Miscellany

Impressively, the United States offers approximately 270 dental hygienist education programs accredited by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation.
About 97.5% of the 13,031 students enrolled in dental hygienist programs in 2002 and 2003 were women. Given the positive dental hygienist job outlook, these women are moving up in the world.
Of all the enrollees in dental hygienist programs in 2002 and 2003, minority students of dental hygiene represented approximately 14.0%.