The University of Maryland Dental Hygiene Program welcomes you!

Housed at the University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, the program provides a state of the art teaching facilty,  innovative faculty and cutting edge technology in a professional networking environment.

The Division of Dental Hygiene offers the only Bachelor of Science programs at the entry level and degree completion level and a Master of Science program in dental hygiene in Maryland. These programs prepare dental hygienists for a variety of career options including clinical practice, public health, education and research.

The mission of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore is to improve the quality of life in Maryland through education, research and service related to health, with special emphasis on improving dental, oral and craniofacial health.

In support of this mission, the Dental Hygiene Program educates future leaders in the profession by offering undergraduate and graduate programs in dental hygiene. The Program provides continuing education for dental and dental hygiene professionals, conducts research relevant to dental hygiene education and practice, and disseminates this knowledge. The Program also provides high quality oral health care services to residents of Maryland and the region, and provides consultative and other services to governmental and private agencies, professional organizations and the community through the leadership and expertise of its faculty and contributions of its students.  The Program endeavors to recruit, retain and develop high quality, productive faculty who accept responsibility for advancing knowledge in the field of dental hygiene.  Faculty foster intellectualism and offer a professional education for dental hygiene students that embodies excellence and relevance.  The faculty strives to prepare graduates who can provide dental hygiene services with competence in any setting in accordance with ethical codes of the profession and statutory provisions for dental hygiene practice.