Dental Hygiene Dental Hygiene Program Overview Kirkwood's Dental Hygiene program prepares students to become part of the dental health care team. The dental hygienist provides services such as scaling and polishing the teeth, exposing radiographs, and applying fluoride and sealants to the teeth.
Dental hygienists function as oral health educators in both private practice and community settings.
Students receive clinical experience in the College of Dentistry at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Accreditation Dental Hygiene is the newest of our health programs. The first class was admitted the fall of 1999. The Dental Hygiene program has received accreditation eligibility status from the Commission on Dental Accreditation . Accreditation is granted after a site visit in 2001.