Dental Hygiene

The American Academy of Dental Hygiene (AADH) recognizes outstanding graduate dental hygiene students through one of the organization’s most prestigious honors, the SHIP Award. 

Members of the DDS Class of 2029, Dental Hygiene Class of 2027 and Dental Therapy Class of 2028 gathered on campus together for the first time on Wednesday, August 6 and Thursday, August 7 for their orientation. 

The School of Dentistry honored the Dental Hygiene Class of 2025 with a banquet on June 17, 2025.

Graduates, faculty, staff, family and friends gathered in Northrop Auditorium to celebrate the 187 newest alumni of the School of Dentistry.

The School of Dentistry is pleased to announce that Scott Lingle, DDS ’79, and Shelley Rice, GDH ’84, BSDH, are the recipients of the 2023 Distinguished Dental and Dental Hygiene Alumni Awards. 

Yvette Reibel, EdD, LDH, assistant professor of dental hygiene and MSDH Program Director, received the 2025 William J. Gies Award for Junior Faculty Achievement in Allied Oral Health Education. 

A research project from Makayla Morcilio, BSDH ’24, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Dental Hygiene.

A new dental hygiene course is helping learners feel prepared and confident before their National Dental Hygiene Board Examinations.

A TEATL grant-funded initiative is introducing new oral health care providers to teledentistry.

Students and faculty represented the School of Dentistry at the American Dental Hygienists’ Association conference.