Coordinator: Christy McCullers, RDH BS - cmccullers@sotc.org - (580) 223-2070 ext. 268
Instructor: Lindsey Hays - lhays@sotc.org - (580) 223-2070 ext. 278
Administrative Assistant: Keila Pierson - kpierson@sotc.org - (580) 223-2070 ext. 241
The dental hygienist (RDH) is a licensed primary health-care professional, oral health educator, and clinician. The responsibilities of the dental hygienist include preventive services that promote or maintain oral health and therapeutic services, which are clinical treatments, designed to arrest or control disease and maintain tissues in health. The dental hygienist works closely with and usually under the supervision of a dentist.
The University of Oklahoma offers a baccalaureate degree dental hygiene program, which takes at least four years, at least two years (>60 hours) of specific prerequisite work, and two years in the dental hygiene curriculum, which can be accomplished at SOTC.
For further information or to get an on-line application:
OU College of Dentistry
Dental Hygiene Admissions
P.O. Box 26901
Oklahoma City, OK 73190
For tours of the SOTC facility, please contact the SOTC dental hygiene office:
(580) 223-2070, extension 241.