For over 50 years, the Del Mar College Dental Hygiene program has been training dental healthcare professionals across the Coastal Bend.
This fall semester, the program is offering clinical services at no cost. Those services include the following:
- blood pressure screenings
- conservative periodontal therapy
- dental hygiene education
- dental hygiene therapy
- dental preliminary assessments
- dental sealants
- fluoride treatments (as needed)
- intra-oral examinations
- medical history reviews
- oral cancer screenings
- periodontal assessments
- radiographs (x-rays)
- selective polishing
“Our Dental Hygiene program offers no-cost dental services to our community while providing our students with hands-on training to prepare them for their dental profession,” Josie Wilson, an instructor who also graduated from the same program in 1997, said.
She said it is extremely vital to provide students with hands-on learning. Ana Chavez, a second-year student, agreed.
“(I) love being a part of this program and honestly, I am very prepared. I am a hands-on learner, so this has given me a really a good step forward to becoming closer into my career, and once I begin my career it will be a piece of cake,” Chavez said.