Tallahassee State College student Terah Young is one of about 50 students – and the oldest in her class – to be getting hands-on learning experience through the TSC Dental Hygiene Program’s state-of-the-art lab.
It took the 41-year-old Tallahassee native some time to find the right field of study, but she found it through dentistry at TSC’s recently upgraded program, which includes a new dental lab with equipment that puts the college on the cutting edge of technology.
“After working on the nursing side of the healthcare field, I realized I wasn’t interested in being a nurse but still wanted to work in healthcare,” Young said. “It was a happy medium for me to still use the experience that I have on the medical side while getting new experience at the same time.”
TSC’s dental lab on campus – previously a classroom – was opened this fall and is part of the college’s nearly 50-year-old Dental Hygiene Program, which prepares students to become dental hygienists and dental assistants within two years.