Diploma in Dental Hygiene (DDH)

Dental hygienists are health professionals who are educated to prevent dental disease and help people maintain oral health. At Dalhousie’s Faculty of Dentistry, students benefit from a current, dynamic, scientific, and professional education in a learning environment that is positive and student-centered. Additionally, students get to participate in extramural rotations at a variety of sites.

Students who study dental hygiene at Dalhousie 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 used in the profession, such as digital patient health records.

Graduates will have learned in state-of-the-art facilities, such as Dalhousie’s dental clinic, that have the most up-to-date equipment available. Students will leave with the knowledge and skills needed to become a qualified dental hygienist, whether becoming part of a team in a private dental office or wanting to start a dental hygiene practice.