{"id":5305,"date":"2015-10-09T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/?p=5305"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:12:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:12:56","slug":"dental-hygiene-information-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/dental-hygiene-information-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Dental Hygiene Information Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Considering a career in Dental Hygiene?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please join us Tuesday, October 13 from 6-7 p.m. at St. Petersburg College<\/p>\n<p>Caruth Health Education Center in the Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/dental-as\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College of Health Sciences Dental Hygiene programs<\/a><\/strong><strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With SPC\u2019s A.S. degree in dental hygiene, you gain the technical expertise to excel in this growing field. Our program has been educating students for 50 years and has excellent job placements rates. As part of the program, students work in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/dentalclinic\">dental clinic<\/a>, which provides dental hygiene services (cleanings and x-rays) to more than 2,500 patients a year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prepares you for the national board and state licensing exams<\/li>\n<li>Provides lecture and clinical lab classes as part of your learning experience<\/li>\n<li>Prepares you for entry into your career<\/li>\n<li>Is accredited by the American Dental Association\u2019s Commission on Dental Accreditation<\/li>\n<li>The dental hygiene curriculum prepares students by having them participate throughout the program as a patient subject.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mary R. Grizzle Dental Hygiene Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This program is named in honor of the late State Senator Mary R. Grizzle in appreciation for her many efforts on behalf of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Petersburg College<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Careers<\/h3>\n<p>To become a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/ooh\/healthcare\/dental-hygienists.htm\">dental hygienist<\/a> in Florida, you must meet the requirements of the <a href=\"http:\/\/floridasdentistry.gov\/licensing\/dental-hygienist\/\">Florida Board of Dentistry<\/a> and pass the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ada.org\/2662.aspx\">National Dental Hygiene Board examination<\/a> and state clinical examination to receive your license.<\/p>\n<h3>Career Outlook<\/h3>\n<p>Research linking oral health and overall physical health continues to increase the demand for preventive dental care. Nationally, dental hygiene employment is expected to increase 38 percent by 2020, faster than average for all occupations. In Florida, dental hygienists will remain in demand as job growth is expected to grow by more than 30% through 2018.<\/p>\n<h3>Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p>Graduates of our programs work in dental offices, public health clinics, hospitals, nursing homes and managed care facilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We hope to see you!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Petersburg College<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Caruth Health Education Center <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7200 66<sup>th<\/sup> Street North<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pinellas Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>VISIT:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/hec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> www.spcollege.edu\/hec<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considering a career in Dental Hygiene? 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Our program has been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/dental-hygiene-information-session\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dental Hygiene Information Session<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":624,"featured_media":5306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5,8],"tags":[4,10],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-exploration","category-events","category-hot-jobs","tag-career-services","tag-internships"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Dental Hygiene Information Session - Careers &amp; Internships<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/dental-hygiene-information-session\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dental Hygiene Information Session - Careers &amp; Internships\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Considering a career in Dental Hygiene? 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