental Therapists, etc and the average salary goes up to 38,105 USD.