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The Dental Hygiene Program at the Texas A&M College of Dentistry educates preventive oral
health professionals who are capable of providing educational, clinical and therapeutic services
that support total health through the promotion of optimal oral health.

Dental hygiene offers an excellent opportunity to serve the community in private dental
practices, dental clinics, public health agencies, schools, hospitals, government agencies,
industry, education and research.

The dental hygiene faculty is primarily responsible for didactic and clinical teaching in the
undergraduate program but also has teaching responsibilities to the dental hygiene graduate
program with some instruction to the first- and second-year dental students and graduate
students enrolled in the Health Professions Education program.

Faculty focus in research is mostly educational and related to program improvement.