QUICK SUMMARY: CDA supports the California Baptist University’s application for a 24-month, four-semester dental hygiene education program that would start no later than September 2028 and graduate an estimated 24 students a year. Graduates would be prepared to provide oral health education and preventive oral health services in Riverside, Ontario, San Bernardino and the many underserved populations in the Inland Empire.
California soon may have a new Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene education program to address the state’s shortage of registered dental hygienists. California Baptist University, a WSCUC-accredited comprehensive, private university in Southern California, is seeking approval from the Dental Hygiene Board of California to establish a dental hygiene program at its campus in Riverside.
CDA supports the university’s application for a 24-month, four-semester program that would start no later than September 2028 and graduate an estimated 24 students a year…