Outlook and Opportunities

Dental Hygiene is one of the fastest growing career fields due to the emphasis on preventive dental health care. Hygienists have a range of career opportunities in areas such as:

• private dental offices

• hospitals/nursing homes

• education

• federal and state services

• management and consultation

• research and design

• specialty dental offices

• foreign service/practice

• insurance

• dental supply sales

• public health departments

• public school systems