Dental Hygiene


We provide students the skills necessary to function in interprofessional teams, in a constantly changing society.

Improving the health & well-being of our community.

The Department of Dental Hygiene is committed to developing programs that promote collaboration with other professionals for the health and well-being of a diverse society. Our students receive hands-on learning opportunities in our industry-standard working clinic while helping people of all ages, from all communities. To contact us about studying at EWU, please email dentalhygiene@ewu.edu.

To make an appointment at our clinic, please call us at 509.828.1300.

What it’s like to be a Dental Hygienist

 

Professional Roles for Dental Hygienists

Earning a BSDH or an MS Certificate in Dental Hygiene from Eastern leads to exciting career opportunities:


Administrator

Learn more about the role of an administrator.

Clinical Dental Hygiene

What is it like in the clinic environment?

Corporate Sales and Roles

What is it like in the corporate world?

Dental Education

Your skill set can lead to teaching.

Public Health

How can your knowledge help the public?

Research

Research is important to the field.

Advocate

Represent your state association with the knowledge you have gained.

Business Owner

Learn what it's like to run a Dental business.

Our Mission

The mission of the Department of Dental Hygiene is to prepare culturally sensitive future leaders in the dental hygiene profession to provide competent, compassionate care and assume positions of responsibility and leadership in the professional roles of the dental hygienist. The department promotes a positive and rewarding academic environment that fosters innovation and collaboration for students, faculty and staff.

Our vision is to be an international model for oral healthcare education that prepares tomorrow’s healthcare leaders who contribute to global research, advocate for change and transform the profession.

Core Values:

  • Collaboration
  • Ethics
  • Innovation
  • Lifelong Learning
  • Positive Mindset
  • Professionalism
  • Respect

 

About Our Clinic

  • Our clinic delivers the equivalent of almost $500,000 in quality, low-cost dental care every year. We serve indigent, low income and underserved and noninsured populations in the Spokane area.
  • We provide preventive dental hygiene treatment annually for almost 5,084 patients. Last year we served 1,878 senior citizens, 118 children and 3,088 adults. We saw 1,576 public assistance patients and 159 Delta Dental of Washington patients in 2017. We treated 14 Recovering Smiles patients.
  • We provide low-cost, quality restorative dental services to over 1,126 patients annually.
  • Each year, we provide high-quality caries preventive services. We apply topical fluorides to most patients, fluoride varnish to nearly 1,000 patients and sealants to around 50 patients.

Professional Associations

ADHA

Become a champion of oral health.

ADHA

ADEA

The Voice of Dental Education.

ADEA

ADA

America's leading advocate for oral health.

ADA

WDHA

"Increase awareness of and access to quality oral health care."

WDHA

Eastern Washington Component (WDHA)

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